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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (5884)3/10/2009 8:47:35 AM
From: RetiredNow1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 86350
 
Since when does being on the left mean you are a radical? Would that also mean that if you are to the right, you are also a radical? Then maybe the only non-radicals are the centrists, like me.

Most historians or sociologists would consider radicals to be those who hold beliefs that are not held by the majority in a group or society and are wont to use extreme means to make the majority conform to their extreme views, including instituting an extreme political agenda. By that definition, the Bush-style GOP members like yourself, who pushed for an got a rightwing extremist agenda for 8 years, are the radicals. That is born out by the fact that right now 68% of the population believe Obama is doing a good job. The 32% who don't are the radicals, because they are straying from majority opinion and are screaming chicken little at the top of their lungs. How many times have I heard extreme language about Obama from the radical right? That he's a communist or socialist, simply because he's letting the Bush tax cuts expire and the rich don't like that?

Let's start calling a spade a spade. The real radicals are the radical right that have taken over today's GOP from the less ideological, more honorable rightwing that I grew up with. Be careful who you call radical. Given the history of the last 8 years, the majority in this country have ample evidence that the real radicals are the GOP.
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