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In reply to the discussion: Has anyone else ever been called "Far/Extreme Left"? Mystifying, isn't it? [View all]DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)27. Sure. There are center-aright people who say it in these pages all the time.
They're the same people trying to convince you that up is down, domestic surveillance is good, and Republican ideas put forth by a Democrat are somehow a good thing.
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Has anyone else ever been called "Far/Extreme Left"? Mystifying, isn't it? [View all]
DerekG
Jan 2014
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When did sensible progressive platforms become revolutionary (particularly within the Democratic
RKP5637
Jan 2014
#2
Yep, being in favor of far-left radical ideals like Social Security and Medicare earns you that.
Scuba
Jan 2014
#4
Explain how one advocates for universal health care to the point of risking no reforms at all.
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#24
Explain how that one that is avid for universal health care can jeopardize the ACA.
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#36
The argument doesnt make any sense. How can you advocate for something like universal
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#37
Exactly, it is all "take what you get and like least you ruin the crumbs for everyone".
TheKentuckian
Jan 2014
#51
I wonder what our Founders would think of that attitude. I wonder how far the Conservative
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#52
according to the Sunday morning pundits - opposing cuts in Social Security and Medicare
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2014
#23
I have my differences with the BOG crew and think they are way off base - but when it comes to
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2014
#39
Sure. There are center-aright people who say it in these pages all the time.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jan 2014
#27
Some people that see those that are willing to fight for our rights and freedoms as extremists.
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#28
Yes, and it's no mystery. Since my teens and onward, I"ve been called that. It's true, why hide it?
freshwest
Jan 2014
#30
Only for the last 30 years or so. The consistent exception has always been my European
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2014
#40
Red, Commie, Anarchist, Hippie, Pinko, Traitor, peacnik...yep, I have.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2014
#45