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OriginalGeek

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37. Yeah I'm so confused now i Just say fuckit.

Thu Jun 1, 2017, 11:46 AM

Jun 2017

I vote straight D. I used to consider myself radical lefty - I don't hate communism, I do hate the death penalty and I'm for most all social programs to help feed, clothe, shelter and heal anyone who needs it. I wish all Dems were further left than they are except maybe the ones that would end up being fascist fringe right if they moved another inch left

But I don't demand it. Maybe I should. I still vote D every time except for once when it didn't matter in a local sheriff race when the Dem didn't support medical cannabis. He won by a huge margin anyway as expected.

I guess I'll still vote D every time unless there's something terribly wrong with the Dem candidate - like he doesn't support women's right to 100% uninterrupted control over their own bodies.

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Radical Left Is A Myth And A Lie. Common Decency/Sense Now Framed Radical. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Jun 2017 OP

When the Democratic party moved to the center in tbe 1990's Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #1

Agreed.. whathehell Jun 2017 #76

I disagree...what you describe are Democratic beliefs..radical is the belief Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #2

That's not accurate. I disagree based on personal experience here at DU alone. KPN Jun 2017 #30

Yeah I'm so confused now i Just say fuckit. OriginalGeek Jun 2017 #37

As someone said on the Tom Hartman show today...keep criticizing the Democrat party Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #38

Lol. I see it exactly the other way around. KPN Jun 2017 #62

with all the criticism the Democratic party took in 2016...they lost. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #68

That's because no one said shut up and fall in line stevenleser Jun 2017 #82

There was constant criticism of the Democratic Party both during the primary and Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #91

That's a matter of perspective. KPN Jun 2017 #100

Shut up and fall in line sounds way better than President Trump (gag). Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #90

I would guess most here, if not all, DID vote Democratic and always do. KPN Jun 2017 #101

I would hope so...but some progressives or so they call themselves didn't. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #103

I personally do not know any registered Democrats who voted for someone other than Hillary KPN Jun 2017 #104

I know some...my older kids friends voted for Stein even though my daughter tried to Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #105

Vote Democratic always, and if you want to lose ...keep up Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #89

It's party members pointing out problems to the party and the KPN Jun 2017 #98

I don't agree...no one will vote for a party its own member consider shit...you talk up your Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #99

+1000! mcar Jun 2017 #41

Yup La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #80

Good point. I hadn't thought of it that way. "Normal" is now "radical." Vinca Jun 2017 #3

OFFS! Foamfollower Jun 2017 #4

No, it means I am not gonna work with Democrats to get things done, you cannot make me! Madam45for2923 Jun 2017 #5

+1000 MADAM Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #92

What is decent or common sense about essentially supporting Trump? Nonhlanhla Jun 2017 #6

Yes, it's all part of the Right's aim of destroying The New Deal programs of FDR whathehell Jun 2017 #7

Yay morning take-down of the DEMS! Yumm with my breakfast! weeh! Madam45for2923 Jun 2017 #8

Sorry about that.. whathehell Jun 2017 #9

This is the most inane OP I have ever seen. nt brer cat Jun 2017 #10

Really?...Care to explain? whathehell Jun 2017 #14

Issues that ALL Democrats support cannot be brer cat Jun 2017 #15

they call themselves the 'base' Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #17

Wrong.. whathehell Jun 2017 #19

I have no idea why you are asking that. brer cat Jun 2017 #22

The new deal is the past ...we need to keep what have and move on to new and better Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #39

So is the Constitution.. whathehell Jun 2017 #49

We already tossed slavery. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #50

"Kennedy would never have gotten Civil rights through"...Really? How would you know? whathehell Jun 2017 #52

No he wouldn't Johnson basically sacrificed re-election in order to pass Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #53

Did Harvey J. Kaye tell you that? Must be the gospel truth then, Lol whathehell Jun 2017 #65

JFK did nothing on the domestic agenda...and I doubt he would have. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #66

My ass he didn't...Heard of The Minimum Wage..He fucking created it, as well as whathehell Jun 2017 #72

Really? Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #75

I don't appreciate your condescension. I enjoy reading and have read Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #67

I didn't appreciate your arrogance.. whathehell Jun 2017 #70

How do you know that? I don't recall mentioning my age. And I was not arrogant...perhaps you should Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #71

Heh heh.. whathehell Jun 2017 #73

Thank you it is an honor to make your 'big I' I list; I am sure it will be a long one! Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #74

