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Scoopster

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19. I was attacked on Twitter today by fellow leftists.

Wed Apr 26, 2017, 02:48 PM

Apr 2017

I called out someone a couple days ago for using garbage clearing house websites, opinion pieces and unverified information (i.e. someone's personal blog or twitter) as if they were valid sources for their claims. This afternoon I received a barrage of non-stop vitriol claiming that I was mansplaining (the person I was originally speaking to is a woman, so they assumed wrongly & ridiculously that I'm a MRA) and/or was guilty of the thing I was trying to say (which was that just about every reputable debate prep source or textbook or professors & teachers who coach mock debates & teach law or journalism would verify that claim, and that wasn't good enough for Twitter chatter).

Trumpards doing this kinda shit? I expect it & can handle that just fine. When our own side does it tho, and without warrant or care for the facts, that stings. How the hell do we expect to bring back reality-based politics when even our own side pisses on reality-based critical thinking, facts and proper sourcing?

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I figured out what's pissing me off about all this hate being thrown on the left. [View all] retrowire Apr 2017 OP

Susan Sarandon is an imposter? LexVegas Apr 2017 #1

she is an opportunist MFM008 Apr 2017 #3

wait, what? Dyedinthewoolliberal Apr 2017 #53

That's basically what I'm saying yes. retrowire Apr 2017 #4

No, she isn't an impostor at all, so stop with that obamanut2012 Apr 2017 #18

I think you missed the point there. Nt retrowire Apr 2017 #33

I have not seen one person except the far far left going after Pres. Obama who is adored by Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #2

The problem is that far leftists have an audience. DanTex Apr 2017 #5

Don't forget DownriverDem Apr 2017 #15

Rush Limbaugh is also part of their audience. He is now saying the Democratic party R B Garr Apr 2017 #23

That would be good. Go after the Greens and REPUGS instead of the Dems and we'd all be good. brush Apr 2017 #41

He'd never give a speech like that. NurseJackie Apr 2017 #44

I don't pretend to understand what Bernie cares about, but I can't fathom why he felt the Squinch Apr 2017 #55

We know what it's NOT about. OilemFirchen Apr 2017 #71

So for that reason he had to bring national attention to an anti-choice MAYORAL candidate? Squinch Apr 2017 #74

No! OilemFirchen Apr 2017 #76

Born this way I guess. I really don't get why EVERYONE is not up in arms about this. Squinch Apr 2017 #77

he's not right and once you realize that you realize his plan is just another way Fresh_Start Apr 2017 #6

Without economic reform there can be no elmac Apr 2017 #25

There can be no economic justice without social justice. JTFrog Apr 2017 #31

agree Fresh_Start Apr 2017 #48

You know you're advocating "trickle down," right? And you realize that NEVER works, right? Squinch Apr 2017 #56

Well what great economic reform Eko Apr 2017 #82

Or DACA? Eko Apr 2017 #97

Or what economic reform Eko Apr 2017 #99

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act? Eko Apr 2017 #100

The Fair Sentencing Act? Eko Apr 2017 #102

So how do you feel about (or explain) Jean-Luc Mlenchon? frazzled Apr 2017 #7

Well I don't speak for all liberals or leftists retrowire Apr 2017 #8

Glad you did frazzled Apr 2017 #10

We need to frame this and hang it somewhere. Excellent point! Squinch Apr 2017 #57

This. Starry Messenger Apr 2017 #70

Let's never forget this generation's most famous Trotskyist: OilemFirchen Apr 2017 #79

Except DownriverDem Apr 2017 #16

Some are bad retrowire Apr 2017 #17

You are right. Wiseman32218 Apr 2017 #68

And she won the popular vote. snort Apr 2017 #24

follow the money. mopinko Apr 2017 #11

Titles only serve to divide. HopeAgain Apr 2017 #9

if we have learned anything from this debacle, it should be mopinko Apr 2017 #12

Thanks! ananda Apr 2017 #13

Those are my feelings as well nt retrowire Apr 2017 #14

Hillary absolutely was not "the lesser of two evils" -- stop that, too obamanut2012 Apr 2017 #21

Maybe consider other people's perspectives? retrowire Apr 2017 #28

Oh no! The Debbil!!!!! Eko Apr 2017 #83

I... was speaking for other people retrowire Apr 2017 #84

I'm never serious. Eko Apr 2017 #85

You're never serious? Oh alright then. retrowire Apr 2017 #86

I know you meant lesser of two evils. Eko Apr 2017 #87

Wow! -- You viewed Hillary as being evil? She "seemed" to have a good heart? -- Wow! NurseJackie Apr 2017 #34

