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fuck the alt left. fuck the alt right. La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #1
As they sit in their little trust-fund funded enclaves..... msanthrope Jan 2017 #2
+1, I wish to God Goldman Sachs was the only force we had to worry about now. Ties to Pootin are ... uponit7771 Jan 2017 #3
That's the thing, Trump flooded his cabinet picks with Goldman Sachs. JHan Jan 2017 #25
Yep. And.. fuck this shit ismnotwasm Jan 2017 #4
How I feel today: KittyWampus Jan 2017 #5
Yup. n/t progressoid Jan 2017 #11
Indeed. JTFrog Jan 2017 #18
Thanks world wide wally Jan 2017 #32
The Notion That Money For Speeches. . . ProfessorGAC Jan 2017 #6
Thank you. we can do it Jan 2017 #7
Post removed Post removed Jan 2017 #19
The Far Left is no different from TeaBaggers... JHan Jan 2017 #31
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2017 #35
That was your choice world wide wally Jan 2017 #34
+1 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #37
Sadly there are a lot of people who just like to blow shit up. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #8
Fuckin' A, msanthrope. Paladin Jan 2017 #9
Amen RelativelyJones Jan 2017 #10
No, fuck this. alarimer Jan 2017 #12
Nope....your Purity got this. msanthrope Jan 2017 #13
+ infinity. nt JTFrog Jan 2017 #17
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2017 #22
The "Middle" did bring down a REAL DICTATOR DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #23
exacto-mundo Locrian Jan 2017 #27
No one said a thing about 'lock step party conformity'. randome Jan 2017 #29
Perfect is the enemy of good. joshcryer Jan 2017 #26
Bingo! Look at how the Blue Dog Dems lost in mid-term elections Roland99 Jan 2017 #14
exactly! m-lekktor Jan 2017 #30
Centrist vs a traitor? I'll pick centrist any day uponit7771 Jan 2017 #38
K&R mcar Jan 2017 #15
Fuck this. truebluegreen Jan 2017 #16
K&R! nt JTFrog Jan 2017 #20
K and Fucking R. JHan Jan 2017 #21
Purity trolls are water carrying tools of the far right ultra nationalists. joshcryer Jan 2017 #24
++++++ 100000000 JHan Jan 2017 #28
Here we go again elmac Jan 2017 #33
such a lovely wedge to hammer. mopinko Jan 2017 #36
I am not sure I understand humbled_opinion Jan 2017 #39
 

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
1. fuck the alt left. fuck the alt right.
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 09:36 AM
Jan 2017

fuck people who care more about purity, than the actual lives of real people.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
2. As they sit in their little trust-fund funded enclaves.....
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 09:40 AM
Jan 2017

Let's not forget that two of our most "highly-respected" DUers had the white privilege of living in enclaves while they rained down their shit.

uponit7771

(90,392 posts)
3. +1, I wish to God Goldman Sachs was the only force we had to worry about now. Ties to Pootin are ...
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 09:44 AM
Jan 2017

... tangible and the idiot at the helm doesn't give a fuck if what we think about them.

There's not going to be LESS hacking while Benedict Donald is at the helm...

ismnotwasm

(42,049 posts)
4. Yep. And.. fuck this shit
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 09:45 AM
Jan 2017

This is bullshit. Mostly, I'm not sad, there are no 'tears' to drink--I'm pissed off.

ProfessorGAC

(65,703 posts)
6. The Notion That Money For Speeches. . .
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 09:54 AM
Jan 2017

. . .even if at Goldman Sachs, WHILE A PRIVATE CITIZEN, would lead to an administration that would not enforce the law is stupendously laughable.

And, i do think that Wall Street is too influential and gets away with too much, but because someone gave you money for a speech x years ago would result lax enforcement of established law is ridiculous. Yet, that was the sentiment. Ok, when the primaries were on, the populist vs. corporatist thing was inevitable. But, to not see what failure to support the democratic nominee would cause is an obvious blinding by one's own purity.

I'm with you, Ms.

