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2banon

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13. exactly In fact, that's where many of us on the Left are.

Reply to Lodestar (Reply #9)

Sun May 1, 2016, 11:45 AM

May 2016

The moribund Communist political ideology, frequently and ignorantly equated (by those on the Right) with Socialism is the result of extreme right wing propaganda of this country's political education.

I am not one to identity myself as a Socialist per se, as I am interested in issues which are generally defined as humanistic at the core. However I do not shy away from identifying my values as Socialistic politically speaking for that matter.

When I read red-baiting reactionary memes here, i am once again reminded of just how right wing the party has become.

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An Urgent Message to Bernie Sanders’ Supporters [View all] Lodestar May 2016 OP

Yep! bkkyosemite May 2016 #1

I find no fault with that line of thought. LiberalArkie May 2016 #2

Is it true that one of the original financiers of the DLC were the Koch Brothers? n/t Triana May 2016 #3

Yes, it is true. zentrum May 2016 #7

+1 dreamnightwind May 2016 #25

What you want will never be achieved as long as you start with today's party. jtuck004 May 2016 #4

Reading this excerpt gives me the creeps, it seems to promulgate the tired meme of FDR=Communist 2banon May 2016 #5

Agreed. And 'communism' and 'socialism' are two different things. Lodestar May 2016 #9

exactly In fact, that's where many of us on the Left are. 2banon May 2016 #13

That's right... ReRe May 2016 #21

Me too. The Dems were quite different until the Cvil Rights movement AlbertCat May 2016 #15

Bill Clinton did the same thing, and furthered Reagan's policy legacies. 2banon May 2016 #17

No more endless war... I'm in! SalviaBlue May 2016 #6

All Current Indications Are That The Democratic Party Is Dead And Buried - Resurrection Not Possible cantbeserious May 2016 #8

The love that dare not speak its name--- BlancheSplanchnik May 2016 #10

You can trace this back at least as far as the Palmer Raids TBF May 2016 #11

Yawn. stopbush May 2016 #12

Yawning is all Hillary supporters do these days. AlbertCat May 2016 #16

Comfortable lead in every statistical metric, stopbush May 2016 #20

Well, Albert, I've noticed Bernie fans are posting fewer yawning comments these days. Nitram May 2016 #24

k&R!!! Down with the Vichy Dems Katashi_itto May 2016 #14

Bernie is depending on you! baldguy May 2016 #18

clinton is not a new democrat oldandhappy May 2016 #19

There is a group called the New Democrat Coalition. Many of our Congress belong to it, along with djean111 May 2016 #26

A Star Load from Lodestar - from a Baby Boomer.... Clifton May 2016 #22

K&R ReRe May 2016 #23

Thanks, because of your post I went and read all of it dreamnightwind May 2016 #27