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Trump Makes Progressive Democrats Go Left Toward Socialism
Vanity | 3/31/2028 | Self

Posted on 03/31/2018 11:17:27 AM PDT by CptnObvious

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To: Bryanw92
And political correctness (aka Cultural Marxism) is the tool they are using because they know bloody revolution will not happen.
41 posted on 03/31/2018 12:06:55 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: reasonisfaith

>>Freepers who criticize a vanity should be able to recognize the point of a vanity before they criticize it.

I did recognize it. He claimed that Trump is making them move left. OK. I get that. He even went to the trouble to call them Progressive Democrats when they are simply Progressives and infest BOTH parties. Trump is actually exposing the Progressive REPUBLICANS and making them move left more than he is the people who we already knew were COMMUNISTS.

So, calling them Progressive Democrats indicates an ignorance of the current state of Progressivism. Since the movement was started by a Republican, it indicates an ignorance of the movement’s history as well.


42 posted on 03/31/2018 12:07:49 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: HamiltonJay
[Trump is] just exposing it by forcing them to show their hand.

Exactly right.

43 posted on 03/31/2018 12:07:50 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: reasonisfaith

Many of them try to appear as mainstream, and some actually pretend to be conservatives. For instance one guy was saying how he is for the 2nd amendment, and a member with the NRA, BUT he thinks we need to ban semi auto’s

Right away this clown gave his-self away with me.
Once I started on him on what is a semi auto, and to explain how it works etc he folded very quickly, and all the key words of liberalism came out.
I have seen at election time liberals get a veteran sticker voting for the rat. Find out the ones I have asked were never in the military at all.

They are nothing but lying scumbags who are hypocritical with their diversity, co-exist, tolerance crap who surround themselves with their own whilst telling each other how smart they are, and how Christians, white men, married white women are just dumb.


44 posted on 03/31/2018 12:09:45 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Democrats are now openly going left. Better for us. Better for America. Because the further left they go, the fewer and lower level elections they win.

I'm not so sure about that any more. I keep getting mixed signals on the younger generation. Some studies indicate that they think they want full communism and hate capitalism. Other studies indicate a resurgence of patriotism and belief in America. One thing is for certain - the educational system needs to begin teaching patriotism and the goodness that is America. Marxists in education need to be rooted out

45 posted on 03/31/2018 12:12:24 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Telepathic Intruder

“Only after do communists get total power do they usually admit what they are.”

I agree.

But even then, their game continues to be a balancing act between what they do and what the public knows. The inevitable process from there will always end in destruction of the communist structure due to the public figuring things out.

In this sense, we can see that communism never has and never will truly establish itself.


46 posted on 03/31/2018 12:18:43 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I think the highest value within the philosophy of Marxism is the act of deception.

In other words, Marxism = lying.

On the other hand, American patriotism is founded in Christianity, therefore it elevates truth above all else.

This is why the current war has is shaking out to be simply a war of truth vs lies.


47 posted on 03/31/2018 12:21:40 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: manc

Exactly.

In this way they are like a virus, or a cancer cell.

The invading entity pretends to be part of the system. The normal cell brings life. But the cancer cell kills.

What’s really stupid about their method is that once the cancer takes over, it dies along with the system it destroys.


48 posted on 03/31/2018 12:26:24 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: reasonisfaith

Exactly right. Communism / Marxism depend on “the ends justifying the means.” Deception and no adherence to any truth are hallmarks.


49 posted on 03/31/2018 12:30:33 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: reasonisfaith
"communism never has and never will truly establish itself."

True enough. I've heard people talk about communism "in theory", but as soon as it becomes communism "in practice" it must abandon theory in order to continue existing. Inevitably it becomes indistinguishable from fascism, since government must have absolute power in order to control what everyone is allowed to have. "To each according to his need, from each according to his ability". Who determines needs and abilities? Who enforces communism? Not the individual, or the system collapses.

The Soviet Union and all other communist states are very good at the "from" part, but fail to follow up on the "to" part. Communists don't seem to see a conflict of interest when government has all the power to collect and distribute.
50 posted on 03/31/2018 12:33:20 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: CptnObvious

Some of them are going to pretend to be moderates in the midterms, and then go far left as soon as they are elected.


51 posted on 03/31/2018 12:33:33 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: tet68

They are not oving toward socialism. They are more openly expressing what they want and what they would have got had Trump not won the election.


52 posted on 03/31/2018 12:36:17 PM PDT by arthurus (])
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To: Telepathic Intruder
I've heard people talk about communism "in theory", but as soon as it becomes communism "in practice" it must abandon theory in order to continue existing.

And it will always require terror to enforce.
53 posted on 03/31/2018 12:36:47 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: reasonisfaith
there’s plenty of room for them to move their public image to the left.
54 posted on 03/31/2018 12:37:43 PM PDT by arthurus (it)
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To: reasonisfaith
The poster is right in pointing out that Trump makes them show their cards.

Good point. Our homegrown communists thought they had won... they freaked when Trump was elected. They had grown careless in their many wins... and now we've got 'em.

55 posted on 03/31/2018 12:38:45 PM PDT by GOPJ (.A special prosecutor is not appointed to criminalize political differences. Alan Dershowitz)
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To: dfwgator

Terror and a huge military. When the Soviets “collected” grain from the farmers (leaving them to starve), they sold it on the international market to pay for their military. The military was then used to enforce communism through terror. It’s an insane circle.


56 posted on 03/31/2018 12:40:48 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Probably the most extreme example, was Albania. They estimated that at least a third of the population worked for the Sigurimi, the State Security apparatus.


57 posted on 03/31/2018 12:41:41 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Telepathic Intruder

When the Soviets “collected” grain from the farmers (leaving them to starve)

Scene from the movie “Stalin” instructing the party officials to seize the grain from the peasants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDhpLyu-xDQ


58 posted on 03/31/2018 12:47:03 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: CptnObvious

I would be more concerned with getting the correct names. Researching my genealogy, I came across SIX different spellings of my last name on the US Census between 1900 and 1930!

BTW, there are only FIVE letters in my last name.


59 posted on 03/31/2018 12:48:44 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: CptnObvious
Hopefully the result of the November elections will be against their overreach since the GOP gives so little to actually vote for.

Despite what the media tries to portray, I think the gun control issue is going to shoot the Left in the foot...that is, unless the GOP sellout idiot party decides to adopt the same stance.

60 posted on 03/31/2018 12:57:23 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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