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Celerity

(43,682 posts)
71. It is simple for me
Fri May 17, 2019, 05:05 PM
May 2019

Bad 'centrists' (and I would argue they are not even centrists, they are centre right)

Advocate for wealth extraction from the bottom 90% that flows up to the .01% via:

(I can go into great depth on all of these)

1 Healthcare, were they block a public option and seek to keep the rapacious for-profit private insurance template (and the ACA as a stand alone endgame is in itself a pathway to rapaciousness, there is no superstructure inherent in it to stop the never-ending massive increases in premiums and co-pay and prescription drug price gouging) as the only dominant model.

2 Public university tuition, where their model keeps a FOUR year degree (and beyond) from a public institutions still costing a significant amount of money, an amount of money and its concurrent debt that is ruinous for tens of millions )

3 A continuation of financial deregulation (17 Democratic caucus members voted to gut even the tepid Dodd-Frank reforms) and a failure to not only re-instate Glass-Steagall but also undue the horrific Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 that re-legalised multiple forms of 'financial weapons of mass destruction' derivatives as a legal financial instruments.

Anyone supporting the continuation of blocking those reform policies will NEVER get my support in the primaries. I will, with great sorrow, vote for a Democratic nominee in the general who is against those vital reforms only because a Trumpian continuance is worse.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Good for Her HopeAgain May 2019 #1
I support this idea wholeheartedly... good for Kamala!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #2
I can't support banning any semiauto weapons aikoaiko May 2019 #3
I believe they should all be banned....murdering the innocent is their only Demsrule86 May 2019 #6
That is the strangest thing I've ever seen written about guns. aikoaiko May 2019 #11
It's a common belief, and there's no real way to dissuade believers of it LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #14
Automatics and sem- automatics.,..not all guns. My family has hunters, Demsrule86 May 2019 #38
Well, they could also be used to train to kill people, shoot targets to be prepared Hoyt May 2019 #54
Lol, what a shock.....not! Nt USALiberal May 2019 #50
I do not support this No one wants guns to be monitored and / or banned ( automatics), Demsrule86 May 2019 #4
We agree on this issue. Running around the legislative process is undemocratic. aikoaiko May 2019 #12
I am with you,.. Demsrule86 May 2019 #37
What's the point? FBaggins May 2019 #5
Almost all ARs are made right here in the U.S... ADX May 2019 #7
About 25% are imported Kaleva May 2019 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #13
A lot are probably AK variants I would think. aikoaiko May 2019 #16
Could be Kaleva May 2019 #18
The list of "assault weapons" consists of DOZENS of makes/models other than the AR-15... ADX May 2019 #22
If you'd read the tweet the OP links to, it talks of AR-15 "style" rifles. Kaleva May 2019 #23
I read the tweet, there's no need for condescension... ADX May 2019 #24
If you don't know the answer yourself, you might not want to bother discussing gun control. Kaleva May 2019 #25
I'd imagine ADX wouldn't know Kamala Harris's definition of AR-15 'style' weapon ... mr_lebowski May 2019 #27
Here's an article from Field & Stream discussing AR style rifles Kaleva May 2019 #32
Here's a fun fact for you... ADX May 2019 #36
It was alleged that you didn't know what an AR style rifle was Kaleva May 2019 #41
The only person who "alleged" that... ADX May 2019 #56
Do you agree with the following descriptions of AR style rifles? Kaleva May 2019 #58
Of course I know what an AR style rifle is... ADX May 2019 #60
The post I made clearly said "assault weapons" Kaleva May 2019 #66
"Extra scary looking gun" is probably as close as we'll get LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #35
I did not think those guns looked scary Kaleva May 2019 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #43
You'd agree then that rifles that NRA calls "AR style"... Kaleva May 2019 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #46
You are the one who mentiond "Extra scary looking gun". Would these qualify as such? Kaleva May 2019 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #48
An article by the Shooting Editor of Outdoor Life on how to keep an AR style rifle operational Kaleva May 2019 #51
This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #52
You've already said so no need to repeat yourself Kaleva May 2019 #53
LMMFAO... ADX May 2019 #31
You do not impress me. Kaleva May 2019 #33
You impress me even less... ADX May 2019 #34
So? Kaleva May 2019 #40
*SIGH* ADX May 2019 #57
Harris, Warren, Klobuchar, Sanders, Gillibrand are supporters of Feinstein's gun control bill Kaleva May 2019 #8
Thanks for the info JonLP24 May 2019 #9
Someday this may happen. This is why I'm using a trust and NFA aikoaiko May 2019 #17
I'm sticking with revolvers and single shot break action shotguns. Kaleva May 2019 #21
I am a dinosaur so I like wheel guns (revolvers) too. ... spin May 2019 #55
Even today, the revolver does have some advantages over the pistol Kaleva May 2019 #59
This is why I can no longer realistically believe that Biden/Harris would work LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #15
Speaking of Biden/Harris JonLP24 May 2019 #19
Pretty silly statement from someone whose being out-polled by Biden by more than 4 to 1 LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #20
It is also legit funny though ;) (nt) mr_lebowski May 2019 #28
Yeah, I gotta give her that LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #30
I have been asking this very question of Biden supporters(the ones who auto default to Harris as VP) Celerity May 2019 #26
Joe Biden is already a centrist & moderate JonLP24 May 2019 #62
I am definitely not advocating Biden choose a centrist as his VP. Stacey Abrams is not a centrist. Celerity May 2019 #63
I didn't say Warren or Inslee is a centrist JonLP24 May 2019 #67
I didn't mean to imply you said they were centrists Celerity May 2019 #69
I agree but on Twitter there are bad centrists JonLP24 May 2019 #70
It is simple for me Celerity May 2019 #71
I meant behavior JonLP24 May 2019 #72
What assuaged your concerns about her attorney general record? The Mouth May 2019 #65
Her recent primary proposals JonLP24 May 2019 #68
This should help slumping gun sales. n/t PoliticAverse May 2019 #29
A national emergency. There is a precedent now. keithbvadu2 May 2019 #39
And we rejected and ridiculed such action; I personally have no wish to see us sink to Trump's level LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #45
Rejected? In what way? Is it still a 'national emergency'? keithbvadu2 May 2019 #49
Fascinating how this thread devolved into quibbling over "AR-25 style assault weapons" when... TreasonousBastard May 2019 #61
I think you're right. In the 1990s, the AK-style was the visual for evil black rifles. aikoaiko May 2019 #64
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