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65. Yep. The Purity Police are out and about.

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Just a reminder to those who may not be aware, the Democratic Socialists of America, (DSA), blamed the [View all] lostincalifornia Friday OP

link? Shellback Squid Friday #1

It isn't hidden. Just google it. This isn't new. lostincalifornia Friday #2

"There are a lot of naive people in the world." soldierant Friday #39

just got here.. I agree w this...was thinking of saying something similar. You covered it. 👍 electric_blue68 Friday #66

Your excerpt is taken out of context al bupp Yesterday #152

Thanks for the full statement by DSA.It makes a great difference. nt delisen Yesterday #156

move on. AltairIV Friday #3

No. Cha Friday #11

Tell this to the people of New York City and Minneapolis question everything Friday #60

He can win but...... AltairIV Friday #64

Ummm... "the democrat party" ??? electric_blue68 Friday #67

There is no such thing as the "democrat party" -- Republicans made that name up. SunSeeker Saturday #122

Well, as a NYC'r...NOT an Adam's, or Cuomo fan. So Zohran, it is. and* electric_blue68 Friday #68

I think Zohran won because of his voter engagement, not just his DSA affiliation. Just my two cents! LeftInTX Yesterday #163

I'm sure that helped. electric_blue68 Yesterday #164

They seem to be here mcar Friday #70

I agree with them n/t leftstreet Friday #4

You'd just let Russia invade and take over Ukraine? yardwork Friday #5

There are NATO troops in Ukraine? leftstreet Friday #8

I think we're talking past one another. yardwork Friday #15

I think so leftstreet Friday #29

Wow. There's so many brown people in Ukraine being oppressed by NATO. Who knew? Hekate Friday #17

There are a fair number of "brown" people being oppressed by Russia. yardwork Friday #20

Ah, you could be right electric_blue68 Friday #69

But my question was about the people NATO is accused of oppressing in Ukraine. I know about Russian conscripting from... Hekate Friday #82

I don't know of anybody NATO is oppressing. yardwork Friday #86

I think you and I are on the same page. I've been trying to tease out (so to speak) an admission... Hekate Friday #89

What? About letting Putin rape and pillage Ukraine in the name of "anti-imperialism"? Crunchy Frog Friday #36

Disband NATO and pull out of Ukraine are very bad ideas uponit7771 Saturday #129

I said nothing about Ukraine leftstreet Saturday #131

What country has NATO taken over with its "imperialism"? SunSeeker Saturday #134

They've screwed up a couple of times but I don't notice pattern of taking over people's property like a proper imperial uponit7771 Saturday #137

Hugh! H2O Man Friday #6

lol, and Robb is a dingbat Shellback Squid Friday #7

Well played! H2O Man Friday #21

SERIESLY!! Call your congresscritter RIGHT FUCKING NOW!! madinmaryland Friday #16

Where is Walt Star? H2O Man Friday #22

miss his thoughtful posts, so many early DUer's are now gone Shellback Squid Friday #35

Good question. That was an epic flame out. Skinner: "Ok". madinmaryland Friday #50

Writing under an assumed name? Hekate Friday #85

Now don't cast asparagus on our friends the socialists. yardwork Friday #18

Ha! H2O Man Friday #23

Or we're all screwn!!!! yardwork Friday #24

The sky is falling! H2O Man Friday #25

LOL! MuseRider Friday #57

I remember the DSA response to the invasion of Ukraine LetMyPeopleVote Friday #9

DSA also wants to dissolve the family Charmin One Friday #10

What family? obamanut2012 Friday #12

All familes eom Charmin One Friday #13

Aa DSA rondtable recommended it Charmin One Friday #14

I'm a prostitute? JustAnotherGen Friday #45

I like the UU's. electric_blue68 Friday #79

We believe in potluck suppers JustAnotherGen Friday #87

That's a good enough reason! electric_blue68 Friday #88

In a same sex marriage, which one is supposed to be the prostitute? Crunchy Frog Friday #94

