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In reply to the discussion: What is the "hard left"? [View all]guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)9. Too windy at this point.
What if I am coming from the North? A hard left will put me in the water.
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the civil rights laws WERE only PASSED because of the GOP leadership under Evertt Dirksen
beachbum bob
Sep 2017
#112
A real Democrat would not elect a Republican (especially Trump) by saying the parties are the
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#106
Yup, proud to have stood for marital gay rights before it was "cool"... same with single-payer.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Sep 2017
#96
Indeed. Furthermore, there was a hard left at the time that opposed the literal new deal. n/t
BzaDem
Sep 2017
#14
It was partially that and partially because Republicans had finally been completely disgraced
Warpy
Sep 2017
#16
Pretty much sums it up... why we need to put up a true progressive in 2020...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Sep 2017
#97
But the time for U.S. military intervention is over-especially in the Arab/Muslim world.
Ken Burch
Sep 2017
#89
We could have had a non-brutal war with North Korea, or no war at all, back in the 50s...
Expecting Rain
Sep 2017
#171
Yetsin's embrace of Putin make my point that Yeltzin was not to be trusted...
Expecting Rain
Sep 2017
#173
Yeltsin chose Putin after the U.S. spent most of his term disrespecting him.
Ken Burch
Sep 2017
#174
I'd suggest you are making a argument that conflates correlation with causation...
Expecting Rain
Sep 2017
#175
It is fine to say "we have to do this," but unless one can make it happen...
Expecting Rain
Sep 2017
#189
I was referring to Democrats blocking bills introduced by a Democratic president.
Ken Burch
Sep 2017
#190
Nobody who calls for a new New Deal supports the return of 1930s racial values.
Ken Burch
Sep 2017
#160
Not at all, women and POC have been undervalued and used for free labor for centuries....
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#34
All of women's jobs were serverly underpaid, not sure why you thinks that's by sexist...
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#37
Because were conspicuously omitted from this OP- treated as lesser yet again.
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#113
Now we're demographics, LOL. No, it's about civil rights and equal treatment under the law!
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#149
"Nobody else was mentioned" - who did you expect to be mentioned? Ask "no other causes"? What are
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#169
No, I didn't expect to. And I didn't expect any other issues other than civil rights
Ken Burch
Sep 2017
#183
I see 'Our Revolution' and Turner as traitors to our cause... I will support no candidate that comes
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#107
Once upon a time it meant the CPUSA and other marxist-leninist parties and anarchist
Voltaire2
Sep 2017
#20
You are making my points for me. That other counties have a variety of government...
Expecting Rain
Sep 2017
#142
Employer health insurance is a stranglehold that the corporations use to retain you
Not Ruth
Sep 2017
#127
The message of the primaries was simply that Bernie as a candidate was rejected.
Ken Burch
Sep 2017
#159
I would think any group that wants to eventually replace capitalism with some other system.
Willie Pep
Sep 2017
#87