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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:30 PM Original message |
Poll question: If someone calls you a liberal, how do you feel about it? |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. How do they feel when I respond with, "Yes I am, and that makes you a war loving neocon" |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. I -THINK-, therefore I'm LIBERAL. |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have a saying: |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'll be terribly dissappointed in any DUer who doesn't choose the 4th option (n/t) |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. "No matter what the context" opens up a pretty broad field. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm a proud liberal/progressive. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. it's amazing how the GOP made "conservative" a postive word and 'liberal" into a curse word. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Isn't it, though? I like the word progressive just fine but I have no problem saying |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. U never hear someone say "I have liberal values" because that now implies illicit sex, drugs, |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It's amazing how they have managed to do that. But owning so much of the media sure helped |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. And I say, |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. You've never heard it because we've never spoken. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #35 |
61. Just out of idle curiosity |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:34 AM Response to Reply #61 |
67. Bed time, but posting to remind me to get back here. n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Always willing to serve. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. i am a liberal so when someone states the obvious it's fine by me. |
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kitkat65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. Never been called one but if I am I'm just going to |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That really flips some people's wigs *g* |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. If it's used in a derogatory sense, I'd think less of the person using it |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yeah. I can't give much credence to a moran who calls me a "lie-brul" but then I don't |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. I also proudly call myself a liberal |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. Generally I'm not too happy with that label any more |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. Why exactly do you think that |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. They are more "liberal" - Kucinich is further left. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Ah I see, thanks.. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Interesting. To me liberals and Democratic socialists were more or less the same, and what you |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I think libertarians |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I see what you are saying. And a post down below explaining what liberal mean in the world |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
65. I'm with you, lwfern. |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. It definitely depends on who says it. |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. Liberalism has been unduly demonized as "tax and spenders." |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. Proud as Hell |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. I always say "Sure!...Jesus was a liberal so I figure I'm in good company!" |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. Ditto. |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. Other? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Heheh :^D |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. I wear it as a badge of honor |
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NikolaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. Loud 'n Proud Libruhl! |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. I don't care one way or the other what OTHER people think of me. NT |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
28. I tell them "That's Right" |
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OutNow (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. Liberal? - Hell No, I'm a socialist |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
66. Same here. nt |
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stratomagi (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. If a conservative is asking... |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. No one has ever called me a liberal |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. There, there. I think you're a dandy liberal! :^D |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. I just say... |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
33. "I may be a bleeding heart liberal, but.... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. Complimented! nt |
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1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. In the 60's a very liberal liberal was a "radical"...I like that. |
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FreepFryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
36. Damn right I'm a liberal. Liberals like me won World War II and we'll win this one too. (n/t) |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. I've been thinking of doing an "Al my heroes are LIBERAL" essay |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. Anybody who thinks liberal is an insult.. |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
44. Outside of the US, UK and Canada, "liberal" = right-wing |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
45. None of the Above. I'm a leftist. Liberals are centrists. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
46. Liberal? You've got to be kidding. I'm way to the left of that. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
47. In Bu*hworld, liberal means "anti-fascist ". |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
52. Liber = Latin for free nt |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
53. I Tthink being called liberal is better than.... |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
54. To really be doing your job as a liberal |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
55. I yam what I yam, and all my neighbors can read my yard signs/bumper stickers over the years |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
56. In Australia, I'd be appalled. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. I'd have to agree with you there |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
57. where I live |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Yes, I would say between the conservatives demonizing the word and the |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
58. It makes me curious what they mean by Liberal |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
59. I take a bow. |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
60. I don't mind being called a liberal |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
64. Go ahead, I can take it LOL |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. I understand exactly what you are saying |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Careful, there, you might be joining a dangerously tiny minority! LOL |
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