It's a liberal! Burn him! Buuuurn him!!!
Welcome to FR!
Nahh .... be polite (you already are doing that) and debate your points and you'll fit in.
LOL. If Obama set this up, he made a possible fatal mistake. He is plummeting in the polls. If he loses by bigger than expected numbers in PA and IN, he is going to have a very difficult time at the convention.
LIBERALISM: Creates permanent under classes with other people's money which is inhumane to human dignity. See: New Orleans 9th Ward, Katrina Hurricane. Liberals created a permanent under class there with narcotic welfare. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Funny. I was banned from DU for saying I wasn’t gay.
It's a liberal! Burn him! Buuuurn him!!!
Welcome to FR!
How’d we miss this one?
Welcome. Now I expect you will also “see the light” and become one of those liberals that realize the Clinton’s are scum and will do ANYTHING for power.
So many are nowadays that think Obama is the second coming.
First, at least you're TALKING with us, and not a drive-by post/rant-and-run type.
Second, as someone else defined it, you're a liberal, not a "progressive" - a classical liberal which is infinitely more evolved than what is out there now.
Third, you're articulate. A most refreshing thing to see.
We are going to have a lot of fun disagreeing with each other on issues!
Welcome To Your New Home!
Personally--and on this topic--the opposite of you (although have not been banned yet). Of the opinion that Obama--even with all his stupidity making comments about bombing Pakistan when that country was in political turmoil, even with his shortsighted idea about withdrawing from Iraq when success there is the linchpin to bringing peace and progress to the Islamic world and striking a mortal blow to islamofascism, even with his support for murdering the unborn, even with his proposed economic policies which could lead the economy into a collapse--made a great speech about 'race' yesterday and explained things from both a 'black' and 'white' perspective.
As with many freepers, you latch onto his criticism of some 'whites'' views while you seem deaf to his criticism of some 'blacks'' views. You feel he is attacking you and siding with 'blacks.'
Wonder whether some freepers are shocked that they have something in common sociopolitically with a liberal..... (and freepers, if any you call this guy a racist leftist, what does that make the freepers who have opinions exactly the same as him? Just typing, personally DO NOT consider his views to be racist--though opine that they are inaccurate--but some here are quick to jump on Democrat 'racism' which is also manifested here among freepers).
Is it a full moon?
Welcome, as long as you are civil, we can listen to other points of view.
I don’t know that they planned this, but the Obama camp is certainly playing the hand they were dealt quite well. It won’t get him into the White House (The majority of US voters don’t like being told over and over again that they’re all racist scum.), but it will go a long way toward winning the nomination. This tactic will make a lot of Dem superdelegates afraid to “go against the Black guy”, lest they be accused of racism.
...and welcome to FreeRepublic.
You shouldn’t have been banned. You and many others including independents and republicans were duped by Obama.
Banned? Shoot, I doubt it. We’re so tolerant of liberals we even have McCain supporters here!
You’ve survived so far. Meet murrymom
Today, economic Marxism is so discredited that leftists don't push it as their main line of attack as much as they once did. Instead, we have cultural Marxism, which is what liberals call “diversity” or “multiculturalism”. We're assured that “tolerance” of all forms of “diversity” will eventually lead to a society that's race-blind, gender-blind, orientation-blind, and so forth. Yes, maybe in the short run we'll have to do some dictatorial things, like using the courts to force same-sex “marriage” down people's throats, or looking the other way when black punks on a bus beat up a white woman. But the end result will be peace and love and harmony and Kum-Ba-Ya.
Well, that's not what happens. What happens is that everyone becomes totally and even fetishistically (is that a word?) attached to race, gender, and all these other categories and they become the defining characteristics of people's identity. The result is that the Democratic primary is now being fought over race and gender “turf”. And the more liberal elements in the GOP want us to go the same route. Witness the obsession some people in the GOP have with having open borders, with Condi Rice as VP, etc..
It's only going to get worse until we say enough is enough and decide that multiculturalism and “diversity” are killing us as a nation and a civilization.
BTW, welcome! Feel free to inquire!
The most intelligent liberal site - by far - is "Comment Is Free" run by the Guardian (England). There you find a real, free exchange of ideas between Left and Right. You won't be banned (if you don't make threats) but you will be humiliated if you are ignorant or stupid...and insulted if you aren't.
But you make a BIG mistake if you post only to liberal sites. Free Republic is a wonderful conservative site and you should make an effort to stay here. They won't tolerate liberal fools or party operatives but otherwise you'll learn a great deal if you can take the initial abuse (frat hazing).