Top 20 signs you might be a counterproductive left wingnut

[ConservativeDemocrat]

176. I'm sorry you see yourself in these behaviors...

Especially if there is only one or two.

Let me also point out that there is a difference between a "Strong" leftist and a "Counterproductive" one.

I'm not actually asking any attacking leftist Dems, or asking them to change their beliefs. I'm asking them to become more effective. Rather than ranting ineffectually on a website, you could actually make things better.

For instance, that NoNato protest you attended, it didn't change anything. CNN didn't cover it, and people tend to ignore TV anyway. What changes things are person-to-person contacts, which you can only do through campaigns (or in a handful of extremely well organized local political parties). Knocking doors is considerably harder than marching in a parade, but you can actually have an effect in your local community.

You'll also find something else if you go this route: an appreciation for other points of view. The way I know the counterproductive left isn't actually doing anything (or harming their own cause) is due to the way they speak of boogey men that are pure inhuman evil. Most of these people don't sound like they've even met a Republican, much less a disaffected centrist. Nothing I'm saying is asking you to change your beliefs, but by talking to people face to face, you may learn they have their reasons for believing as they do, even if sometimes those reasons are wrong.

Effective leftists recognize this. You could be one if you want to.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community