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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsgot banned from a so called left wing facebook group for being a "right wing chud"
all because I pointed out that the democrats arent fascists and voting for a third party helps get morons like trump win.
Oh no how will I handle the shame
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got banned from a so called left wing facebook group for being a "right wing chud" (Original Post)
moonshinegnomie
9 hrs ago
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LoisB
(12,327 posts)1. I think you will survive.
W_HAMILTON
(10,033 posts)2. Sadly, there's a lot of that thinking on the left nowadays.
There's been a large swath of voters on the left that have been misled into thinking that """fighting"" for something you are never able to achieve is better than incremental progress.
This mindset is why we have been losing elections.
marble falls
(70,748 posts)3. Damn Stalinists!
JI7
(93,142 posts)4. Far left is anti liberal. Ideologically they are mire aligned with the right wing
LearnedHand
(5,231 posts)9. Not acceptable to denigrate any segment of the liberal coalition
ret5hd
(22,165 posts)10. could you please name one or two of these far leftists?
JI7
(93,142 posts)11. The Green Party and Cenk
QueerDuck
(952 posts)5. It's a heavy burden! 🥰❤️🫂
I'm always disappointed to see how many people encourage primarying incumbent Democrats and voting third party.
moonshinegnomie
(3,833 posts)8. i dont have an issue with primaring democrats
as long as you dont vote 3rd party in the general. IMHO there are some dems that need to be primaried.
hlthe2b
(112,748 posts)6. So what was going on in THEIR discussion that your comment was considered "right wing?"
I don't get it...
moonshinegnomie
(3,833 posts)7. they basically called every top democratic contender a fascist