Reply #26: I agree with your post re labels [View All]

[CitizenPatriot]

I grew up in liberal/progressive areas all of my life, and now live in the deep south! I have people look down their noses at me as they proclaim with assumed superiority that they are "conservatives", as if they are saying they are human and I am a dog. They're contempt is actually disturbing.

Before I found this site and got in touch with the freeper side of life, I had no idea where these prejudices were coming from. Now I know.....Thanks, Rush et al! There's some real hatred a brewing there, so watch yourself.

At any rate, the more I think about it, the more stupid it becomes to have these labels. Or perhaps the labels aren't specific enough. In some European democracies, they have so many parties that you can really pick and choose: green party social conservative, for example. That seems really progressive to me.

I loved your comment about the Republicans being "cheesy". Their latest Tea Bagging Party song was sooooo 1980's elevator music and I wondered if I was the only person who wanted to drag a knife through my veins just listening to it once. I will never understand how they are so happy with their horrid music, bumper sticker ideas, and jingoistic solutions to complex problems.

Anyway, welcome to DU:-) The Democratic Party is a wide platform, with plenty of room for dissent and different agendas and ideas. Always glad to have new people join the party! It's bumpy and messy, but the same people who argue with you endlessly will have your back in a heartbeat.