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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:52 AM Apr 2016

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This message was self-deleted by its author (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Apr 2016 OP
Anything to confuse the issues. -none Apr 2016 #1
Bwahahahaha EdwardBernays Apr 2016 #2
There are a lot of people who don't understand how political labeling works Scootaloo Apr 2016 #3
Yep. And that is the consequence of the establishment political center...... socialist_n_TN Apr 2016 #9
That's my post, and I stand by it obamanut2012 Apr 2016 #4
I'm sorry you feel that way. Starry Messenger Apr 2016 #5
Its garbage and makes as much sense as tits on a boar Ichingcarpenter Apr 2016 #6
That's not what the post says. kjones Apr 2016 #7
Socialist do not support her Ichingcarpenter Apr 2016 #8
I have seen CPUSA members support HRC as a FIRST choice....... socialist_n_TN Apr 2016 #10
Well, I knew there weren't a lot of socialistS, but didn't know there were so few you knew them all. kjones Apr 2016 #11
When I answered Jackpine Radical's call to join this group... yallerdawg Apr 2016 #12

-none

(1,884 posts)
1. Anything to confuse the issues.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:59 AM
Apr 2016

No lie is too great to try to pass off as fact.

EdwardBernays

(3,343 posts)
2. Bwahahahaha
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:02 AM
Apr 2016

Well you know what they say... When you go far enough left you end up on the right.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
3. There are a lot of people who don't understand how political labeling works
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:04 AM
Apr 2016

They believe that being to the left of Republicans actually makes them "leftists" instead of center-right. Or that supporting some idea that socialists also support makes them socialists. Or - MY personal favorite - that the "far left" and "far right" are identical.

Political ignorance is not a new thing.

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)
9. Yep. And that is the consequence of the establishment political center......
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:13 AM
Apr 2016

moving so far to the right. It's also a consequence of the "lesser of two evils" argument in electoral politics. The leading candidates for the Dems and the Repubs at this time consist of a socially MODERATE (NOT liberal) neo-conservative against a proto-fascist opportunist. IOW, the LOTE argument has NOT succeeded in changing things, it's just moved the arguments further to the right. So now anybody that supports a few social democratic programs and believes in turning the Middle East into a playground for American energy interests, is a "left winger". Or even a "socialist". It's not true, but the labeling works to obscure the true positions that are involved in the terminology.

obamanut2012

(27,755 posts)
4. That's my post, and I stand by it
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:27 AM
Apr 2016

LOL all you want. You just proved my point.

Starry Messenger

(32,375 posts)
5. I'm sorry you feel that way.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:30 AM
Apr 2016

It's true though.

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
6. Its garbage and makes as much sense as tits on a boar
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:35 AM
Apr 2016

Please tell me how Hillary is socialistic or far left?


You can't be serious.

kjones

(1,059 posts)
7. That's not what the post says.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:57 AM
Apr 2016

It says there are socialists that support her, which is true.

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
8. Socialist do not support her
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:08 AM
Apr 2016

that just insane.. Unless they are Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei

You have absolutely no proof of that on any that in any socialist website. Its garbage.

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)
10. I have seen CPUSA members support HRC as a FIRST choice.......
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:15 AM
Apr 2016

and I do fully expect the CPUSA to endorse her if she wins the nomination.

Of course I don't consider the CPUSA to be "socialist" either. They are, at BEST, a left-reformist organization.

kjones

(1,059 posts)
11. Well, I knew there weren't a lot of socialistS, but didn't know there were so few you knew them all.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:31 AM
Apr 2016

Oh god haha, I just minutes ago wrote a post about people equating
Hillary and Nazis, and then not ten minutes later run into you!
That's pretty funny

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
12. When I answered Jackpine Radical's call to join this group...
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:37 AM
Apr 2016

and leave the viciousness and bile of DU behind, I was quite surprised at the end of discourse regarding Hillary's bona fides as a progressive liberal Democrat.

Our group - "Link Socialist ideas and suggestions for political change to a Progressive framework" - dismissed Hillary supporters without openness or argument, with the viciousness and bile many of us came here to escape.

We'll get it back soon, though.



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