Chris Hedges, plainly stating why “liberal” has become a dirty word not only to right-wingers but to many thinkers and activists on the left:
Tinkering with the corporate state will not work. We will either be plunged into neo-feudalism and environmental catastrophe or we will wrest power from corporate hands. This radical message, one that demands a reversal of the corporate coup, is one the power elite, including the liberal class, is desperately trying to thwart.
Occupy Memphis says: “We Will NOT Be Co-Opted!”
http://occupymemphis.org/index.php/blog/item/19-we-will-not-be-co-opted
Good article worth spreading.
As far as **I** see it: The Democrats HAD their chance to stand with the 99%– in 2006, 2008 and 2010. They took our money, and then they told us, in no uncertain terms, to FUCK OFF, as they jumped into bed with their Bankster buddies.
Their services are no longer needed.
–mf
The title of one of my college papers was “The ‘L’ Word – Why has Liberal Become a Dirty Word?” – and that was WAY back in the early 90’s…