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		gaius on July 25, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Labels used to suppress ideas Or the way the words "liberal" and "progressive" have been hijacked by people who actually believe in the USSR of the 1950s.

ibsulon on July 25, 2008 [–]

In what sense? The progressive movement as currently constructed is not enamored with neither Leninism nor Stalinism, though there is sometimes a smidge of respect for Trotsky.

The 80s just called and they want your meme back.

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