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Old 09-15-2018, 11:20 AM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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The Democrat left is not liberal at all and everyone needs to immediately stop referring to them as liberals.

Liberal comes from the same root word as liberty. Leftists are about controlling other people's lives. They are not in any way committed to the traditional American concept of "liberty," as in "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". Any leftist who tries to tell you that they are either are completely ignorant of what they speak, or more likely, they are lying straight through their teeth, which they do quite often.
Nope. That's a dumb definition. Liberals and the Left are about expanding access to rights and resources. Conservatives and the Right are about cutting off access to rights and resources.
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Old 09-15-2018, 11:23 AM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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Exactly correct.
I guess you believe the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is just that, huh?
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Old 09-15-2018, 11:24 AM
 
Location: Colorado Springs
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Nope. That's a dumb definition. Liberals and the Left are about expanding access to rights and resources. Conservatives and the Right are about cutting off access to rights and resources.
Nailed it! The left is also about egalitarianism and tearing down oppressive hierarchies. The right is about defending those institutions.
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Old 09-15-2018, 11:25 AM
 
Location: New Jersey and hating it
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There might be some differences but liberals and Leftists are usually mutually inclusive.
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Old 09-15-2018, 11:25 AM
 
Location: Cape Cod
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Conservative a 'Right' are not the same either.







True but in the eyes of the Left a Republican, Conservative Righty are all the same thing and that is a DEPLORABLE.
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Old 09-15-2018, 11:26 AM
 
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IMO "liberal" and "left" are both ends of the same turd.
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Old 09-15-2018, 11:30 AM
 
Location: New Jersey and hating it
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Nope. That's a dumb definition. Liberals and the Left are about expanding access to rights and resources. Conservatives and the Right are about cutting off access to rights and resources.
That's not a good definition either. What about gun rights? How about fossil fuel resources? Are the Left/liberals for expanding those rights and resources?
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Old 09-15-2018, 11:32 AM
 
Location: Colorado Springs
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What about gun rights?
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Old 09-15-2018, 11:34 AM
 
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^ You should remind the Left of that. He is their father.
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Old 09-15-2018, 11:34 AM
 
Location: Colorado Springs
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^ You should remind the Left of that. He is their father.
American Democrats are center right not left.
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