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Old 05-17-2018, 04:50 PM   #991
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague View Post
Fifteen years ago, if you checked the following boxes, you were firmly and unequivocally on the left.
  • Pro gay marriage
  • Pro choice
  • Pro gun control
  • Opposed to the death penalty
  • Opposed to waterboarding and other forms of "enhanced interrogation"
  • Against the war in Iraq
  • Opposed to draconian criminal sentences
  • Opposed to religion in schools
  • Pro teaching of evolution
  • Recognize that climate change is a thing
Apparently, you can now check all of those boxes and still be classified as a rung or two up from being a neo-Nazi. I'm not sure your litmus test is the one I'm going to count on, honestly.
The definition of being “liberal” certainly seems to be narrowing....
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