No idea what Ernie may say, but I am amazed at how you say that someone is a Democratic Party shill who makes it a point to criticize both Democrats and Republicans. I mean, I like the way you keep me honest and often bring up things that I had not considered before and which I really need to think seriously about. I regard this as a major advantage, for which I am thankful. But Radical Centrism is about NOT being partisan -except tactically, election to election, and even then with many exceptions. The whole point of RC is to try and come up with a sensible alternative to the politics of Left and Right. Part of the time we sound like conservatives, part of the time we sound like liberals or "other," but the idea is that basically we are Indies. Independents are NOT the same as Democrats. Both parties get catch hell now and then. That's part of RC. Just as, also now and then, either party may get plaudits. I also get similar comments --not on this list-- from a Democrat friend who every so often tells me I'm a Republican simply because I criticize the Democrats when I feel like it. Independents are NOT the same as Republicans, either. Personally I cannot stand either major party. This time around I hate the GOP less, but that is as far as things go. Billy ----------------------------------------------------------------
10/17/2011 9:04:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Oh, so you want to sound like the Democratic Party. Got it. David "Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine."--P. J. O’Rourke On 10/17/2011 3:50 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote: On Oct 17, 2011, at 1:41 PM, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: The impression it is impossible not to get from the hard Right is that anything which is critical of Wall Street must be, by definition, Marxist-Leninist. I have no idea why this is substantively different than the way that many on the Left in 2009 - 2010 characterized the Tea Party as "fascist." Fascist? I though it had been conclusively demonstrated that the Tea Party was "racist". Let's get our propaganda labels clear, shall we? :-/ In some ways, this is a good sign for Radical Centrist -- the more the extremes start reflexively slamming anyone who discomfits them, the more people they'll drive into our (eventual) camp... E -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
