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pat_k

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30. The entire explainer from Heather Cox Richardson makes this crystal clear.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:26 PM
10 hrs ago

The OP is just a clip from the following. Nothing particularly earth shattering, but she is absolutely right in pointing out that we have to get terms straight and reject the insanity of the radical right labels. She lays out a more precise way of viewing where we are, and how we must be clear about how foundational the principles of liberal democracy are to this nation -- the principles that are under attack by the fascist corporatism of the Republican project.

It is they, not we, who are hellbent on destroying this country.




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Puke propaganda Ponietz 17 hrs ago #1
The overton window has moved far right Flatrat 16 hrs ago #2
Not lazy, complicit robbob 15 hrs ago #13
Well, when you're getting paid a few million a year to toe the line... progressoid 7 hrs ago #34
100% Blue Full Moon 16 hrs ago #3
Anything that returns us to FDR and the New Deal is all I want. no_hypocrisy 16 hrs ago #4
Minus the racism systemically included in some of the New Deal, racist policies designed to ensure the support of Celerity 15 hrs ago #9
Another evil compromise and continuation of the original sin. pat_k 15 hrs ago #11
Or even the Eisenhower years pat_k 15 hrs ago #10
Bet me to it! paleotn 14 hrs ago #20
And the more of us who challenge the labels as a matter of course,... pat_k 13 hrs ago #27
Recommended. H2O Man 15 hrs ago #5
The tyranny of the minority peggysue2 15 hrs ago #6
You aint done nothin' if you aint been called a red Warpy 15 hrs ago #7
92% are worried about corruption in Government KS Toronado 15 hrs ago #8
Absolutely!!!! pat_k 15 hrs ago #12
The corruption is at the core. yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #32
A lot of younger voters are embracing the term "leftist" TheProle 15 hrs ago #14
I wouldn't want to ostracize. But a lesson in history wouldn't go amiss. pat_k 14 hrs ago #17
Well in fairness, there's some air between a history lesson and "calling bullshit" TheProle 14 hrs ago #21
To me, factual context that demonstrates the label is not valid... pat_k 13 hrs ago #26
Exactly. When people win elections, especially by substantial margins Bluetus 15 hrs ago #15
Biden hibbing 15 hrs ago #16
I wonder, BidenRocks 14 hrs ago #18
There's a great discussion of what history tells us about how this could play out at 28:46 in the following pat_k 14 hrs ago #19
When you are situated on the far-right, MOST policy looks like it's to the Left of you 31j20b3 14 hrs ago #22
Putting the radical right fascist corporatism of the current Republican pat_k 10 hrs ago #31
Thanks for the HCR clip. yellow dahlia 8 hrs ago #33
Q. And who controls the narrative? BaronChocula 14 hrs ago #23
Letters to editors. Lots of letters to editors. pat_k 13 hrs ago #24
Concise and precise Gum Logger 13 hrs ago #25
We need parity in human services with the advanced democratic nations delisen 12 hrs ago #28
There is no "far left" in America... BH liberal 12 hrs ago #29
The entire explainer from Heather Cox Richardson makes this crystal clear. pat_k 10 hrs ago #30
I saw the long version of that video by HCR last night. applegrove 3 hrs ago #35
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