The Nation article: we must transform the dem. Party

[JCanete]

36. There is no comparrison between the far left and the tea party.

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I'm not sure who among that left are calling themselves the left tea-party but it is silly when they do it too. The left tends to know what they are actually mad at, and why. The tea party just felt shit wasn't right and pulled everything out of their ass that had already been fed to them via astro-turfing. There is no left equivalent of that big money astro-turfing, and certainly not on the far left where the money to pull that off does not exist.

The far left might be a mixed bag, but the principles are fairly clear. It is not because those are wrong that people try to diminish them, it is typically because they are, supposedly, uncompromising on those principles. Back to the tea-party, they on the other hand represent the very worst instincts of human nature. They are not right. They are confused about what ails them and they are scared and frustrated and hateful, and what they actually want is more shit that will hurt them and everybody else.

And they have no clue that money in politics is the problem the way it actually is a problem. They don't hold their own politicians to the fire at all when it comes to this issue...lucky for the GOP and their rich daddy's who created that monster.

What is extremism in your mind? What on the left is regression, in your mind? I mean we know what our last 30 years looks like and overall, which direction we've been moving save for a couple bright spots. That's doing politics the way we think it has to be done. I would call that regression.

EDITING: BECAUSE WHO OPENS WITH "excuse me, ..." really. Sorry about that Synergie.