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TygrBright

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22. Yes. It's more than a "word game."

Reply to Hekate (Reply #14)

Sun Apr 9, 2017, 12:30 AM

Apr 2017

Elections have consequences, words have connotations, and where those two intersect, I want to insert the thin end of a wedge of communication, and keep banging away at it, however futile-seeming, until the crack widens and light comes through.

wearily,
Bright

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That Awkward Moment When You Realize YOU are Now the "Conservative." [View all] TygrBright Apr 2017 OP

Do you know how much you rock? irisblue Apr 2017 #1

So do you! n/t TygrBright Apr 2017 #2

True! My version is discovering I'm now a newly Hortensis Apr 2017 #30

I never thought I would consider myself a mainstream Democrat. murielm99 Apr 2017 #39

+1000, Murielm. Suspect there are a whole lot of us Hortensis Apr 2017 #40

I don't hesitate considering myself 'conservative;' elleng Apr 2017 #3

And those controlling the Executive branch of our government Mr.Bill Apr 2017 #4

Conserving the foundations of society while Skidmore Apr 2017 #5

Exactly. They are radicals and extremists, not conservatives. nt Cognitive_Resonance Apr 2017 #19

Yes, and I try to point that out whenever I can. elleng Apr 2017 #20

Me too. But it doesn't help when the media marybourg Apr 2017 #27

Call them what they are! GWC58 Apr 2017 #31

Yeah, they are RW extremists & some are fact free Alice11111 Apr 2017 #35

MOST are fact free! elleng Apr 2017 #41

Yes, correction, MOST are fact free Alice11111 Apr 2017 #42

Dump is taking the Repukes down the Whig party road. roamer65 Apr 2017 #6

Oh god let's hope so. lambchopp59 Apr 2017 #46

Excellent post malaise Apr 2017 #7

For a long time I wondered...... lastlib Apr 2017 #8

Yep! Yep! Alice11111 Apr 2017 #43

There is a big difference between,,,, Cryptoad Apr 2017 #9

Calling our right wing crazies "conservative" is really an offense to the language rurallib Apr 2017 #10

They are Right Wing Activists Alice11111 Apr 2017 #44

Wouldn't that make you a conservator? ornotna Apr 2017 #11

"and meeting threats not with fear and hate" Demonaut Apr 2017 #12

In Teddy Roosevelt's Time Leith Apr 2017 #13

Yes indeedy, Bright. This country used to have fringe radicals on the Right, way past the normal... Hekate Apr 2017 #14

Yes. It's more than a "word game." TygrBright Apr 2017 #22

Thank you for that Hekate Apr 2017 #25

Yup.. World is officially upside down now.. annabanana Apr 2017 #15

pathetic word game under the guise of being clever. I AM A PROUD PROGRESSIVE eniwetok Apr 2017 #16

Point missed. Not a game. Hekate Apr 2017 #26

didn't miss anything... eniwetok Apr 2017 #33

Heh! Stinky The Clown Apr 2017 #17

A time in the wilderness may seem like time wasted. TygrBright Apr 2017 #23

Wow - this is a fantastic post. susanna Apr 2017 #18

Thank you! n/t TygrBright Apr 2017 #24

K&R. nt TeamPooka Apr 2017 #21

I purposely NEVER use the "C-word" when discussing right wingers. Because they are not. Trust Buster Apr 2017 #28

I refuse the term, myself. Scruffy1 Apr 2017 #32

Absolutely! We should call them, "Pro Death of Mothers," Alice11111 Apr 2017 #37

Rush Limbaugh changed the word "conservative" forever FakeNoose Apr 2017 #36

Somehow, they have confused the term conservative with Alice11111 Apr 2017 #38

Thats why coservatives ARENT really conservatives. They are just republicans that call themselves caroldansen Apr 2017 #29

Don't forget the "radical right wing"... AntiFascist Apr 2017 #34

k & r Stuart G Apr 2017 #45