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20. Note how they have diluted terms like "treason" and "impeachment", also

Thu Jan 4, 2024, 04:09 PM

Jan 2024

Propaganda deals with emotions, not facts or truth. Propagandists twist or usurp words to lessen their power for enemies while using them to keep their targets emotionally engaged.

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Who else is PROUD to be a damn liberal! [View all] iluvtennis Jan 2024 OP

I am a PROUD member of the League of Radical Leftist Vermin! lastlib Jan 2024 #1

Me! Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 #2

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ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ahhh ooooo gah. so am i.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 #5

John F Kennedy was proud to be a liberal too Poiuyt Jan 2024 #7

excellent quote et tu Jan 2024 #23

I love this quote & it was the first thing that came to mind when I read the OP. CrispyQ Jan 2024 #76

A handy comparison chart... Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2024 #8

That's an interesting list. Interesting that some of the items on the liberal side are also claimed by conservatives. progressoid Jan 2024 #15

Well, they claim a lot of things senseandsensibility Jan 2024 #19

Like States Rights True Blue American Jan 2024 #66

Note how they have diluted terms like "treason" and "impeachment", also Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2024 #20

Fascinating list. Thank you. niyad Jan 2024 #38

Welcome! Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2024 #40

Instead of "conservatives" the list on the right Ferrets are Cool Jan 2024 #58

Yep. Not sure if 50 years of propaganda did it or if the facade was just ripped off. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2024 #63

I try to do unto others, respect Karma, and genuinely like people. LakeArenal Jan 2024 #9

I tell folks God gave us medicine and science to improve our lives. Take part in it. iluvtennis Jan 2024 #49

If being a liberal is the polar opposite of what that monster and his ilk are... TSExile Jan 2024 #10

I've never been more proud to be one. Space Lemon Jan 2024 #11

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Always have been amuse bouche Jan 2024 #13

ME! Aristus Jan 2024 #14

The right wing media has moved on to "progressive" now progressoid Jan 2024 #16

Count me in senseandsensibility Jan 2024 #17

Card carrying ACLU member, so yeah CloudWatcher Jan 2024 #18

I damn sure am. onecaliberal Jan 2024 #21

Ooh, ooh, I know this one. bluescribbler Jan 2024 #22

Me! LoisB Jan 2024 #24

Always was, always will be RocRizzo55 Jan 2024 #25

Free Thinker here. Inevitably, Liberal, Free Thinker. cachukis Jan 2024 #26

the other things ... DoBW Jan 2024 #27

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I've been a liberal leftist socialist commie Marxist bastard all my life. Gaugamela Jan 2024 #31

Not nearly enough of us, given the shitty state of things. Paladin Jan 2024 #32

Hell Yes! BlueIdaho Jan 2024 #33

yes! Dentbla Jan 2024 #34

I have been proud to be one all my life mntleo2 Jan 2024 #35

Have not "seen" you in a while. How are you doing? niyad Jan 2024 #42

Oh I am around ... mntleo2 Jan 2024 #82

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Count me in liberal N proud Jan 2024 #36

Goddamn right! Blue Owl Jan 2024 #37

Radical, pagan, ecojustice feminist here. Does that count??? niyad Jan 2024 #39

Whenever people ask, my wife and I state we are 'Flaming Liberals'. Scalded Nun Jan 2024 #41

Damn right I am! Wounded Bear Jan 2024 #43

Count me in! Permanut Jan 2024 #44

I am. FoxNewsSucks Jan 2024 #45

Liberal AND Conjuay Jan 2024 #46

Proud liberal who shoves it in their faces AverageOldGuy Jan 2024 #47

I will always be a liberal Leith Jan 2024 #50

A Liberal? Compared to what? I'm a Liberal compared to Republicans, but otherwise I'm a Democrat. elocs Jan 2024 #51

Here! keithbvadu2 Jan 2024 #52

Me Me Me!!! wolfie001 Jan 2024 #53

Oh, yeah! chowmama Jan 2024 #54

I'm not proud to be a liberal. Demobrat Jan 2024 #55

You should be proud to be a LIBERAL... by choice DemocraticPatriot Jan 2024 #56

I find your first sentence difficult to agree with. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2024 #59

There was never any choice. Demobrat Jan 2024 #60

Have you not had the chance to change that? Ferrets are Cool Jan 2024 #61

No explosive device Demobrat Jan 2024 #62

Fuck yeah!! YoshidaYui Jan 2024 #57

Me ... jdadd Jan 2024 #64

BETTER A BLEEDING HEART THAN NO HEART AT ALL Skittles Jan 2024 #65

Proud member since 1954 sarchasm Jan 2024 #67

The word liberal The Wizard Jan 2024 #68

Liberals are Normal People Against Nazis The Wizard Jan 2024 #69

Left handed liberal from beyond left field here. At 75, becoming more liberal daily. Magoo48 Jan 2024 #70

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Put it right in my username Ruby the Liberal Jan 2024 #72

Proud to be a Feminist and a liberal. efhmc Jan 2024 #73

Mom and dad raised us that way. Both where always concerned for others. They raised 6 kids but always had room.... usaf-vet Jan 2024 #74

Conservative Clowns attack liberals as MARXIST. usonian Jan 2024 #75

Proud to be Liberal. Kid Berwyn Jan 2024 #77

Like Popeye, I yam what I yam! dchill Jan 2024 #78

count me in gopiscrap Jan 2024 #79

Fuckin' aye right! bif Jan 2024 #80

I'm a liberal John Farmer Jan 2024 #81

+1! honest.abe Jan 2024 #83