Mind boggling JustAnotherGen Saturday #106

Ohhh, brother 🙄 electric_blue68 Friday #71

It makes me question JustAnotherGen Saturday #114

I thought this was hyperbole but it's not. yardwork Friday #19

Of course they are authoritarian. EllieBC Friday #27

These people need to step out of the academia bubble. Ace Rothstein Yesterday #166

The question of the family is not new OutNow Friday #26

Good Lord. yardwork Friday #28

What irritates me about this...well, there is a lot, but the main one... Behind the Aegis Friday #31

Very good point. yardwork Friday #33

While I am being "quippy" - I remember all of this. I Do keep an eye out on extremists. electric_blue68 Friday #75

Imagine being so hateful EllieBC Friday #32

Wow, that's insane. Family units of one sort or another exist accross all primate species, Crunchy Frog Friday #41

And that is the truth Hekate Friday #91

Yeah JustAnotherGen Friday #46

Oh, "joy". 🙄 electric_blue68 Friday #74

Last week at their convention, DSA tabled a motion to censure AOC. lapucelle Friday #30

Mahalo for that on DSA "Tabling a Resolution to Cha Friday #40

AOC JustAnotherGen Friday #44

According to the DSA censure resolution, one of AOC's "sins" was endorsing Kamala Harris. lapucelle Saturday #107

Jesus Christ JustAnotherGen Saturday #109

Interesting... 80,000? Oopsie Daisy Saturday #115

WFP JustAnotherGen Saturday #118

Good gad mcar Saturday #124

Insanity! SunSeeker Saturday #133

I did not know about this. sheshe2 Friday #53

Holy shit Hekate Friday #92

Claims to counterculture notwithstanding, lapucelle Saturday #105

I'm not sure I agree with them on every point, snot Friday #34

I'm not so sure mountain grammy Friday #38

That sounds an awfully lot like endorsing the idea that some people have the right to own other people. Crunchy Frog Friday #43

Ukraine is vital interest JustAnotherGen Friday #47

Well... electric_blue68 Friday #76

It's almost as if they're kooks. BannonsLiver Friday #37

I agree LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #104

They flat out are JustAnotherGen Saturday #119

This is why I'm a Democratic Party Member JustAnotherGen Friday #42

Of course they did! Their disloyalty and treachery to our country and to our party must never be forgotten. Oopsie Daisy Friday #48

For the record mises.org is a right wing Nanjeanne Friday #49

Mine is the Dekalb GA news JustAnotherGen Friday #72

Like I said Im not debating NATO or DSA. Just pointing out that people need to consider sources and Nanjeanne Friday #93

Thank you for the response JustAnotherGen Saturday #108

Left center bias and medium credibility. Minimal loaded wording. I'll take it. Love watching Al Jazeera America. Lots Nanjeanne Saturday #110

State Owned Propaganda JustAnotherGen Saturday #111

Okey dokey. Nanjeanne Saturday #117

Thank you for this very informative post, Nanjeanne Hekate Friday #90

It looks like another attempt to prevent Mamdani from winning AZProgressive Friday #51

This OP has nothing to do with Mamdani. And if you read the OP, that was stated explicitedly lostincalifornia Friday #52

He's a Democratic Socialist running for mayor of NYC AZProgressive Friday #54

So what. trump, putin, and the DSA are all on the same page that the U.S. should get out of NATO. Mamdani is lostincalifornia Friday #55

I agree NATO is not part of his job duties AZProgressive Friday #56

Neither is Israel, but he says he will arrest Netanyahu for war crimes MichMan Friday #63

I support that AZProgressive Friday #80

Because NYC has a very large number of Jewish residents MichMan Friday #84

I'm.shocked JustAnotherGen Friday #78

I thought he was a Democratic Party Member JustAnotherGen Friday #73

Yep. The Purity Police are out and about. thought crime Friday #65

Being a Democratic Party member JustAnotherGen Friday #77

Yes. Loyalty is important. Oopsie Daisy Saturday #103

DUers can be Democratic Party Members and can also be DSA Members thought crime Saturday #132

