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63. Yesterday I saw an OP that was pretty much just a headline about Booker being bad.

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Original post)

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 11:36 PM

Jan 2017

And a whole thread throwing meaningless alt-left vocabulary words at him. All negativity, no discussion. I went over to Jezebel where there were informative and interesting discussions about Booker (and about Sessions).

Every time I see "neoliberal" flung at a Democrat, I think: how neostupid.

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People on the alt left seem much more concerned about how pure booker is [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 OP

Purity does not concern me. HassleCat Jan 2017 #1

He's getting attention because he is testifying against his colleagues La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #3

Agree! We need lots more Booker type resistance... RiverStone Jan 2017 #16

+10,000. Media slant: breaking precedent, Hortensis Jan 2017 #65

I'm not sure what the alt left is? Stellar Jan 2017 #2

People who criticized obama non stop and voted La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #4

Okay, learn something every day. Thanks. nt Stellar Jan 2017 #5

It's very commonly used on twitter La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #6

Okay. I don't do Twitter but thanks anyway. Stellar Jan 2017 #8

Yep. 100% spot on! eom BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #7

Nailed it! I'm stealing this because I know you well enough, LOL. bettyellen Jan 2017 #55

It's fictitious. Like the "librul media" the right came up with. But now it's people that should brewens Jan 2017 #50

I've kind of had it up to here with... SaschaHM Jan 2017 #9

Yup La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #10

Some 14 Dems voted against the amendment BainsBane Jan 2017 #11

Because we are preparing to run a 85 year old La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #15

I agree. brer cat Jan 2017 #24

I'm concerned about his support for charter schools. Demit Jan 2017 #12

Do you now, or have you ever had, marybourg Jan 2017 #30

No. But I don't think he limits his support for charter schools to Newark. Demit Jan 2017 #32

No. But his perceptions, marybourg Jan 2017 #33

I'm assuming everyone who develops a policy does it based on perceptions & experiences. Demit Jan 2017 #39

Calling people more liberal than you alt left? Fearless Jan 2017 #13

No, calling people who only know how to destroy La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #14

The crowd who torpedoed Hubert Humphrey Ellen Forradalom Jan 2017 #25

Took the words out of my mouth. nycbos Jan 2017 #26

I have one of these types in my family Ellen Forradalom Jan 2017 #28

I used to be like that. nycbos Jan 2017 #29

Lily white? Fearless Jan 2017 #37

A longstanding expression Ellen Forradalom Jan 2017 #44

A long-standing homophobic slur. Fearless Jan 2017 #45

No, it's not Chitown Kev Jan 2017 #46

I "get that from" being gay myself. Fearless Jan 2017 #47

Oh, I'm gay as well...as the day is long Chitown Kev Jan 2017 #48

You're not the only gay in this village La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #59

Lily white is a long standing term La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #58

The only one on the left building coalitions is Sanders Fearless Jan 2017 #34

Sanders is not the only one building movement La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #36

And none of those are politicians in the Democratic party Fearless Jan 2017 #38

The alt left exists and is a destructive force La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #40

You're claiming an unquantifiable number of people Fearless Jan 2017 #42

You are wrong about the phrase, it does not mean all sanders primary voters La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #43

More liberal? Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #22

66 million people voted for Clinton Fearless Jan 2017 #35

alt-left???? Really? bowens43 Jan 2017 #17

You haven't heard the term? And yes, they do disgust me La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #18

I am still trying to figure out how many of them were outright republican plants Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #23

Indeed. nycbos Jan 2017 #27

cory can be great for fightign sessions DonCoquixote Jan 2017 #60

What is disgusting Coolest Ranger Jan 2017 #20

Agreed La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #41

Whenever Coolest Ranger Jan 2017 #19

Same here. BlueMTexpat Jan 2017 #21

Nailed it. Maven Jan 2017 #31

This. Nt Quayblue Jan 2017 #49

It's pretty messed up.... JHan Jan 2017 #51

Considering what 'Alt-right' means... FiveGoodMen Jan 2017 #52

Holy carp wryter2000 Jan 2017 #53

Using the term Alt Left creates a false equivalency JDC Jan 2017 #54

And yet another ad hominem Uponthegears Jan 2017 #56

The way you have articulated your criticism is not at all La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #57

I was hoping not Uponthegears Jan 2017 #61

I def don't. Saying I'm disappointed in XYZ dem La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #62

Yesterday I saw an OP that was pretty much just a headline about Booker being bad. betsuni Jan 2017 #63

Neostupid, is a fab term La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #64

"neo-stupid"... that wins. JHan Jan 2017 #66

The problem is the welfare chauvinist alt-left have SO POISONED the discussion forjusticethunders Jan 2017 #67