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2016 Postmortem

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The fringe left solution [View all] hellofromreddit Dec 2016 OP
If the fringe left wants respect then they should start treating other lefties with respect as well. LonePirate Dec 2016 #1
+1000 baldguy Dec 2016 #3
You can demand respect or earn it. Earning it usually entails taking a few verbal lumps. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #19
Where does the fringe start? Go Vols Dec 2016 #22
That's a good point. "Fringe" depends on who's doing the labeling. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #23
BoBers aren't any better than the pigs we oppose. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #2
What lies at the root of them is misogyny. duffyduff Dec 2016 #7
Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #15
You're not on the left, let alone the fringe left. Most of us can see that. LexVegas Dec 2016 #4
+1 Coventina Dec 2016 #13
+1 BainsBane Dec 2016 #17
Oh? Do tell. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #21
My experience with those on the "fringe" is... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #5
Fringe left? Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2016 #6
Try harder. nt JTFrog Dec 2016 #8
As long as I read or hear the idiocy of "Clinton thought it was her turn..." LanternWaste Dec 2016 #9
HA. bettyellen Dec 2016 #10
Here is the leader of the BoB movement. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #11
But They Helped Usher In Trump/Putin otohara Dec 2016 #12
Been called "neoliberal corporate shill" by them too much to care now when they demand BobbyDrake Dec 2016 #14
But that's different BainsBane Dec 2016 #16
You mean like Hillary Clinton did? Orsino Dec 2016 #18
Yeah, pretty much like Hillary did hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #20
You seem to be going from thread to thread putting down Democrats, claiming they got "shellacked.... George II Dec 2016 #25
Another accusation? Neat. Don't lead with that in the future. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #27
I don't remember seeing any ... NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #28
Consider your memory jogged. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #29
Was that supposed to represent ... NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #31
Golly, I could have sworn there was a goal post right here a minute ago! hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #33
And I don't remember seeing that post. NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #34
Good thing I'm not doing that then hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #36
"They" get the treatment they give other voters, and being respectful goes both ways. George II Dec 2016 #24
I sure won't forget those self-identified progressives who refused to vote for Hillary still_one Dec 2016 #26
Pot meet kettle hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #32
That was the context during the primaries. BIG DIFFERENCE THAN THE GENERAL ELECTION still_one Dec 2016 #35
The only thing I want to hear from the Bernie Bros Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #30
And what about that cutesey crap like "corrupt" and "corporate" and the various synergie Dec 2016 #37
Where's the fringe middle solution? A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2016 #38
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