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lumberjack_jeff

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14. Exactly. n/t

Reply to Tierra_y_Libertad (Reply #1)

Wed May 23, 2012, 11:54 AM

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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