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Saboburns

(2,807 posts) Tue Dec 5, 2017, 07:30 PM Dec 2017

Where did all the Radicals on Left go? [View all]

99.9% of political radicals these days are on the Right. At least that's what I see.

What happened to Left Wing Radicals? I don't see any, and haven't for decades. Maybe you see them where I don't.

Is there a reason for the absence of Left-Wing Radicalism?

As a man of 50, I daresay it's been since the 70's or early 80's that I've heard of any Left-Wing Radicalism.

How do y'all see it?

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Where did all the Radicals on Left go? [View all] Saboburns Dec 2017 OP

How are you defining a 'radical?' n/t leftstreet Dec 2017 #1

Boy, that is a great question. Saboburns Dec 2017 #18

The GateKeepers on the Left are more successful than the GateKeepers on the Right. PufPuf23 Dec 2017 #2

Occupy and Black Lives Matter janterry Dec 2017 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author BoneyardDem Dec 2017 #4

I've become more something since the 'election' myself ck4829 Dec 2017 #5

And what's the name of our site D (Underground) and what happens if we get rude?We are shut out. So The Wielding Truth Dec 2017 #6

I run across plenty... NCTraveler Dec 2017 #7

I Consider Sanders A Radical Dirty Socialist Dec 2017 #8

I agree... List left Dec 2017 #9

Bernie is a Socialist Dirty Socialist Dec 2017 #10

Family Values Radical? List left Dec 2017 #11

Health Care Concern Radical Dirty Socialist Dec 2017 #14

Can you be a radical and still take money from big corporations and banks? jalan48 Dec 2017 #12

Ermm... ananda Dec 2017 #13

Therer are alot wher I live. Scruffy1 Dec 2017 #15

Bernie Sanders is center-right from my perspective, and not a radical environmentalist. hunter Dec 2017 #16

Is the radical left yarn-bombing a military post enterance? EarthFirst Dec 2017 #17