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PufPuf23

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2. The GateKeepers on the Left are more successful than the GateKeepers on the Right.

Reply to Saboburns (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 07:39 PM

Dec 2017

The liberal establishment stays more on message with effective gas lighting and other forms of bullying and disenfranchisement.

One does not even need to be radical to be labeled as such.

This is unfortunate as it narrows the base and stifles alternative viewpoints.

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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

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I Consider Sanders A Radical Dirty Socialist Dec 2017 #8

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Health Care Concern Radical Dirty Socialist Dec 2017 #14

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