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La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts) Sun Feb 19, 2017, 02:53 PM Feb 2017

Naming liberal values after a single politician is fucking weird [View all]

i don't know why that is a thing except to keep the infighting in the democratic party going.

I support social justice and economic justice and politicians who can stand up for these values. I don't have Andrew Cuomo values or Bill de Blasio values, they both represent my values in some significant ways.

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Naming liberal values after a single politician is fucking weird [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 OP

I haven't seen that-- can you give an example? Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #1

Who said anyone was talking about a person who is not a Democrat? msanthrope Feb 2017 #21

he ran as a Democrat, of course, and he's the only person I've heard referred to in that way at all Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #23

I agree. It should never be about one single politician bravenak Feb 2017 #2

Very true. If you look back and read the MineralMan Feb 2017 #3

and some of those forces are the voters La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #4

One of the things I have always enjoyed about Minnesota's MineralMan Feb 2017 #7

agreed. i just find it weird how much angrier people here get at the 2 blue dog dems La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #9

Yes. While I am sometimes frustrated by those particular Democrats, MineralMan Feb 2017 #10

i'd vote for a blue dog over a GOP any day La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #11

Yes. Any Democrat is better that the whole lot of Republicans. MineralMan Feb 2017 #12

I could maybe see Roosevelt. HassleCat Feb 2017 #5

yeah, and the new deal purposefully excluded blacks La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #6

Unless we are talking about Eleanor Roosevelt... Tom Rinaldo Feb 2017 #8

It excluded Blacks and the SS Retirement age was selected at 65 years old Blue_true Feb 2017 #28

It divisive. When people do things like that ... NurseJackie Feb 2017 #13

super passive aggressive way of basically claiming 'i am more liberal than thou' La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #14

Religious purity... Political purity. keithbvadu2 Feb 2017 #19

As a young worker, I agreed vigorously with an extremely leftward Blue_true Feb 2017 #29

Agreed. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2017 #15

BUT ... I think it's appropriate to name LIBERAL laws, acts and ammendments after the politician/s NurseJackie Feb 2017 #16

Sure. Obamacare, for instance. La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #17

When any liberal leader has difficulty in turning his or her visions into reality, that tells me ... NurseJackie Feb 2017 #18

Democrats should STOP calling it Obamacare. keithbvadu2 Feb 2017 #20

I've Been Avoiding That Term, Too Leith Feb 2017 #22

Especially if they obviously have very little understanding of history ismnotwasm Feb 2017 #24

Yup La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #30

You mean I can't call it "Debbie Wasserman Schultz Cannabis Legalization" anymore? Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #25

I've never understood it myself. JHan Feb 2017 #26

When the Master governs, the people are hardly aware that he exists. Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #27

The whole "I'm with her" thing was a similar shorthand. Orsino Feb 2017 #31