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Alittleliberal

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40. I don't disagree with you on either point

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 06:15 PM

Nov 2014

I'm a gun owning north easy country liberal. I'm not anti gun and like you I do support sensible gun control. I also am fine with the incremental change that is the ACA. I think the problem with it is too much capitalism but I know that it is a reasonable first step. But the environment? That's not a far left issue. Neither is wealth inequality. Changing drug policy is also an issue that is getting wide support in all demographics. These are all things that are Liberal ideas. Yet people who believe in them get criticized as being the democratic equivalent of the tea party. We are constantly being told to shut up and let the adults in the room make the decisions. Yet liberals have always been the ones pushing for meaningful change. We are right again and again, but we keep getting ignored.

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Hey all you political realists out there! [View all] Alittleliberal Nov 2014 OP

Bwahahaha! Those policies are so old-fashioned Left Wing glitter-shitting ponies! djean111 Nov 2014 #1

Its not that we don't support them....DUH! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #2

But these are ideas that most Americans support Alittleliberal Nov 2014 #3

it fucking doesn't matter....WE know how they vote. VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #5

Progressive policies have overwhelming support. Alittleliberal Nov 2014 #7

"Progressive Policies" will not be a name on a Ballot. VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #8

sure. By "the People." Who the hell cares one tiny sh*t about them? librechik Nov 2014 #49

i am not owned....I am Democrat by choice.. VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #53

The problem is that while voters keep polling that way, and keep voting for ballot measures, mythology Nov 2014 #13

Probably didn't help Pryor was against the minimum wage increase. TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #35

so you don't really "support them". Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #6

uh What? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #9

Well said! nt Mojorabbit Nov 2014 #51

I support all those things. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #4

Can you say the "far left" supports those things baldguy Nov 2014 #10

And yet the West Coast elected Democrats while reforming drug laws, expanding rights and Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #14

Please note the difference between those who only *claim* to be liberals, & those who actually are. baldguy Nov 2014 #17

The "far left" LWolf Nov 2014 #30

The problem is you're falsely conflating the nearly mythical "neo-liberal" with political realists. baldguy Nov 2014 #31

No, I'm not. LWolf Nov 2014 #32

And it's to the advantage of Republicans to sap support from Democrats. Which is what you're doing. baldguy Nov 2014 #34

No I'm not. LWolf Nov 2014 #37

Better for who? They're not better candidates if they lose, are they? baldguy Nov 2014 #39

They aren't better candidates if LWolf Nov 2014 #45

Right. You're one who thinks a Republican President is better than a Hillary President. baldguy Nov 2014 #46

False. Again. LWolf Nov 2014 #47

Donald Sagretti would be proud of you. baldguy Nov 2014 #50

I don't know who Donald Sagretti is, LWolf Nov 2014 #52

Deliberately conflating treestar Nov 2014 #11

In what way? I see no methods mentioned in the OP. Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #16

People disagree over how to obtain the goals treestar Nov 2014 #38

You know, I've waited for someone to ask this question wyldwolf Nov 2014 #12

And thus you shit upon the Democratic segments that have given the Party all the recent victory Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #15

How so? wyldwolf Nov 2014 #19

+ 100 JoePhilly Nov 2014 #23

Yes and it's bull they are being "shit on" treestar Nov 2014 #41

I truly resent the divide that has formed. moriah Nov 2014 #27

Well in your rush to sound like a condescending jerk you missed the point Alittleliberal Nov 2014 #18

I didn't miss the point in your intentionally clueless OP wyldwolf Nov 2014 #21

Banning all firearms or limiting magazines to 7 is pretty "far-left". moriah Nov 2014 #29

I don't disagree with you on either point Alittleliberal Nov 2014 #40

You're missing the point... brooklynite Nov 2014 #20

But everyone doesn't get their patch on the quilt immediately that way. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #22

It is tough to understand it treestar Nov 2014 #42

They support not voting if their candidate isn't perfect LadyHawkAZ Nov 2014 #24

"realist" is like "Biblical literalist": they lose elections way more than progs, even in Arkansas MisterP Nov 2014 #25

uh nope VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #26

Let's do a head count. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #28

+1 LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #36

Exactly. Pick a deep red district where treestar Nov 2014 #43

Mingling with irrational realists seveneyes Nov 2014 #33

That I support, or that I think the Democrats should run on? Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #44

I support all of them. But I don't blame a candidate for not getting them passed bhikkhu Nov 2014 #48

The people who did not vote this year Hari Seldon Nov 2014 #54

3 iAddie's gwheezie Nov 2014 #55

3 issues gwheezie Nov 2014 #56