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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

merrily

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9. I've never seen "radical" as pejorative, in and of itself.

Reply to Fairgo (Reply #8)

Wed Aug 19, 2015, 10:10 AM

Aug 2015

Before I think of it as bad, I must ask, "Radical what?"

When people say Jesus was a liberal, I've sometimes replied, "For that time and place, he was not a liberal, but a radical."

(Atheists, Jews, Christians and Muslims, please relax. I am speaking of Jesus as the NT portrays him, without expressing any opinion as to whether or not he ever existed, let alone whether he was divine.)

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Why Liberals Have To Be Radicals [View all] merrily Aug 2015 OP

Certainly. This is why even with Bernie in the WH, we'd continue to criticize and push him. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #1

I disagree - the neoliberal status quo of trade deals for the 1 percent are what's radical HFRN Aug 2015 #2

I see what you mean, but I disagree. merrily Aug 2015 #3

Some of us older folks are paying our kids' student loans too. nt LiberalEsto Aug 2015 #4

The sandwich generation. Financially and emotionally responsible for your kids and for your parents merrily Aug 2015 #5

Good find. IMO, Bernie Sanders is the last train out for our system. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #6

Glad you feel that way. Sorry it's probably true. merrily Aug 2015 #7

Radical is a powerful word Fairgo Aug 2015 #8

I've never seen "radical" as pejorative, in and of itself. merrily Aug 2015 #9