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TreasonousBastard

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5. Horribly misguided to the point where they believe their own bullshit...
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 11:03 AM
Feb 2017

They may have started out with good ideas, but their egos took over.

It happens on the right, too-- it's a human failing.

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That whole group has always been dishonest to me saying they were liberals kimbutgar Feb 2017 #1
Yup, Jill Stein Is One of the More Prominent Examples... TomCADem Feb 2017 #18
The farthest Left and the Right are the same. Never forget that. Then everything msanthrope Feb 2017 #2
+1 nt brer cat Feb 2017 #13
Clearly we've learned at least some are Russian sock puppets. Johonny Feb 2017 #3
The WORST kind of thinking shortcut. HughBeaumont Feb 2017 #4
Horribly misguided to the point where they believe their own bullshit... TreasonousBastard Feb 2017 #5
NPR was more than happy to run a story about a former Liberal who's seen the light Orrex Feb 2017 #6
Both can be intolerant. What is important is WHAT they are intolerant of. Caliman73 Feb 2017 #16
Well, I am Progressive and Liberal... Talk Is Cheap Feb 2017 #7
What's a 'progressive?' n/t leftstreet Feb 2017 #8
Like any term, it means different things to different people. Caliman73 Feb 2017 #17
Well, we keep blaming a relatively small number of nominal lefties... Orsino Feb 2017 #9
Jill Stein, Greenwald, Kucinich, Cornel West, Susan Sarandon Are Not Anonymous... TomCADem Feb 2017 #19
A bigger question is: who was more significant, and might be again? Orsino Feb 2017 #20
The ultra progressive annoy me when they shut out other liberals who are not as "progressive" as TrekLuver Feb 2017 #10
We are surrounded by useful idiots Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #11
The Democratic Party lost to DONALD TRUMP philly_bob Feb 2017 #12
Nor is ignoring or forgetting what was said about John Lewis and Planned Parenthood helpful LanternWaste Feb 2017 #14
Absolutely. 2016 is burned into our collective memories. philly_bob Feb 2017 #15
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