I would also add that any Roosevelt Democrat would have voted for Clinton in the Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #58

It has been framed that way, yes. In reality, the right-wing is the radical wing. alarimer Jun 2017 #11

Bernie Sanders voted for the crime bill. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #18

The point remains that his administration was one of the most damaging to liberal causes alarimer Jun 2017 #23

That is not true...that is revisionist history to suit your current ideology. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #40

It's amazing that person doesnt see the irony of their comment in relation to the OP stevenleser Jun 2017 #83

I completely disagree...I thank God that Bill Clinton put an end to a 12 year run for the Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #51

Nope. Reagan, Bush. And now Trump admin is the most damaging to liberal causes in the US emulatorloo Jun 2017 #79

Most of the developed world uses multi-payer mechanisms for universal health care ehrnst Jun 2017 #21

I meant to say universal health care. alarimer Jun 2017 #24

Single payer could be the holy grail...not saying it is...but it doesn't matter. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #42

+11111! KPN Jun 2017 #33

The demise of the Black Panther Party in the early 70s spelled the end of any KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #12

I think the phrase is used these day as a descriptor of right wing enablers on the left. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #13

True, it is. But it's also used pejoratively by many moderate KPN Jun 2017 #29

By far is is most often used here to describe the likes of Stein, Goodman, etc. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #31

BS charge? What BS charge? KPN Jun 2017 #34

I'm not sure how to reword it to make it more clear. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #35

Oh ... thanks for that. Should have read your post again. It is clear. KPN Jun 2017 #36

FDR: Japanese-American internment camps: WHY TO GO! YAY! betsuni Jun 2017 #16

Besuni: One mistake invalidates ALL other accomplishments...Riiiight!! whathehell Jun 2017 #25

I'm not sure you are getting that person's point. nt stevenleser Jun 2017 #60

I don't know how I could miss it.. whathehell Jun 2017 #63

I still don't think you got it. nt stevenleser Jun 2017 #84

That's okay.. whathehell Jun 2017 #85

Nice of you to acknowledge that other folks have freedom of thought, as if there is an alternative. stevenleser Jun 2017 #86

Aw now, don't be like that.. whathehell Jun 2017 #87

it wasn't a mistake JI7 Jun 2017 #64

The implementation of the New Deal ended up creating white wealth.... bettyellen Jun 2017 #93

P. S. It's "way" to go, not "why". whathehell Jun 2017 #26

Anything that is not RW BS is now radical malaise Jun 2017 #20

Amen. KPN Jun 2017 #27

On Fox News this morning... SpankMe Jun 2017 #28

K&R.. disillusioned73 Jun 2017 #32

Yeah well the 'left of left' or whatever should have gotten off their derieres and voted...because Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #43

Yes. This. Thank you! NurseJackie Jun 2017 #46

I was reading an article where an older gentleman described his parent's Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #55

It's the ultimate (and worst) example of self-serving vanity that I can imagine! These... NurseJackie Jun 2017 #61

And I see a similarity in indifference to suffering of people in both the far right Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #69

No what your peddling is a myth and a lie. Trumpocalypse Jun 2017 #44

Yes. This, too. Thank you! NurseJackie Jun 2017 #48

Radical left is used by the corporate media to narrow the acceptable political spectrum. jalan48 Jun 2017 #45

No it's not. It exists. NurseJackie Jun 2017 #47

The radical left is not a myth Fresh_Start Jun 2017 #54

++++++++++++ JHan Jun 2017 #57

+1000 Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #59

Been that way for a long time. Orsino Jun 2017 #56

The radical left does exist and has actually run nations in the past Progressive dog Jun 2017 #77

radical left are those who rather sacrifice the future of america by not supporting beachbum bob Jun 2017 #78

Always enjoy yr posts and yr hyperbolic flair. But those are mainstream Democratic values. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #81

I Do Not Believe I Am That Hyperbolic At All. Here Is Why. TheMastersNemesis Jun 2017 #94

Fair enough. Trump is definitely in the tradition of Reagan but much much worse. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #95

I Have Followed Developments Since Reagan. He Started So Many Bad Trends. TheMastersNemesis Jun 2017 #96

nice strawman. Mosby Jun 2017 #88

Agreed 100% Arazi Jun 2017 #97

Radical left is not what you think is, they are the type who beachbum bob Jun 2017 #102