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Tasine Loc: Southwest US

I visited the obscene site referenced in this post - everything about it is l*****t gibberish, totally socialist in nature. OF COURSE it, it's head honcho, says Conservatives have become extremists.

Wanna know what I think? I think this nutjob at Think Progress Justice, may actually see Conservatives as extremists because all he has seen in the past is conservatives acting like a bunch of weak-kneed pansies. And NOW what he is seeing is conservatives who have been backed against a wall and who are angry and determined to not be run over by the left any more. This site and this man making the accusation are PROGRESSIVES and don't mind lying in the least. Actually, they may not be lying. They may be so brainwashed that they really do think that any conservative who will fight for his rights IS extremist. I advise him to get used to it. The right's days of backing down, kowtowing to the loudest vermin in the room are OVER.

A d********g l*****t site, a d********g holier-than-thou honcho, and a site dedicated obviously to turning the country socialist.

docboyer

Anybody who disagrees with the liberals is labelled an i***t. The fact that the liberal philosopy got America into the mess its in. I believe the liberal should be renamed the SOCIALISTS. If you don't believe that Obama is a socialist you have NOT been paying attention to his actions.

The Progressive Patriot

Since you liked that so much......don't get all in a tither now:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/opinion/republican-extremism-bad-economics.html

http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_21945795/breaking-view-gop-extremism-k**led-romneys-chances-professor

http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2013/01/06/heres-what-gop-extremism-looks-like-and-these-are-just-headlines-from-the-past-24-hours/

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

Extremists from the left are hardly qualified to define what constitutes extemism on the right.

LAwrence

Even further than i***ts and exstremists, the next step will be any who disagree with the socialist power structure will be labeled a terrorist.

Alene49

Where do I begin? Of course there are Right Wing Extremist, just as there are Left Wing Extremist, Religious extremist, Doctor, Lawyer, Teacher--Butcher, Baker, and Candlestick Maker Extremist. That is part of life.

We get in trouble when Extremist in power. I am going to give 2 examples found in nature and life. Maybe one or the other will click.

First I will use a bird. A bird has both a right wing and a left wing. The bird's body is the center. The center is what is in control. it it is where the brain and life center is located. I Bird learns by instinct how to fly. It uses both the right wing and the left wing in tandem to stay in the air and have a safe controlled flight. Should the bird use its left wing to much or only It will only go in circles and crash to the ground. The sane thing will happen only the bird will be going in opposite circles and will crash.

The second example is just a little different, but maybe easier to understand, and compare to the USA. A car is the center, it has a living breathing brain in charge. That brain may be competent or incompetent or a little of both. The car is being driven down the road at 50 or 60, something pops up in the road the person steps on the brake. If only the right break engages the car will spin out. If only the left break engages the car will spin out the opposite direction. If the brain slams on the breaks the wheels will lock and there is trouble. the person doesn't stem on the break hard enough to stop the car it will hit the something.

In the political scene We have the people in the center of the road with some who lean left and some lean right. The trick is for the center to stand up for their rights and the rights of the people, intelligent compromise is the way we have done for 200+ years and we have grown.

Now the Extremist are gaining to much power. They don't know or care that they need the center to succeed.

Right now the liberals and to some extent the far left wing extremist are in charge. They have grown government so large it is unaffordable. Liberals haven't yet learned that you can't legislate Love, Respect, E******y and many other things. Those things have to be earned.

Now if the right wing extremist were in power they might have smaller government, but they would take us back to the dark ages.

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

To Chardo: Do you have a point? Surely you don't expect me to visit those vile places! I am, after all, a decent lady.

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

Reply to Alene:
Your examples are excellent. I question they relate very well to the political left/right. The bird, the car are known quantities and behave in certain ways every time. That is not true of politics. In politics very few things are known quantities.

Also, to discuss extremism, everyone has to be on the same page. What I view as extremism, you may not. The opposite is true. I view the political middle as one not having a clue what he believes in. For instance, how can a person believe in gun control when the Constitution forbids it? How does one attain the middle ground on this? One is either for the Constitution or not. There is no middle ground. And it is that very thing that has caused almost ALL the ruckus. The left demands the Constitution be changed, and if they have to do it by EO, they'll do it. That isn't Constitutional, but that little fact changes nothing. They'll do it by EO because they KNOW they can get away with it because anyone challenging them will simply be tarred and feathered as an "extremist", silly soul who actually believes in the US Constitution.

When two very opposing views are in argument, both tend to become extremist - but that doesn't mean one or both are wrong. I love good extremists because they know what they believe and why they believe it - and that puts them head and shoulders above MOST Americans. OTOH, I detest bad extremists because they will walk all over everyone merely to get their own way, even if it harms them. This is not only stupid, it is deadly.

Personally, I don't like to see the term "extremist" because it is so subjective, meaning very little to the average person.

Let me tell you what I think about most terms: most terms are useless and somewhat harmful and misdirected.

I try to no longer use the terms liberal, democrat, socialist, c*******t, f*****t, N**i, extremist, etc. When judging the good or bad of people I look at ONE THING: Is the person one who favors individual freedoms or is he a controller? The answer tells me who to v**e for, who to support, who to befriend, who to avoid, etc.

No person can be the middle of the road when labeled this way: freedom lover vs controller. Think about it.

The Progressive Patriot

No point. I just like to annoy you. Of course you won't read them. You wont read anything that does not fit your narrow minded and extreme world view

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

Spoken like a person who reads only those things approved by his left wing minders.

FEDUP

I think that most conservatives Know that the left are actually socialists and they label us as extremists because we do not agree on any thing they say. That is why we are at the top of the Terrorist watch list right along with Evangelical christens and Veterans ! OH, I forgot Tea Party also. :roll:

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

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Socialists and then some!!

FEDUP

People who say they stand in the center of anything really do not know what they believe and will go which ever way the wind blows. Why in the world should conservatives compromise any of their beliefs? If we had c*********d our beliefs with the British we would not be Citizens of the US but instead would be SUBJECTS under a Socialist Government! :evil:

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

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Thank you!!!

Well said!!