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In reply to the discussion: The difference between a leftist and a liberal view of Trump....... [View all]socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)68. This song was in the back of my mind.......
when I was typing the OP.
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socialist_n_TN
Oct 2017
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I don't believe there is a fundamental difference. So to me your thread sets up a false division
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#77
Far left vs. liberals ? We Hillary folks might not be smart be we can still connect the dots....LOL
Trust Buster
Oct 2017
#8
I find your comment to be ignorant and arrogant at best. First, I consider myself a progressive
Trust Buster
Oct 2017
#21
The far left and far right might have different ideologies but their emotional self absorption is
Trust Buster
Oct 2017
#24
That is exactly what this thread is, but I am a Hillary and DNC supporter so I cant
Eliot Rosewater
Oct 2017
#31
Provocation was the motive here. We centrist Democratic simpletons are just not equipped to think
Trust Buster
Oct 2017
#35
LOL what is so funny about that is not ONE of these folks are as liberal
Eliot Rosewater
Oct 2017
#41
So because I've studied these subjects and have formed an opinion on them.......
socialist_n_TN
Oct 2017
#44
I did not promote your thoughts anywhere in my post to the level of elitist.
Trust Buster
Oct 2017
#62
You deflect by arguing what the meaning of the word is is. You made a broad observation that
Trust Buster
Oct 2017
#66
this was framed in terms of ideas not personalities. If "centrist" Dems want to stay in driver's...
yurbud
Oct 2017
#98
It illustrated something that some random guy made up in his head and you agreed with. Nothing more.
Squinch
Oct 2017
#95
Great. Another artificial division imposed on Democrats. I wish people would stop this shit.
Squinch
Oct 2017
#7
No, it isn't. It's something that someone who identifies as "leftist," and who thinks he or she
Squinch
Oct 2017
#15
Maybe "so many people" are not wrong, and you are the one who has the blind spot.
Squinch
Oct 2017
#96
The event you describe is not the reason that we became a country dominated by the MIC.
Squinch
Oct 2017
#107
And, as I am constantly telling Republicans, there are many shades of Capitalism
stevenleser
Oct 2017
#32
There is another example that doesn't directly relate to US politics.........
socialist_n_TN
Oct 2017
#52
You're like Eastwood arguing with an empty chair, a strawman evil liberal you've created
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#82
His thread wouldn't get locked. He just is unable to name a real liberal politician or pundit
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#139
"an entire political class of Democratic politicians who supported the Reagan view of capitalism"
BzaDem
Oct 2017
#112
Unless your post was ghost written by someone from the far left that is.......LOL
Trust Buster
Oct 2017
#39
Systems merely reflect human nature, the individuals. There is a dark side to human nature
Irish_Dem
Oct 2017
#61
I consider myself a liberal, and I've always seen Trump as a symptom of deeper systemic problems
Crunchy Frog
Oct 2017
#67
I have always viewed the term leftist (as well as progressive) as referring to economics only...
LostOne4Ever
Oct 2017
#88
I'm a liberal and that op reads like something from Russia. Something to cause distraction
rockfordfile
Oct 2017
#97
"I have never seen..." Have you seen any form of capitalism practiced throughout Europe?
BzaDem
Oct 2017
#113
Deploying Democratic division as distraction from recent, real Republican revolt.
FreepFryer
Oct 2017
#105
Unregulated capitalism is a Republican idea and no one on the left thinks it's a good one.
betsuni
Oct 2017
#122
I don't agree with the liberal/leftist division, but I agree that Trump is a symptom...
Buckeye_Democrat
Oct 2017
#123
Na'. Liberals viewed Trump as a monster threat to everything they ideologically stood for...
Drunken Irishman
Oct 2017
#125
That entirely ignores whether or not Trump is singular. He is probably not even singularly stupid
JCanete
Oct 2017
#140
Thinking capitalism is the problem will get us nothing. Total Socialism ruins everything equally
7962
Oct 2017
#133