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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:53 PM Original message |
And about that mythical "far left." |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. pukes consider hitler far left which shows how scary crazy they are. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Because they're trying something new and revolutionary, don't you know! |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. These same people will cheer the beginning of the |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. People on the far left want govt to be responsive to the needs & wishes of the people |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That's not far left... |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. People on the LEft want Government to FEAR the People. |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. People on the far right want total control over our personal lives |
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Malidictus Maximus (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. IMHO "left/right" is not good enough |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I agree. We've got freedom for corporations and freedom for individuals all mixed up. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. End corporate personhood... |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I agree with you both on ending corporate person-hood |
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Malidictus Maximus (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Or, at least if we don't end it |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. not to mention all the stockholders including all those that hold stocks |
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Malidictus Maximus (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yep. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I feel much the same way... |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. there are people as far left as Rush & Coulter are far right |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. ELF and ALF might qualify |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yeah, but THEIR extremists are taken seriously by the media... |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. by moderates you mean center right, I hardly consider those that are |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. K&R!! n/t |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. k&r...n/t |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. they have spent MILLIONS (maybe billions) to change the perception of the "center" |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. Interesting post. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. In theory, marxism is fine... |
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Malidictus Maximus (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Power corrupts |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. The American far left is a figment of the imgination |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. I always get a chuckle out of those who want to nationalize the oil companies. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. A good argument against... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Don't need to nationalize the Oil Companies. |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yes, but that's a very different thing. You were talking about the mythical left.... |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. I think it's time to rehabilitate the word "socialism." |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. No, they are social democracies with capitalist economies. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Its not entirely correct to call those economies "Capitalist". |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Most social programs really aren't businesses. |
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Malidictus Maximus (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Power of words - no shit.. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. Excellent observations. kicking. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. Anyone who uses the term "far left" without the quotation marks-- |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
37. People who are truly far left in any meaningful sense support Bush |
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