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forjusticethunders

(1,151 posts) Fri Apr 21, 2017, 02:32 PM Apr 2017

If you are not intersectional, you are not a progressive. Period. End of discussion. Card revoked. [View all]

I don't care if you enact a 100% tax on incomes over a million and bust up every Wall Street bank and enact a 30k a year guaranteed income. If you do not vociferously support civil rights for the marginalized, the literal fucking damnes de la terre, you are not a progressive, socialist, leftist, liberal, or anything but a welfare chauvinist.

You want a purity test? Here's your fucking purity test.

When it comes to winning elections in certain districts, it's okay to not be a progressive. But if you do not fight for the marginalized on every issue, don't fucking call yourself a progressive.

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If you are not intersectional, you are not a progressive. Period. End of discussion. Card revoked. [View all] forjusticethunders Apr 2017 OP

Thank you! NurseJackie Apr 2017 #1

preach it. JHan Apr 2017 #2

+++ agree ( and Billy Dee too) nt iluvtennis Apr 2017 #8

Preaching to the choir! Left-over Apr 2017 #10

Say it loud! MineralMan Apr 2017 #3

But, but, but...., safeinOhio Apr 2017 #4

Thanks....can you hear us Unity crew? Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #5

Well said. nt. NCTraveler Apr 2017 #6

Hell yes. Maven Apr 2017 #7

I regret that I have but one +rec to give. Saviolo Apr 2017 #9

Okay. TheKingofSoup Apr 2017 #11

We need all the help we can get. Thanks. Enoki33 Apr 2017 #14

Intersectional? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #12

Intersexual, maybe? milestogo Apr 2017 #13

I found it a bit obscure myself. LAS14 Apr 2017 #24

It's the understanding that inequality happens in multiple dimensions. RedWedge Apr 2017 #25

As many difinitions for a "Progressive",,, Cryptoad Apr 2017 #15

But. trc Apr 2017 #27

The important thing is that we all say "period, end of discussion." Qutzupalotl Apr 2017 #43

This mirrors what is happening to the GOP. MGKrebs Apr 2017 #16

That's a good way to put it -- intersectional. KPN Apr 2017 #17

I know forjusticethunders Apr 2017 #32

We are an Oligarchical Capitalistic country on steroids at this point in time. YOHABLO Apr 2017 #18

So? Cha Apr 2017 #39

Clapping as best I can alfredo Apr 2017 #19

Post removed Post removed Apr 2017 #20

Complete nonsense. I see they haven't quit even though Gman Apr 2017 #23

Sounds like you've jumped to conclusions that have nothing to do with the OP emulatorloo Apr 2017 #31

Does class fit into your sense of intersectionalism? n/t QC Apr 2017 #21

I don't care about being a progressive Gman Apr 2017 #22

The term has been the subject of some debate. ehrnst Apr 2017 #26

Preach! (nt) ehrnst Apr 2017 #28

Progress equals forward or onward movement. Charles Bukowski Apr 2017 #29

I was fortunate enough a few months ago . . FairWinds Apr 2017 #30

We need to make rational arguments on this board about the need to fight for vulnerable groups.? JHan Apr 2017 #33

So like the OP you are gonna build the progressive movement . . FairWinds Apr 2017 #42

what "rationality" and "evidence" are you asking for in this context? JHan Apr 2017 #44

Being "progressive" is like being "pacifist". MGKrebs Apr 2017 #34

Rec. Rec. Rec. nt LexVegas Apr 2017 #35

K&R Quayblue Apr 2017 #36

Does Bernie Sanders make the cut? oberliner Apr 2017 #37

Teach it Brother! Cha Apr 2017 #38

okay, but are you saying Mello isn't a progressive, or Sanders? nt JCanete Apr 2017 #40

I was more aimed at people in general, not specific politicians forjusticethunders Apr 2017 #41

um, it's not that interesting. This is hardly Freudian. We know what story has been circulating here JCanete Apr 2017 #45