That doesn't make sense JustAnotherGen Saturday #139

DSA is a PAC, not a party. LeftInTX Yesterday #144

How many people JustAnotherGen Yesterday #146

I have absolutely no idea! LeftInTX Yesterday #158

This is what appealed to me when i joined JustAnotherGen Saturday #140

Zohran Mamdani is a member of the Democratic Party. He is also a member of DSA. thought crime Yesterday #142

I can't JustAnotherGen Yesterday #147

It's not a PAC or a Party. thought crime Yesterday #154

Google AI Mosby Yesterday #160

Yeah OK - good point. thought crime Yesterday #165

So basically they are UU's JustAnotherGen 22 hrs ago #167

Indeed. The Purity Police at the DSA are proposing to censure a Democratic Congresswoman lapucelle Saturday #120

The DSA view on Ukraine is about as important as the disagreement between Slavoj Zizek and Yanis Varoufakis thought crime Saturday #135

No it absolutely did not, and that is absolutely not the reason Crunchy Frog Friday #95

I didn't say that was the reason AZProgressive Saturday #96

You are remembering incorrectly because there never was any such agreement. Crunchy Frog Saturday #97

This is what I was remembering AZProgressive Saturday #98

Yes, it was in negotiations with the Soviet Union and Soviet officials. Crunchy Frog Saturday #99

Interestingly enough, the Ukraine was a founding member of the UN DFW Yesterday #148

This is an interesting video on the subject. Crunchy Frog Saturday #100

Sadly, I'm not JustAnotherGen Saturday #113

No Thanks OC375 Friday #58

Er.... you don't like the Nordic Countries system, then? electric_blue68 Friday #81

They have Social Democracy JustAnotherGen Saturday #121

Oh, oops! I got the Names of the Type of Gov't Mixed Up! TY, correction. electric_blue68 Saturday #127

I'm a Black America Gen Xer - my apologies JustAnotherGen Yesterday #149

Ah, Gen X. 👍 electric_blue68 Yesterday #150

There needs to be set asides for Black Americans first JustAnotherGen Yesterday #151

The Roberts Court decided that all the voter supression problems had been "fixed", lapucelle Yesterday #155

Ah, got it. I could support that... electric_blue68 Yesterday #159

This old white lady agrees with you JAG mcar Yesterday #153

Had not considered this group in my recent thinking. cachukis Friday #59

One can be a democratic socialist without being a DSA Bobstandard Friday #61

That is absolutely true. lostincalifornia Friday #62

Exactly +1 Emile Friday #83

If being wrong about a major policy or issue discredits a political party or group SSJVegeta Saturday #101

Oh please. The Southern Democrats of Jim Crow are now the Republican Party. SunSeeker Saturday #125

So youre saying there's a difference between the individual politicians and their party platforms/ policies and agendas? SSJVegeta Saturday #128

Unlike DSA, the Democratic Party is a big tent. Some Democrats may fail DSA's purity test. SunSeeker Saturday #130

Is that why there are a few dozen or so DSA sponsored politicians (who dont endorse the policy presented in the OP) SSJVegeta Saturday #136

Who are you talking about? SunSeeker Yesterday #143

The point I made is that nothing you say about DSA (outside of their specific platform) is representative of reality SSJVegeta Yesterday #145

So no matter what anyone says about DSA, it's a lie? Come on. SunSeeker 19 hrs ago #168

Who knew the Mayor of NY directed US iemanja Saturday #102

I just saw JustAnotherGen Saturday #116

You think it doesn't matter if he agrees with DSA that NATO should be dissolved and its NYC headquarters shuttered? SunSeeker Saturday #123

Goodness, the mumbo jumbo is off the charts. Nixie Saturday #112

A shame they can't evolve into a positive force in 21st century America. betsuni Saturday #126

OPs Source Links are from 2022 thought crime Saturday #138

I don't have to agree with all their positions.. mvd Saturday #141

In my state we no longer register by party. Ping Tung Yesterday #157

Back during the Cold War these type of people were called "Tankies" Jose Garcia Yesterday #161

LOL. Thanks for that info. I never knew why they were called Tankies! SunSeeker 19 hrs ago #169

An even bigger reminder: Avoid Party for Socialism and Liberation! They're a political party, which is trying LeftInTX Yesterday #162