Response to ProfessorGAC (Reply #6)

JHan

(10,173 posts)
31. The Far Left is no different from TeaBaggers...
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 10:54 AM
Jan 2017

And you connecting that link as if HRC is somehow culpable because she gave speeches is the problem, because it completely ignores her record and her platform. That is a disgusting smear job.

That's what tunnel vision gets you - inane comparisons and illogical conclusions.

And now we have a real oligarchy, chock full of nihilists, about to control the levers of government, determined to destroy Obama's legacy and regardless of what they claimed in the confirmation hearings, despise the agencies they've been picked to head.

Yeah, *slow cap*..

Response to JHan (Reply #31)

world wide wally

(21,762 posts)
34. That was your choice
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 11:07 AM
Jan 2017

"Now the Oligarchs will feast on our families."

Whine about the choice all you want, but that was the choice you had this time. "This place doesn't serve beef Wellington, so I am going to starve myself until they do"

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
13. Nope....your Purity got this.
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 10:19 AM
Jan 2017

Governance, as opposed to twittering your outrage, requires the middle.

We are the middle learning the proverb that before you walk, you crawl. But we pushed the fuck forward.

Do you feel safe with your purity?

Response to msanthrope (Reply #13)

Locrian

(4,523 posts)
27. exacto-mundo
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 10:42 AM
Jan 2017

It's stunning to me that the ones most focused on lock step party conformity and purity control are lecturing the "far left".

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
29. No one said a thing about 'lock step party conformity'.
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 10:46 AM
Jan 2017

But going out of one's way to find negative things to promote about a fellow Democrat -that's a bridge too far, imo.

It shows a complete lack of understanding of the term 'teamwork'.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
14. Bingo! Look at how the Blue Dog Dems lost in mid-term elections
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 10:25 AM
Jan 2017

the move to right of center has alienated so many from the left and certainly doesn't endear them to anyone on the right. They'll still keep voting Republican no matter what.

joshcryer

(62,287 posts)
24. Purity trolls are water carrying tools of the far right ultra nationalists.
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 10:39 AM
Jan 2017

They will learn or be obsoleted.

The far right is on the rise because of these fools.

As they privatize social security and medicare cuts happen, it will be noted who got us here. I will make sure they they know who they are and what they stand for (or don't stand for, since they stand for literally nothing).

As federal jobs are lost at an alarming rate, as local governance falls to shit and cronyism goes on the rise, I will note who is responsible. I will make sure that they know who they are and what kind of people they are.

On twitch there is a streamer named BCBobb, he's a rent seeker, he makes most of his money off of people toiling trying to pay their rent. He bashes people on SSI, anyone who gets welfare, anyone who doesn't make a lot of money. When half of his renters can't make their rent because of the cuts, because of the crashing economy, I will laugh in his face (I have only lurked on his channel to see the mindset of these idiots that have elected Trump). BTW, while ignoring the inauguration today I'll be tuned into his channel, recording his glee and spite and hate for all that is actually good.

They have proudly taken on the name "deplorable." I will make sure that they know that the things that are happening because of far ultra right policies are due directly to these people.

They called for Obamacare to be repealed for years from the left and right respectively. It has and will happen. Thousands will die of it. Many don't deserve it. But the right who bemoans it happening will and I will, like they did for a decade when literally nothing happened, point out what is happening and why it's happening.

The difference being that when Obama offered a compromise he was trying to help people. CCPI for a poverty exception? Count me in, my mom is in poverty, she would've benefited as would have 6 million seniors.

The difference being that the ultra right does not want to help people, and people who have needed the help because of the wealth disparity didn't acknowledge where it was actually coming from. The moderates who got the exclusions, the people who managed to carefully handle the sequester without that many jobs being lost, the people who tried to stop the ultra right nationalist control from fucking them.

humbled_opinion

(4,423 posts)
39. I am not sure I understand
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 11:18 AM
Jan 2017

What the far left is, or did, to upset the apple cart. You seem to be blaming Progressives that support various agendas. Please elaborate.

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