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TomCADem

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9. So, Does That Apply To Cornel West's Use of Neoliberal and Neofacist...
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 01:09 AM
Jun 2017

...it seems that Neoprogressives like Cornel West like to throw around such labels, but they get offended when such terms are used to describe them regardless of how fitting such a term is. Quite frankly, I think Cornel West overuses "Neoliberal" as you describe to refer to people with whom he disagrees.

However, Neoprogressive refers to those on the "left" who focus their criticisms on others on the left, rather than on members of the right. Indeed, they often echo the same talking points used by members of the right as the examples in the original OP illustrate.

Now, I am not referring to sock puppets who are really right wingers who act like members of the left to attack liberals and progressives, nor am I referring to foreign trolls who are engaging in disruptive operations. Rather, I do believe that there actual folks who honestly believe that repeal of the ACA, the attacks on immigrant rights, worker rights and tax cuts for the 1 percent under Trump are the fault of the Democrats regardless of the fact that Republicans control three branches of government.

Neoprogressives are not unlike some of the most extreme Tea Partiers who believed that Republicans should be target of their right wing anger, though unlike even the most extreme Tea Parties, Neoprogressives often adopt the same talking points as members ofd the right wing to attack Democrats and progressives.

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