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Aerows

(39,961 posts) Fri Jun 10, 2016, 06:08 PM Jun 2016

All day today, I've read posts from High Horse posters [View all]

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Usually relatively low in post count, but high in "support the party, or else".

I'm not "young". I'm 43.

Calling me an idealist searching for a Utopia isn't exactly going to work for me, either, because I've heard it already from every Republican under the sun since I was in elementary school.

Now Democrats are saying that it is "searching for Utopia" to speak up about things like wealth inequality, getting money out of politics and decreasing our military budget?

If you espouse this, if you believe in pushing it, I didn't leave the party - it left me.

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All day today, I've read posts from High Horse posters [View all] Aerows Jun 2016 OP

They need to realize that smug superiority never obtained converts to any cause. Warpy Jun 2016 #1

I think they already believed it to begin with Aerows Jun 2016 #2

Not trying Old Codger Jun 2016 #27

I still have breath in my body. Aerows Jun 2016 #40

At a time we need institutional memory of what's possible, George Eliot Jun 2016 #44

I don't even think it is gender politics Aerows Jun 2016 #72

They're the ones playing gender politics elljay Jun 2016 #78

We need to be aware of the mischief makers Jim Beard Jun 2016 #43

This cuts both ways. kstewart33 Jun 2016 #64

You expressed my thoughts. Thanks. n/t Yo_Mama Jun 2016 #3

You also expressed mine in that appalling cheering squad thread Aerows Jun 2016 #5

Go to the garden before your eyeballs blow out. June 16th impends. Yo_Mama Jun 2016 #10

Thank you - I do need to go water my plants Aerows Jun 2016 #12

I disagree with many of the Democrats of today. Jim Beard Jun 2016 #59

Fair enough Aerows Jun 2016 #70

Oh no you haven't , just keep believing what you believe Jim Beard Jun 2016 #75

looks to me... chillfactor Jun 2016 #4

LOL. Aerows Jun 2016 #6

The time is out of joint— Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #14

Your wit and wisdom Aerows Jun 2016 #19

Another Shakespeare lover! ailsagirl Jun 2016 #65

"That I was ever born to set it right. saidsimplesimon Jun 2016 #68

Frustrating as it has been saidsimplesimon Jun 2016 #7

I do my best to ignore such things around here... TreasonousBastard Jun 2016 #8

Why did you bother replying? n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #9

It's probably not fair sharp_stick Jun 2016 #11

Bingo. n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #13

After November many of these people won't be seen again until 2020. Cal33 Jun 2016 #47

Oh, so now Triloon Jun 2016 #69

Tone that down, dude. Aerows Jun 2016 #74

Hey now, I have posted to other message bords. Jim Beard Jun 2016 #73

Heck, you don't even need a low post count or a high horse gratuitous Jun 2016 #15

It appears that Aerows Jun 2016 #16

so are you leaving the party then? hfojvt Jun 2016 #17

tl:dr Aerows Jun 2016 #18

cogent hfojvt Jun 2016 #20

Exactly. GaYellowDawg Jun 2016 #23

Another one. Aerows Jun 2016 #26

You need not be stubborn with your misuse, grasshopper. GaYellowDawg Jun 2016 #39

Even Inigo Mantoya can't save you. n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #42

*Montoya* GaYellowDawg Jun 2016 #53

Where did you look it up? Aerows Jun 2016 #24

That was too long for you to read? GaYellowDawg Jun 2016 #21

It was particularly germane. Aerows Jun 2016 #25

Not so much. Put the thesaurus down. You keep misusing words. GaYellowDawg Jun 2016 #32

Oh, well, if you want a dismissal. Here's one. n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #36

So long as you stop babbling. GaYellowDawg Jun 2016 #46

I will, Georgia Aerows Jun 2016 #57

If that's an olive branch GaYellowDawg Jun 2016 #60

My grandmother taught me how to can Aerows Jun 2016 #63

Republicans are authoritarians which mean they move up until someone stronger stops them Fumesucker Jun 2016 #31

think I lost a lot of idealism with Obama. He was going to change the Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 #22

Its a new wave of Broccolis NV Whino Jun 2016 #28

Appears to be, NVW. n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #34

The high horse posters are the Bernie holdouts wyldwolf Jun 2016 #29

I've never met Michael Moore Aerows Jun 2016 #33

Think the world centers around you? wyldwolf Jun 2016 #54

You must think the world centers around you Aerows Jun 2016 #55

Usually when one replies to a poster... wyldwolf Jun 2016 #76

Sometimes I feel like a lot of folks here just discovered Liberalism under Dubya.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2016 #30

Agreed. mdbl Jun 2016 #67

It's the whole "Triumph Of The Will" thing.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2016 #79

This low poster agrees. Richest country on planet can't pay for common good. George Eliot Jun 2016 #35

You can't tell them that, though, GE Aerows Jun 2016 #52

I'll get on my high horse... elephant hunter Jun 2016 #37

welcome to DU. couldnt resist nt retrowire Jun 2016 #41

I tremble in fear of Donald Trump. Aerows Jun 2016 #49

How about just hello again? Laser102 Jun 2016 #51

ROFL malaise Jun 2016 #38

I *know* you know from Aerows Jun 2016 #48

Hehehehehe malaise Jun 2016 #50

They said the same thing in FlaGranny Jun 2016 #45

Unfortunately, not. n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #61

This message was self-deleted by its author MattP Jun 2016 #56

Uh, well. n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #58

43 is young by the way MattP Jun 2016 #62

Probably. Aerows Jun 2016 #66

I feel ya i took off the other post cause I can see where you're coming MattP Jun 2016 #71

Although I have not been reading those posts, I know what they say. Curmudgeoness Jun 2016 #77

AMEN! kadaholo Jun 2016 #80

No kidding. I'm in Texas and what I hear from too many DUers is the same stuff Republicans say. Zen Democrat Jun 2016 #81

To be clear, I'm not back. Robb Jun 2016 #82

I still have yours. n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #83

60 years here greiner3 Jun 2016 #84

LOCKING THREAD AS DISRUPTIVE META LostOne4Ever Jun 2016 #85