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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:12 PM Original message |
What is the 'far left'? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Socialism as in FDR's new deal: the new 'far' left. nt. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. In My View, Ma'am, the Term has Several Meanings |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I like this nuanced treatment of the phrase. "Far left" is deployed |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. I thought far left |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. far left is not communism. communism would be called "communism" n/t |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Your terminalogy may differ from the UK's perceptions |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. It is used as an undefined perjorative by those sources, meaning... |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. The far left is a figment of the far right's imagination. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. A liberal that stands by their principles, and doesn't back down. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Whatever the Wise Old Men of Washington say it is. |
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bluedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. where does the Freedom party stand? |
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markk (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. on tv? anyone who doesn't think corporations are the answer |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. i have been thinking about this a lot lately. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. Anything left of Barry Goldwater |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. The people who've been right the last seven years. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. To me - it is the folks who want to take away a large amount of my rights |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Boy those far lefties are really a rotten bunch! |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Oh, I am sure you will run into them |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Damn I found the far lefty! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. You're talking about behavioral leftists |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. anybody who is not right of center, |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. As used by many on DU, the "far left" is anyone who supports a |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. Anyone left of you. n/t |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. Well if we're refering to a left-right scale that all political philosphies |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. stands up and raises hand >>>>>>>>>>> |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. As far as I've always understood, 'far left' means communist and similar parties... |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That was its former meaning. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) comes closest as he fashions himself |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. Right here. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. There really is not far left in this country, but there is a far right. |
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