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9. I don't know what circles you move in

Reply to Igel (Reply #8)

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 10:40 PM

Jan 2016

But I've been called all kinds of names for (to name one example) feeding the hungry and advocating for public programs and policies that make sure all citizens have enough to eat. While I haven't asked these people for their voter registration, the arguments and the vehemence with which they advance them lead me to think that they're politically closer to the right than the left.

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Unions are not political speech [View all] angrychair Jan 2016 OP

Very, very well said. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2016 #1

Of course you're the enemy. jeff47 Jan 2016 #2

+1 daleanime Jan 2016 #3

And for these same reasons gratuitous Jan 2016 #4

I would look at it differently angrychair Jan 2016 #5

Secondly angrychair Jan 2016 #6

"Political." Sigh. Igel Jan 2016 #8

I don't know what circles you move in gratuitous Jan 2016 #9

Federal employee unions are limited 1939 Jan 2016 #7