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TheKentuckian

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4. Standards do not equal purity as some folks seem to so feverishly work to conflate.

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 10:39 PM

Nov 2014

The boat can only be rowed into so many directions at once and it ain't many apparently, and it seems to all but inevitably break in the same ways.

The everything and yet nothing party is marketing nonsense and you can be damn sure it actually will be about something and that something is a scam for the benefit of the usual suspects, you know the ones sitting pretty, all fat and fucking happy.

Yes, the wicked fucks who have the nerve to turn around and blame the people under the shitpile.

Do you think they will allow some random blob to run around undirected? Of course not. They will buy that shit.

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Ideological Purity is Never a Good Idea, be it Right OR Left [View all] Old Nick Nov 2014 OP

Our D's lost many elections but our DEMOCRATIC POPULIST/PROGRESSIVE down ballot ideals won. nc4bo Nov 2014 #1

And also doesn't exist. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #2

True "purity"? Easily defined! Old Nick Nov 2014 #5

You're defining "purity" as "engaging in wholesale slaughter"? MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #6

Apparently the new sales pitch is "only Stalin wouldn't want corporate Democrats Marr Nov 2014 #7

PURGE the heretics! wyldwolf Nov 2014 #19

+1 LWolf Nov 2014 #17

This is the best response to the purity comment I've ever read. CrispyQ Nov 2014 #24

How would you define ideological purity? Vattel Nov 2014 #3

Standards do not equal purity as some folks seem to so feverishly work to conflate. TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #4

Purity's been used to make people with passion and beliefs sound bad. madfloridian Nov 2014 #8

Want to know what I think of the word "purity" applied to liberals? madfloridian Nov 2014 #9

That's why I will just stick with my pick. No matter the consequence to party. I'm done playing.nt silvershadow Nov 2014 #10

I have to agree, mostly. AverageJoe90 Nov 2014 #11

It's a strawman AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #12

Do you agree that "the left" has moved to the right, Quantess Nov 2014 #13

No, and we're not in Europe. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #20

No, the left hasn't moved ever so gradually to the right? Quantess Nov 2014 #22

No, the left hasn't moved ever so gradually to the right wyldwolf Nov 2014 #23

Fair enough, we are mostly talking about the US. Quantess Nov 2014 #25

True, ideological purity does not exist in reality, not in a democracy. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #26

Yeah well those few individuals shouldn't expect to get their way. Quantess Nov 2014 #28

they do exaggerate their numbers, yes. But they actually believe it. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #29

+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #31

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #14

Idealism has been winning elections for tea party Republicans IVoteDFL Nov 2014 #15

isn't idealism that's made it successful. It's an astroturf movement financed by rich benefactors. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #30

I find Republican economic policies damaging. mmonk Nov 2014 #16

I think we should all accept 'traditional Democratic' ideals wyldwolf Nov 2014 #18

Agreed Boom Sound 416 Nov 2014 #21

Same goes for unprincipled politicking as well - my friend! -- n/t mazzarro Nov 2014 #27

Hope you're enjoying those election losses. WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2014 #32

It's kind of hard to know what is "purity" any more. WinkyDink Nov 2014 #33

I agree in part. onecaliberal Nov 2014 #34

Or, party purity. As in, My Party, Right or Wrong. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #35

Kick Old Nick Nov 2014 #36

First it was a purge, then it is purity. Rex Nov 2014 #37