Still! Still we read the right wing nonsense about her here! Squinch Apr 2017 #58

I was attacked on Twitter today by fellow leftists. Scoopster Apr 2017 #19

Here's how. retrowire Apr 2017 #27

That's the rub tho. Scoopster Apr 2017 #36

It's the truth tho. retrowire Apr 2017 #37

You just called Sanders a "bad leftist," and don't even realize it obamanut2012 Apr 2017 #20

... how do you know what I didn't realize? retrowire Apr 2017 #26

LOL!! :-D NurseJackie Apr 2017 #32

I know, right? cwydro Apr 2017 #47

This is confusion by design.We know the history.The alt right is trying to rewrite political history ancianita Apr 2017 #22

The GOP are an army of online posters and troll IMO bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #29

Why should we stop attacking bad leftists and impostors? SecularMotion Apr 2017 #30

Because they have feelings too? NurseJackie Apr 2017 #45

Move on to other posts dogandturtlemom Apr 2017 #35

I guess it just.comes from this retrowire Apr 2017 #38

Oh, some of them are definite trolls Warpy Apr 2017 #39

Agreed. retrowire Apr 2017 #40

He was the gnome in the bowels of whatever agency people were paranoid about Warpy Apr 2017 #42

That is a long-running DU meme--like "moran," "door buzzard," and a few others. nt tblue37 Apr 2017 #94

And I just recently learned about door buzzard! retrowire Apr 2017 #95

Another funny one is "Do not touch the butt." nt tblue37 Apr 2017 #96

Oh, and the one about being "owed beer and travel money," which was the catch phrase tblue37 Apr 2017 #98

We are helping Republican fascists bigly. oldcynic Apr 2017 #43

Judge an action by its results Roy Rolling Apr 2017 #46

Nope! Not all trolls! Threats to a woman's right to choose really ARE now coming from the left. Squinch Apr 2017 #49

Did you read my post? retrowire Apr 2017 #50

You really need to stop telling women they are reading this wrong. We don't need you Squinch Apr 2017 #51

Thank you Squinch. cwydro Apr 2017 #59

This idea that we are all interpreting it wrongly. SMH. For NO REASON this Squinch Apr 2017 #61

Yup. cwydro Apr 2017 #88

Welcome to my ignore list. retrowire Apr 2017 #60

This kind of statement is sexist: "Ladies, what you are seeing is not what you say you Squinch Apr 2017 #63

I forgot to add you damn retrowire Apr 2017 #65

He's a very sensitive soul, the OP. cwydro Apr 2017 #101

No, it's true. Squinch is correct. NurseJackie Apr 2017 #52

Yet Bernie insists at least one of them is a progressive BainsBane Apr 2017 #54

But is anti abortion their only goal? retrowire Apr 2017 #62

. Squinch Apr 2017 #64

Yeah that didn't answer my question though. retrowire Apr 2017 #66

So it IS a dispensable right, then, as long as the politician is OTHERWISE sufficiently progressive? Squinch Apr 2017 #72

Ignoring this? retrowire Apr 2017 #73

Otherwise progressive? JTFrog Apr 2017 #67

... retrowire Apr 2017 #69

Ignoring the fact that a woman's right to own her own body is non-negotiable? Squinch Apr 2017 #75

PS: one more thing. This isn't "yelling about perfection." This is about a basic human right. Squinch Apr 2017 #81

anti-choice, please. oldcynic Apr 2017 #90

Anti-fetus deletion okay for you? retrowire Apr 2017 #91

I am following up on an earlier post about language manipulation oldcynic Apr 2017 #93

Wow. cwydro Apr 2017 #103

their otherwise goal doesn't change the fact BainsBane Apr 2017 #105

So why was Hillary defended as progressive when she didn't walk a perfect line either? retrowire Apr 2017 #106

please, Squinch, name names oldcynic Apr 2017 #89

Let me try to put it this way, respectfully. NCTraveler Apr 2017 #78

Sounds damn respectful to me! :) Nt retrowire Apr 2017 #80

NCTraveler, you are a grown person. oldcynic Apr 2017 #92

Many of us know and believe it is right wing paid trolls of one nationality applegrove Apr 2017 #104