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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:32 PM Original message |
Check in here if you're a proud, small-'s' socialist. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. i'm a bit of a socialist. nt |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Exactly my point |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. But that's not the same as being "proud" and |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Fair enough. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Me. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. me too. nt |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sure thing |
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PetrusMonsFormicarum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. And proud of it. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm about to make it official. If we don't get a Public Option. |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. That'll do it for me too..............n/t |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. the OP was talking about small s, not as in registered with a party |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. *raises hand* |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. what does that mean to you, with the small 's'? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The library IS socialism, as are the police, fire department and roads |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. so that is your strange definition of socialism - any government spending? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Collective action through government. That's most people's definition of socialism. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
64. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that you don't |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. You need to get out more |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. sheesh no wonder we are so marginalized |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Aren't corporations the biggest beneficiaries of government socialist policies? |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
88. I recommend you read a book called "The Long Detour" |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. I am a socialist with small "s". |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. Depends on how you define the term. Western European socialism? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I said "socialist", not "communist" |
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Kid Dynamite (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Private property in the socialist tradition |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
82. No, I meant like owning your own home, personal effects, etc. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. Here. n/t |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. I consider myself to be one on many issues. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I would have never guessed from your DU handle |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Heheh |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm more of a Commonist... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. I was a Red Diaper baby. Grew up being a socialist. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'll stand with you. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. I've definitely made a journey left of very liberal/progressive...... |
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kenichol (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
96. "...I'm a far-left work in progress..." |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. Count me in. Albeit reluctantly. |
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Kid Dynamite (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Yeah I'm thinking your reluctance is well founded |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. gladly and enthusiastically embraced. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. What is this RUSHA? |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. I am a socialist and not one bit ashamed of it |
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alterfurz (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. "Socialism: if it's good enough for the bankers, it's good enough for the rest of us!" |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. epic fail. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Correction: Epic win |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. That's fascism, not socialism. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. It is fascism |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. I consider myself a libertarian socialist, and that is NOT an oxymoron. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
38. S-ocialist |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm a capital "S" Socialist. A member of Democratic Socialists of America. |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
42. s |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
43. Funny how the unrecs keep rolling in |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. I like Americas socialist programs...they help a lot of people.. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
45. I like my library. |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. Jesus was a socialist -- Matthew 25:40 |
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European Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
47. here. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. present |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. Heck, I'm gay. Socialist is a step up the ladder. n/t |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. If you're an atheist, you win the right-wing hate trifecta. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Well, I'm not any kinda religion of which they would approve. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. That's even better |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
50. I'm a socialist wannabe. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. yep! |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
52. Hiya. |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
53. I've called myself a socialist for a long time. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
54. I'm a liberal with a panoply of positions on a panoply of issues |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
55. I support socialist policies. |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
56. Yup. Wouldn't have a society without it. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
58. big S here. nt. |
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flying rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
59. That's how I roll. n/t |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
60. Yes you can call me .. |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
62. Sure. nt |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
66. Hell yeah! n/t |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
67. I am, though not in a very organized way. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
69. I don't like State socialism. |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
70. Do you use the Interstate Freeway System? Then you're a fucking socialist. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. A "fucking socialist"? Does that mean we favor the Pubic Option? |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. A-fucking right, mate. |
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HappyCynic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
72. If I had to be labeled... |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
74. Yeah. n/t |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
76. Big or small, I am a socialist. |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
77. Half and half, but leaning more socialist, at this point in time. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
78. Ok. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
79. These days, socialism is only defense of the existence of public goods |
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ehrnst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
80. Present! (nt) |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
81. i'm for balancing the needs of the whole with the rights of the individual... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
83. Proud to embrace the name and many of the concepts |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
84. Sure a Keynesian mixed market socialist |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
85. I'm a socialist. n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
86. I'm a socialist by right wing standards anyway |
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Tripmann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
87. I'm socialist and proud of it |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
89. I like to think of myself as a socialist democrat. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
90. Small "s" socialist. I'll identify myself as one. As opposed to the Big "s" socialists who |
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Yuugal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
91. Thats me nt |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
92. Social democrat |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
93. I'm for taxpayer money to banks, but let's not get crazy here! nt |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
94. +1 |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
95. Fuckin' A |
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merkins (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
97. comrade merkins is in |
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