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Echoing an earlier post: the ALT LEFT IS NOT A THING! (Original Post) Chasstev365 Aug 2017 OP
No, it's a thing. And it is well-represented by trolls on this forum. Expecting Rain Aug 2017 #1
No it's not n/t leftstreet Aug 2017 #3
Here. Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #7
LOL leftstreet Aug 2017 #12
Toppling a statue has an illustrious history.** Toppling a human being with a car, not so much. WinkyDink Aug 2017 #13
Hahahahahahaha! Coventina Aug 2017 #11
Bullshit. WoonTars Aug 2017 #14
I reported it, I suggest ignoring it, if you dont it might get you a hide. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #2
Trump didn't just coin that term on his own, he's to stupid to come up with procon Aug 2017 #4
Anyone who has used it has outed themselves as an ally of white supremacists. Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #6
"No group on the left espouses racism" Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #5
I have seen it used here ad nauseum. demmiblue Aug 2017 #8
Sad to see so many people on this board join in with Trump on this HarmonyRockets Aug 2017 #9
Obviously some people are getting their messaging from somewhere else. Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #10
Point of order... Expecting Rain Aug 2017 #16
And the violent slice of protesters -- the anarchists in black -- aren't leftists. pnwmom Aug 2017 #15
 

Expecting Rain

(811 posts)
1. No, it's a thing. And it is well-represented by trolls on this forum.
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 07:36 PM
Aug 2017

The violent minded left must be resisted just as we resist the fascists.

procon

(15,805 posts)
4. Trump didn't just coin that term on his own, he's to stupid to come up with
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 07:40 PM
Aug 2017

any original meme. So who did? Someone on the right made it up, either on Faux or one of the conspiracy theory websites that Trump likes to quote from, but who?

 

Weekend Warrior

(1,301 posts)
5. "No group on the left espouses racism"
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 07:42 PM
Aug 2017

I don't think you should minimize the depths of racism in this country.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
10. Obviously some people are getting their messaging from somewhere else.
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 07:46 PM
Aug 2017

We should be aware and vigilant. Fortunately this site has a search function.

 

Expecting Rain

(811 posts)
16. Point of order...
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 11:23 PM
Aug 2017

...no liberal Democrat calls herself a corporatist neoliberal, but we see that expression used her ad nauseam.

Disagree on the mirror image arguments. Condoning violence, attacking liberalism, advancing populist-nativist demagoguery are common to both extremes of the political spectrum.

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
15. And the violent slice of protesters -- the anarchists in black -- aren't leftists.
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 07:59 PM
Aug 2017

Progressives believe in good government leading to positive outcomes for people.

Anarchists by definition don't believe in government, so if they're anything, they're extreme libertarians.

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