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4. The TPP is not "moderate." Mass surveillance is not "moderate."

Fri Dec 5, 2014, 11:29 AM

Dec 2014

"Kill Lists," indefinite detention, criminalization of investigative journalism, persecution of whistleblowers, coordination with Wall Street to surveil and brutalize protesters...None of this is "moderate." It is, in fact, fascistic.

Cutting food stamps *again* in a nation with two and a half million homeless children is not "moderate."

Even *Reagan* defended Social Security to the nation.

Chomsky, who knows and has spoken eloquently of the collusion between the two faces of the United States' unitary "Business Party," is clearly talking about strategy and perception here, but I think it's important to point out that this characterization, taken out of context, vastly understates the malignancy of actual corporate Democratic policies.

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CHOMSKY: "The Democrats Are 'Moderate Republicans' & Republicans Are Off The Spectrum" [View all] kpete Dec 2014 OP

Yes thank you. That is what left of center liberals have been saying for years now. liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #1

Nailed it! n/t fredamae Dec 2014 #5

Hell, that's what *Obama* has been saying LondonReign2 Dec 2014 #18

+1000. It's why I can't STAND the "she/he is TOO FAR LEFT meme that several like to exclaim adirondacker Dec 2014 #20

Choices are moderate republicans or bat shit crazy republicans. Autumn Dec 2014 #2

indeed hollysmom Dec 2014 #3

The TPP is not "moderate." Mass surveillance is not "moderate." woo me with science Dec 2014 #4

Yes but those are policies. zeemike Dec 2014 #7

+1 daleanime Dec 2014 #8

Exactly. woo me with science Dec 2014 #13

PLUS ONE, a whole bunch! Enthusiast Dec 2014 #10

+ another Scuba Dec 2014 #22

Democrats could take a few pages from the Republican party platform of 1956 progressoid Dec 2014 #6

Don't we just wish. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #11

Not many real choices for us peons. JEB Dec 2014 #9

Damn shame we only have two parties. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #12

the difference the last 25 years has been the left's total ignorance of certainot Dec 2014 #14

Amen madfloridian Dec 2014 #15

Absolute Truth . I have seen the similarities to pre war Germany for years . How many millions of geretogo Dec 2014 #16

Pretty much. And both continue to lurch to the right. Doctor_J Dec 2014 #17

no, Weicker would never brag about being to the right of Nixon MisterP Dec 2014 #19

Noam Nails It colsohlibgal Dec 2014 #21

It's interesting that some here would label me some "ultra radical leftist" when I'm just some myrna minx Dec 2014 #23