2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dan Savage Has Had Enough Of ‘Pasty White’ Jill Stein Supporters [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)I didn't say some Greens can't be liberal.
But liberal is a personality type before it is a political orientation, and some on the farther left are not strongly liberal in personality, or liberal at all. Some may be a mix of liberal plus more radical, extremist traits. Others are just plain extremist.
My guess is some Greens are probably pretty solidly liberal, some a mix of liberal and extremist traits, and some generally extremist.
One good clue is presence of antagonism/hostility toward Democrats. Liberals are relatively lower than both conservatives and the farther left in hostility toward anyone. A liberal may disapprove of Democrats, but repeated definite hostility toward Democrats? THAT you see among people with at least radical/extremist traits.
And of course you see a full range of those behaviors among the Greens, as well as other behaviors not widely characteristic of liberals, such as strong intolerance of anyone who disagrees with them and profound dishonesty about Democrats.