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2016 Postmortem

RexCasual

(171 posts) Tue Nov 1, 2016, 02:27 PM Nov 2016

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The Green Party: left wing or alt-right?

Food for thought: Jill Stein prefers Trump to Clinton.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1589308/-Yes-the-Green-Party-has-Endorsed-Trump-Over-Clinton?detail=email&link_id=2&can_id=f09766f904a51481fe31bcfa27a7651d&source=email-hillary-just-dropped-this-to-10-million-followers-2&email_referrer=hillary-just-dropped-this-to-10-million-followers-2&email_subject=hillary-just-dropped-this-to-10-million-followers

Go figure

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The Green Party: left wing or alt-right? (Original Post) RexCasual Nov 2016 OP

Tofu Palin is irrelevant. nt onehandle Nov 2016 #1

"Tofu-Palin" BlueCaliDem Nov 2016 #7

Makes no difference. They're not our friends or allies. BobbyDrake Nov 2016 #2

I call 'em alt-left... Blue_Tires Nov 2016 #3

+1 Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #4

+2. So do I. And to think I wanted to register as a Green Partier back in 2001. BlueCaliDem Nov 2016 #8

Far enough left or far enough right relayerbob Nov 2016 #5

Are you freaking kidding? Daemonaquila Nov 2016 #6

No lefty could endorse and support Trump...nope alt-right. Demsrule86 Nov 2016 #12

Stein is a nut. And it seems like they are veering alt-right in a lot of ways. eom SweetieD Nov 2016 #9

Doesn't matter. It's an alt-bullshit party, MineralMan Nov 2016 #10

Alt-right of course...nothing progressive about the current Green Party. nt Demsrule86 Nov 2016 #11

It's sad, because there is a need for a credible voice on the left. dawg Nov 2016 #13

The horseshoe theory in political science BlueStateLib Nov 2016 #15

I lived in Madison, WI for a time TheLibIn615 Nov 2016 #16

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

1. Tofu Palin is irrelevant. nt

Reply to RexCasual (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 02:29 PM

Nov 2016

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)

7. "Tofu-Palin"

Reply to onehandle (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 02:59 PM

Nov 2016

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)

2. Makes no difference. They're not our friends or allies.

Reply to RexCasual (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 02:32 PM

Nov 2016

They work against us. Fuck 'em.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

3. I call 'em alt-left...

Reply to RexCasual (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 02:41 PM

Nov 2016

Grey Lemercier

(1,429 posts)

4. +1

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 02:43 PM

Nov 2016

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)

8. +2. So do I. And to think I wanted to register as a Green Partier back in 2001.

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 03:00 PM

Nov 2016

Glad I wasn't that stupid.

relayerbob

(6,559 posts)

5. Far enough left or far enough right

Reply to RexCasual (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 02:51 PM

Nov 2016

and they end up being the same

Daemonaquila

(1,712 posts)

6. Are you freaking kidding?

Reply to RexCasual (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 02:57 PM

Nov 2016

Left. The end.

Demsrule86

(68,703 posts)

12. No lefty could endorse and support Trump...nope alt-right.

Reply to Daemonaquila (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 05:08 PM

Nov 2016

SweetieD

(1,660 posts)

9. Stein is a nut. And it seems like they are veering alt-right in a lot of ways. eom

Reply to RexCasual (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 03:02 PM

Nov 2016

MineralMan

(146,336 posts)

10. Doesn't matter. It's an alt-bullshit party,

Reply to RexCasual (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 03:04 PM

Nov 2016

with a alt-bullshit candidate. Ignore it.

Demsrule86

(68,703 posts)

11. Alt-right of course...nothing progressive about the current Green Party. nt

Reply to RexCasual (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 04:59 PM

Nov 2016

dawg

(10,624 posts)

13. It's sad, because there is a need for a credible voice on the left.

Reply to RexCasual (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 05:09 PM

Nov 2016

And Jill Stein and the Greens sure aren't it.

For now, I'm looking to Elizabeth Warren to lead the charge. And we can't let the White House fall into the hands of a Republican in the meantime.

BlueStateLib

(937 posts)

15. The horseshoe theory in political science

Reply to RexCasual (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 08:51 PM

Nov 2016

The horseshoe theory in political science asserts that rather than the far left and the far right being at opposite and opposing ends of a linear political continuum, they in fact closely resemble one another, much like the ends of a horseshoe. The theory is attributed to French writer Jean-Pierre Faye

TheLibIn615

(61 posts)

16. I lived in Madison, WI for a time

Reply to RexCasual (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 08:59 PM

Nov 2016

The greens there are well-organized and highly involved in local politics, and the city is better for it. Madison has three major parties -- Democratic, Green, and a local party that is essentially a democratic socialist party. They make each other better.

That all said, the "mainstream" (if you want to call it that) Green exists solely as a vehicle for privileged people to throw a temper tantrum every four years and masquerade it as social activism. Jill Stein and her ilk are mendacious Trump surrogates. Pixie Dust Paul was probably assured a spot in the Kremlin to say this crap. It's the only way she'll ever hold office.

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