[Jred1116]

There is absolutely no basis whatsoever for applying any sort of geo-political context to our current filibuster controversy. To use the term 'socialist' to describe any action of the Democratic Party is no more justifiable than using the term 'fascist' to describe the actions of the Republicans. Socialism in a geopolitical context has no application whatsoever to American Politics. Socialism as the Europeans understand it simply cannot be found in the actions of either American political party, for better or for worse.
As to Owen and Rodgers-Brown, who are unabashedly pro-death penalty, anti-environmental protection, and anti-civil rights embodying any sort of Judeo-Christian philosophy, that opinion is very, very debatable, as is your opinion that Christianity and religious Judaism are the cultures that produced the tradition of law and history that underlies the foundation of America. The idea that the American left is working in any sort of conjunction with the 'Islamokazies' is profane and hypocritical. It is not an idea that warrants debate. Far more people on the left are bothered by these judges' opinions on civil rights, corporate regulation, doctors' rights to act in the best interest of their patients, and the environment than their religion. Although the intent of our nation's founders that church and state remain separate is quite clear, religion is simply not an issue compared to the others I have mentioned. None of the violent acts you cited have anything to do with our present filibuster controversy, whereas persecution of minorities during Jim Crow had much to do with desegregation. Do you honestly take anything actors say about politics seriously?

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"Socialism as the Europeans understand it simply cannot be found in the actions of either American political party, for better or for worse."

That's a flat out lie, and everyone here knows it.