2016 Postmortem

forjusticethunders

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33. Unfortunately, much of the Left has made reflexive anti-Americanism a core ideological value.

Reply to Tavarious Jackson (Original post)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 10:53 PM

Jan 2017

For many leftists, America is the "Great Satan" every bit as much as it is for an Al Qaeda or Daesh extremist (almost a mirror image of how America would prop up any tinpot dictatorship as long as it claimed to be fighting Communism) and thus, Putin is their ally.

Russia has been playing these types like a fiddle for a long long time, to the detriment of the leftist movement.

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Jack Pine nutjobs Swallow. [View all] Tavarious Jackson Dec 2016 OP

Ignore. elleng Dec 2016 #1

Alas, we're supposed to be nice to them now that they've come back to DU SaschaHM Dec 2016 #2

Nah, fuck 'em... SidDithers Dec 2016 #3

Yeah, no making nice with JackAss Radicals Adrahil Dec 2016 #20

Are they really that bad??? greytdemocrat Jan 2017 #29

Don't ask. Just go there and see for yourself. It won't take long. Hekate Jan 2017 #44

Hehe. They're all "Leave Russia alone!!1!!!!!11"... SidDithers Dec 2016 #4

Even before the exodus, this season has been a real lesson in how crazy the far left can be. DanTex Dec 2016 #5

Yes. I agree. Tavarious Jackson Dec 2016 #6

There are a couple of Russian trolls who were banned here who are members of that board Gothmog Dec 2016 #7

Haven't checked that place out in a while. NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #8

LOL, exactly, and it looks like Schumer is no longer one of those evil Wall Street R B Garr Dec 2016 #12

They are the same as the right wing rag scum, they just have better vocabularies. TrekLuver Dec 2016 #9

They are fascists BainsBane Dec 2016 #10

Well Putin is paying trolls so they probably found their way there. hrmjustin Dec 2016 #11

They fantasize about watching a group of men urinating on Clintons face. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #13

Who the fuck are you? Ellipsis Dec 2016 #14

But saying "who the fuck are you" is not apparently. n/t TrekLuver Dec 2016 #16

Who the fuck are you? ...Obviously not. Ellipsis Dec 2016 #18

Please refrain from your low brow confrontations...it's beneath the dignity of this board. TrekLuver Dec 2016 #19

You have Waylaid me sir, You miscontstrue... Ellipsis Dec 2016 #21

But seriously RonniePudding Jan 2017 #36

Yes... I was bad, I knew Jackpine radical a little... Ellipsis Jan 2017 #37

thank you uppityperson Jan 2017 #38

You're welcome. Ellipsis Jan 2017 #39

This sounds like a scene from the movie: EPIC MOVIE TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #15

So I had to peek ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #17

Jack Pine nut jobs still licking Putin bootie Tavarious Jackson Dec 2016 #22

that's nothing new, sadly Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #23

They've had love affairs with Assange & Snowden for years NastyRiffraff Jan 2017 #24

What's wrong with Assange and Snowden? Simply messengers. They delivered a message. snowy owl Jan 2017 #42

That's a barnyard byproduct you're shoveling there (see how decent my language is?) Hekate Jan 2017 #45

Boink Scurrilous Jan 2017 #25

Not much evidence of them here. HassleCat Jan 2017 #26

Meh. Some seem to have drifted back with new identities. Every so often I find myself asking.... Hekate Jan 2017 #32

Another example Lotusflower70 Jan 2017 #27

That place is the left's version of the internet sewer known as 4chan LonePirate Jan 2017 #28

To be fair, not all have fallen for Putin's puppets at JPR Fiendish Thingy Jan 2017 #30

blind contrarianism Dem2 Jan 2017 #48

I found out the hard way what a rootin'-Putin place JPR is. jcmaine72 Jan 2017 #31

Unfortunately, much of the Left has made reflexive anti-Americanism a core ideological value. forjusticethunders Jan 2017 #33

I'd agree with that. Ellipsis Jan 2017 #40

Also just to be sure forjusticethunders Jan 2017 #41

Becoming willing tools for enemies of liberalism.. JHan Jan 2017 #47

Pardon me if I suggest you are in denial. Have you read The Ugly American? Back to 60s I believe. snowy owl Jan 2017 #43

False equivalency Hekate Jan 2017 #46

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K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Jan 2017 #35