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Stinky The Clown

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6. I'm not taking that position at all

Reply to Cary (Reply #5)

Wed May 23, 2012, 11:25 AM

May 2012

I am simply saying that many liberals hold a conservative viewpoint or two.

Your other assertion that today's "conservatives" as defined by the media, are in fact not conservatives at all, but rather, are far right radicals.

The counterpoint to that is my position. Many of the people we like to think of as liberals by today's standards are, in fact, another era's conservatives.

Cory Booker is a good example of this. I'll bet you can name others.

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Some views are liberal. Some views are conservative. Some views are neither. [View all] Stinky The Clown May 2012 OP

Pigeon holes are for pigeons. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #1

But anti-unionism is NOT for Democrats. arbusto_baboso May 2012 #2

Really? FreeJoe May 2012 #10

Since most people don't have a firm grasp OnyxCollie May 2012 #13

One CANNOT be for economic equality and opportunities ( a HUGE plank of the Dem belief system) arbusto_baboso May 2012 #32

Exactly. n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #14

I'm purely indefinite. nt onehandle May 2012 #3

Meaning what? Cary May 2012 #4

So I take issue with your post insofar as you may be suggesting that... Cary May 2012 #5

I'm not taking that position at all Stinky The Clown May 2012 #6

Notice that I used the words "may be suggesting" Cary May 2012 #11

More to the point, individuals disagree on which is the liberal viewpoint. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #15

I have seen this "disagreement" Cary May 2012 #17

Sure. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #20

I would not accuse you being rude or illiberal Cary May 2012 #22

On your edit Cary May 2012 #18

Interestingly this does not let us off the hook here. Cary May 2012 #19

A consistent way of thinking can lead to dissimilar conclusions lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #28

That makes sense, I think n/t Cary May 2012 #29

But there ARE "purity tests" here, and in life. E.g. advocating rightwing social issues Romulox May 2012 #7

Yup Stinky The Clown May 2012 #8

So long as I'm the one who gets to define the "rightwing issue", I'm down with that. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #16

People are all messed up. OnyxCollie May 2012 #9

I agree with this but I will not let the masses off the hook Cary May 2012 #12

"Conservatives" are corporations. OnyxCollie May 2012 #23

Greed is not good Cary May 2012 #24

People (and corporations) are self-interested. OnyxCollie May 2012 #26

Some views are just plain dumb... ellisonz May 2012 #21

Did you wake up wishing we would bomb Iran, or something? Zanzoobar May 2012 #25

What was it in my OP that caused you to ask that? Stinky The Clown May 2012 #31

It sounded like you were having a republican moment and felt guilty about it. Zanzoobar May 2012 #33

"Scratch a liberal bourgeois and you will find a police sergeant in a brand new uniform" tralala May 2012 #27

I agree. And I think 'neither' is much more common than people think RZM May 2012 #30