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In reply to the discussion: Top 20 signs you might be a counterproductive left wingnut [View all]TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)about '86.  Or earlier.  And some of my attitudes about property and wealth are even more radical now.
What has changed is that after 8 years of Shrub we no longer have a common enemy and swim without much direction.  Sure, the Republicans in the House are far worse and more irresponsible than Shrub ever was (if that's at all possible) but we just don't have that obvious target out there.  We also don't have the leadership or serious political movement to challenge the rampant teabaggery out there.
So, we allow infiltrators and the misguided to lead us in attacking ourselves under the guise of liberalism, progressivism, or some such other -ism that sounds good.
What hasn't changed about me is wanting to find a solution, and an imperfect one will do in a pinch.  The absolutist calls for one solution for whatever problem is under discussion drive me nuts-- even if there aren't multiple solutions for our side to choose from, demanding just one without understanding the opposition and bargaining in good faith when it can be done is pointless and self-destructive.  
Opposition is good and necessary for progress, but a government, or even a discussion board, based on simply hate for the other side is doomed.
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