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K&R Odin2005 May 2012 #1
Man, Krugman is a rockstar lately. napoleon_in_rags May 2012 #2
Semantical Sycophancy ,is a form of lying . orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #3
Huh? I have no idea what you just said. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2012 #53
And that's OK orpupilofnature57 Jun 2012 #54
It's no coincidence that many on the far right were once on the far left nxylas May 2012 #4
Well don't you think that applies to DU? tcaudilllg May 2012 #5
Huh? agent46 Jun 2012 #52
A lot of the neocons were former Trotskyites nxylas Jun 2012 #57
This message was self-deleted by its author agent46 Jun 2012 #58
They're not job creators. They're money hoarders. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #6
... and far worse. nt ladjf May 2012 #17
It's not class warfare, which is bad; it's class competition, which is good. FarCenter May 2012 #7
class warfare kardonb May 2012 #12
Others include Global Warming/Climate change, Al Gore, evolution etc. ErikJ May 2012 #8
LOL "Al Gore" is a slur? Quantess Jun 2012 #56
Wow! I was just thinking this last night. (Well before reading the Krugman piece.) hedda_foil May 2012 #9
I wonder where DU'S version of the word banners are in this thread? RC May 2012 #16
the ultimate irony of the "problem of political correctness" zbdent May 2012 #10
The difference is fruitsmoothie45 May 2012 #36
but they kept saying how smart Bush43 really was ... zbdent May 2012 #37
Case in point - "A Patriot's History of the United States" IDemo May 2012 #11
Took three of them to 'refudiate' Zinn. Mc Mike May 2012 #25
Conservatives can't unscrew anything. They only screw them up. tclambert May 2012 #40
Well played, tc. NT. Mc Mike May 2012 #44
K&R. n/t DLevine May 2012 #13
DU Rec. nt woo me with science May 2012 #14
This has been true for at least 25 years Doctor_J May 2012 #15
Speaking as someone with a history degree who attended college liberalhistorian May 2012 #18
I think the elephant in the room is multiculturalism starroute May 2012 #19
Their crowd is doing some overtime double think Mc Mike May 2012 #26
For me, history chervilant May 2012 #35
My high school history text was relatively de-sanitized -- but still fit the prevailing narrative starroute May 2012 #39
One of my own favourites... LeftishBrit May 2012 #20
These are great. Identifying the "speak" is a very important part of exposing the conservative. Gregorian May 2012 #21
airport pat-downs = airport feel-ups AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #23
You can really see that the Yanks and the Brits are colluding from that list. Exactly the same HiPointDem May 2012 #45
Wonder who all was involved kitt6 May 2012 #22
Sourcewatch offers some suspects, k. Mc Mike May 2012 #27
k+r nt limpyhobbler May 2012 #24
I believe in the Nancy Reagan remedy to this... just say 'no'. Waiting For Everyman May 2012 #28
bigest PC and censor-by-threat cop the last 20 years is the coordinated talk radio monopoly that certainot May 2012 #29
PS "Political correctness is a straw man that blowhard reactionaries attack in lieu of certainot May 2012 #30
"Political correctness" is the replacement for "on orders from Moscow"... JHB May 2012 #48
This is the darkside of ... GeorgeGist May 2012 #31
This last paragraph nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #32
The first Harry potter book was published in the US 14 years ago, in 1998. The last was published HiPointDem May 2012 #46
George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946 zeemike May 2012 #33
K&R nt raouldukelives May 2012 #34
I have no problem calling the rich, "Job Creators"... jmondine May 2012 #38
Political correctness on the left is over-politeness. Political correctness on the right is chilling ck4829 May 2012 #41
I am a little disappointed with the premise of Krugman's argument. ballaratocker May 2012 #42
Actually politically correct has always been conservative jade3000 May 2012 #43
Liberals always side with the oppressed? I don't think that's true. Maybe in theory, but not HiPointDem May 2012 #47
Fair enough jade3000 May 2012 #49
And we must never ever ever utter the words social justice. LiberalAndProud May 2012 #50
In British Tory political-correct-speak, social justice is used to mean 'punishing the poor' LeftishBrit Jun 2012 #51
That is really interesting. LiberalAndProud Jun 2012 #55
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