baby_mouse
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Tue May-09-06 05:05 AM
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The "far left" slur is backfiring. |
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You can't accuse someone who thinks Colbert's funny or bush is stupid or anything non-Bushspeak of being far left if they already know they *aren't* far left. Al that does is put you over on the far right in their eyes.
Alienation...
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Tue May-09-06 05:16 AM
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1. Yes, the slur (the left, liberal, democrat) itself is no longer "a slur" |
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Edited on Tue May-09-06 05:17 AM by ShortnFiery
because we've been controlled by REPUBLICANs since 1994.
Ole' Newt's "Contract with America" is selling out the working and middle classes.
Gee perhaps those liberals and democrats have some valid points? Ya think? ;)
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Tue May-09-06 06:37 AM
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2. I guess the 65% who disapprove of the chimp are the "far left". |
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And the 31% who approve of him are the "mainstream". You see? It's easy to understand when you define your terms.
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Tue May-09-06 10:42 AM
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4. And I guess those traditional conservatives who don't like Bush... |
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Tue May-09-06 06:49 AM
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3. The discourse has shifted so far to the right in the past 20 years... |
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Edited on Tue May-09-06 06:54 AM by Spider Jerusalem
thatr centrists are being called 'far left', which is pretty ridiculous. There IS no 'far left' in mainstream American politics, really (or much in mainstream UK politics anymore, either, thanks to 'New Labour'); just about anyone you can name even in the Democratic party is solidly right of centre (it makes me laugh when I hear some clueless idiot say that Hillary Clinton is a 'far left liberal', for instance; Dennis Kucinich is probably the only fairly well-known leftist politician I can think of in the States).
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Tue May-09-06 11:26 AM
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5. "looney left" is the meme I see a lot. nt |
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Tue May-09-06 03:01 PM
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9. It doesn't really mean anything. There is no loony left. nt |
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Tue May-09-06 11:48 AM
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6. Dimocrat, Dumbocrat DimoRat, Dimwitcrap |
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loony left, loony effin left, America hating leftist.
You name it I've seen it, and any time they post it I know I've asked them to go beyond their brain power.
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Tue May-09-06 11:53 AM
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8. You forgot the "angery Left." |
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Tue May-09-06 11:49 AM
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7. Good point and it seems to work that way. n/t |
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