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murielm99

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39. I never thought I would consider myself a mainstream Democrat.

Sun Apr 9, 2017, 03:52 PM

Apr 2017

I know where I stand on the issues. I have taken the test on politicalcompass.org, and found myself, predictably, pretty far to the left.

But the attacks on the Democrats who have spent years fighting the good fight, the splinter groups seeking to divide our party, the purity tests I am seeing applied, wrongly, to the big tent that our party has always been, have moved me to the center. They have moved me to the center only in that I would like to support what we have already.

The Democrats are our protectors, as you state. And we need to protect those we have elected to protect us.

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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