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Jim Lane

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9. I have a question about terms

Reply to brush (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 19, 2017, 11:31 PM

Jul 2017

Do you believe that "center civil rights in their conversations" and "puts civil rights on the back burner" are the only alternatives?

For my part, I don't believe that. The candidates whom I consider progressive support civil rights AND support economic measures like single payer AND oppose imperialist wars AND support taking action on the global climate crisis (list not exhaustive).

They could not fairly be said to center any one of these issues in their conversations, but neither could they be said to put any of them on the back burner.

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I'm getting deeply resentful of people claiming the left or progressive label who do not prioritize [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 OP

Yep. nt irisblue Jul 2017 #1

Being a so-called progressive who puts civil rights on the back burner is an oxymoron... brush Jul 2017 #2

I have a question about terms Jim Lane Jul 2017 #9

Question JustAnotherGen Jul 2017 #12

Absolutely yes, and worse yet to come. Jim Lane Jul 2017 #16

You're good with what you said. Both can be supported, but no back burner pls. brush Jul 2017 #15

And no calling anti choice candidates progressive either La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #18

Yep, talking about an oxymoron. brush Jul 2017 #19

+1000 brer cat Jul 2017 #3

K&R sheshe2 Jul 2017 #4

Equality and civil rights radical noodle Jul 2017 #5

Yup La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #6

This cannot be BlueMTexpat Jul 2017 #10

We need to go back to the times of FDR when race and sexism didn't exist!!!! JHan Jul 2017 #7

Yeah... radical noodle Jul 2017 #8

I'm 63. My mom marched with MLK. raven mad Jul 2017 #11

K&R betsuni Jul 2017 #13

I'm right with ya nt Fresh_Start Jul 2017 #14

Hear hear. No Blue Deplorables allowed. NT The Polack MSgt Jul 2017 #17

Here is what I had not thought of until now. Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #20

Question: Is everyone who didn't vote for Hillary Clinton or didn't vote at all a "deplorable?" YoungDemCA Jul 2017 #22

Those folks are not the focus of this thread. The Polack MSgt Jul 2017 #23

@as he said irisblue Jul 2017 #24

If they voted for 45/140 JustAnotherGen Jul 2017 #30

Yeah. If you didn't vote for Hillary Clinton, you should be automatically suspect. KitSileya Jul 2017 #31

I'm honestly sure not sure how many of those people there are. YoungDemCA Jul 2017 #21

There's a lot of intellectual dishonesty on DU, but it isn't coming from La Lioness Priyanka emulatorloo Jul 2017 #29

K&R stonecutter357 Jul 2017 #25

Civil rights are so very important Gothmog Jul 2017 #26

Say It Loud & Say It Proud Me. Jul 2017 #27

It amazes me (not really) that a certain segment on the political spectrum KitSileya Jul 2017 #28