Yep, wanting to change the 14th and 17th Amedments, restricting civil rights laws to "public areas," doing away with Medicare and Social Security, wanting to shut down the Federal government... none of those are "radical." And please, if you can't see there is racism behind the TP appeal, you're being willfully ignorant.
It only talks about whether Americans identify themselves as Conservative, Liberal, or Moderate. The better question for you is how does it support your contention that Liberals are radical?
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Because a small percentage of the population agree with what they believe are liberal policies. Is it your claim that citizens might greatly disagree on what a liberal policy is; thus making the poll meaningless?
Can't see this stuff at work. Please describe your video. Here, I'll help. Just choose three of the following: Lame Off-topic Weak Ineffective Crazy Peculiar Clumsy Something you saw on a wingnut blog Feeble Agitprop Funny only to wingnuts Misinformation Idiotic Weird Inappropriate Thanks.
Is it your claim that the term "radical" can be applied to any policy that is supported by less than a plurality? Regardless of how you define and apply the word "radical" there is nothing in that Gallup study that supports your contention that Liberal = radical.
I would define "radical" as a drastic change in a belief system. Since very few people believe in liberal policies (21% i think it was), I would call a government (that is representative of the people) based on those beliefs as radical.
Again, that is your opinion, but is not supported by the polling. People identify themselves one way, but when you look at the polling for specific policies, which you would call Liberal, they don't match up. Doing away with Social Security, extending the Bush tax cuts to the uber-wealthy, Iraq... these and many more are "Conservative" causes that do poorly when polled on the particulars. Furthermore, the way one identifies oneself politically is in many ways an emotionally charged choice influenced by any number of things non-political, such as where yo live, where you work, what church you got to, etc. Also, the terms mean different things across the country. A Liberal in Dallas could easily be a Conservative in San Francisco and a Conservative in Illinois might be a Moderate in Mississippi.
You and I seem to be in sync on what defines a conservative or liberal policy. So do most on this board. You think others have a greatly different notion? not that it means anything but just to correct you; Extending tax cuts to the wealthy does fairly well
Actually it was a video variation of the old school basso "i'm going to post a bunch of song lyrics in response to something" style of of post. So it was not really funny or even attempting to be. I wish there was a separate sub-forum devoted to those posts so I could peruse them again and again. They are high yield neutron bombs of wit.
