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rugger1869

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66. Maybe they just feel they have more to lose in taking a stand now...

Reply to jtuck004 (Reply #37)

Sun Jul 21, 2013, 01:06 AM

Jul 2013

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Chris Hedges: America is a Tinderbox [View all] rugger1869 Jul 2013 OP

k+r ...nt TeeYiYi Jul 2013 #1

No offense, but it's tinderbox. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #2

More offended that this thread has generated two comments about a spelling error... rugger1869 Jul 2013 #3

More excitable rhetoric from Hedges. randome Jul 2013 #4

Liberals aren't the radical left. ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2013 #11

Okay. randome Jul 2013 #13

I see what you mean. ananda Jul 2013 #16

Indeed Turbineguy Jul 2013 #36

The radical left is as gone as the great tribes of American Indians. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #33

Wrong: "'vigilante' refers to a lone individual." Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #53

Could he have meant: taking it upon yourself to rid the world of evil liberals and gays and you rainy Jul 2013 #58

vigilante can refer to a group MNBrewer Jul 2013 #91

Good thought provoking video. Cleita Jul 2013 #5

Occupy is not dead mick063 Jul 2013 #18

Disagree with some of this.... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #45

You interpret "far left" from a historical, academic perspective mick063 Jul 2013 #48

Then it's up to us on the far left .... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #88

Yeah, ProSense Jul 2013 #6

I agree with you about the last 2 Hedges paragraphs you posted. octoberlib Jul 2013 #10

I Agree Completely With Hedges - Continuing To Endorse The DLC Democrats Is A Road To Failure cantbeserious Jul 2013 #35

Agreed. I have lived in countries with a left, the US tsuki Jul 2013 #51

Excellent article. octoberlib Jul 2013 #7

good grief. histrionic a little? cali Jul 2013 #8

You underestimate the frustration of the working poor. ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2013 #12

oh no I don't. there is no indication that the working poor cali Jul 2013 #14

Excuse me? YoungDemCA Jul 2013 #17

the working poor are just as pacified by the distractions cali Jul 2013 #77

Even if that's true, what does pointing that out accomplish? YoungDemCA Jul 2013 #93

Are you a progressive? ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2013 #20

I suggest you read my posts here before passing judgment cali Jul 2013 #72

Do you know secondvariety Jul 2013 #24

hi. I'm on foodstamps and medicaid and recently disabled. cali Jul 2013 #73

Sorry to hear that. secondvariety Jul 2013 #74

You are absolutely CORRECT! jtuck004 Jul 2013 #37

Maybe they just feel they have more to lose in taking a stand now... rugger1869 Jul 2013 #66

OK, sure. But first, "they" is us. jtuck004 Jul 2013 #71

What about the fast food workers going on strike? That is an obvious indication. Skeeter Barnes Jul 2013 #49

Maybe watching sitcoms IS the revolution n/t leftstreet Jul 2013 #52

K&R LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #9

Me.? I think he nails it other than a few comments. Bonhomme Richard Jul 2013 #15

the difference the last 25 years: the left completely ignored the right's best weapon- talk radio- certainot Jul 2013 #19

I think climate change will herald the death knell of the right. randome Jul 2013 #21

i hope you're right, but when we get to that point their 'supreme scientists' like limbaugh certainot Jul 2013 #43

Supreme scientist Limbaugh. I wish that was hyperbole. randome Jul 2013 #47

John F Kennedy... roamer65 Jul 2013 #22

Hedges: "Who was the last liberal president we had? It was Richard Nixon" ucrdem Jul 2013 #23

You forgot the rest of the quote. ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2013 #25

Fear is never a good position from which to govern. randome Jul 2013 #28

"When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people... polichick Jul 2013 #32

Yeah, yeah, I get tired of trying to live our lives according to 18th century politicians. randome Jul 2013 #34

The rest of the quote is worse. He's saying elections are meaningless if not actually dangerous: ucrdem Jul 2013 #29

They really are irrelevant in an accurate sense. Bonhomme Richard Jul 2013 #39

"Dear Mr Lincoln: I joined the Union Army to end slavery, not to fight over some silly cornfields struggle4progress Jul 2013 #44

? n/t Bonhomme Richard Jul 2013 #46

It doesn't make sense either to regard elections as the whole struggle or as completely unrelated struggle4progress Jul 2013 #57

Now, see, chervilant Jul 2013 #79

No really that is not what he is getting at. Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 #89

Good call! randome Jul 2013 #26

thanks! ucrdem Jul 2013 #30

I disagree with him on that one. roamer65 Jul 2013 #27

Hedges is right wing???? grasswire Jul 2013 #55

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #64

Hedges is an Alex Jones favorite.More and more sufrommich Jul 2013 #84

It is no coincidence that the enemies of the Reich Enthusiast Jul 2013 #31

More impotent calls for a revolution while disdaining the geek tragedy Jul 2013 #38

"Philosophers have SOLVED the world -- but the real problem is to CHANGE it" struggle4progress Jul 2013 #40

Damn! That's well written! randome Jul 2013 #41

thanx struggle4progress Jul 2013 #60

Perhaps unrelated to your post, but it inspired some thinking mick063 Jul 2013 #61

Excellent post. nt Bobbie Jo Jul 2013 #90

I clicked on this thinking it was about wildfires NickB79 Jul 2013 #42

Recommend...It's an interesting watch, for sure. KoKo Jul 2013 #50

oh well, i guess we are really fucked madrchsod Jul 2013 #54

How comical.... RagAss Jul 2013 #56

Anyone get sick of this guy? Narkos Jul 2013 #59

Maybe for some... malokvale77 Jul 2013 #78

We aren't even close yet. rrneck Jul 2013 #62

Oh good Lord. I couldn't get through the first paragraph. Skip Intro Jul 2013 #63

it's sad to me. It's not even a decent polemic cali Jul 2013 #80

Hedges is a fucking goober. Warren DeMontague Jul 2013 #65

Having achieved decent standards of equality, working and living conditions... bhikkhu Jul 2013 #67

"the radical left won" marions ghost Jul 2013 #68

Women's rights, child labor laws, the weekend, a 40 hour work week, civil rights protections, bhikkhu Jul 2013 #69

You can go ahead and celebrate marions ghost Jul 2013 #70

excellent interview with one of the great iconoclastic thinkers and real journalist Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #75

I can't take him seriously most of the time anymore and cali Jul 2013 #81

I would not use the words uplifting to describe his writings - But I do think they are for the most Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #82

I don't care about uplifting. I do care about facts and truth- the cali Jul 2013 #83

well his background as you know is as a seminary graduate training to be a minister Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #85

no, it's actually not true cali Jul 2013 #87

It's not just Hedges. Skeeter Barnes Jul 2013 #92

k and r Berlum Jul 2013 #76

K&R. (nt) Paladin Jul 2013 #86