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"conservative liberals" 
29 Jul 2016, 7:18 pm
I'm guessing, of course, but I think what he means by that phrase are the liberals who did not in any way support communism. For example, there were liberals who supported the labor movement but not the communist elements among them. Case in point:
As Ivan Osorio, labor expert at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, notes, “During the Cold War, the AFL-CIO, Teamsters and most major U.S. labor unions were staunchly anti-communist. In fact, the AFL-CIO under Lane Kirkland worked closely with the Reagan administration to aid the Solidarity movement in Poland.”
The interesting thing though is that Dillogic considers it "ironic" that today's social liberals oppose Putin's Russia. It doesn't look "ironic" to me, it looks more like consistency.
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I'm guessing, of course, but I think what he means by that phrase are the liberals who did not in any way support communism. For example, there were liberals who supported the labor movement but not the communist elements among them. Case in point:
As Ivan Osorio, labor expert at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, notes, “During the Cold War, the AFL-CIO, Teamsters and most major U.S. labor unions were staunchly anti-communist. In fact, the AFL-CIO under Lane Kirkland worked closely with the Reagan administration to aid the Solidarity movement in Poland.”
The interesting thing though is that Dillogic considers it "ironic" that today's social liberals oppose Putin's Russia. It doesn't look "ironic" to me, it looks more like consistency.
thanx for the xplanation
I don't know how any social liberal could be expected to support putin's brand of fascism and suppression of minorities. 
29 Jul 2016, 7:38 pm
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something like chamberlain versus hitler?
More like Mussolini and Hitler, I should think. Neville's slogan was "peace in our time" while Trump's surely is "war in our time" which is why he wants to build walls.
the reason I said chamberlain is because putin is playing trmp like a violin.
And you're completely right.
Franklin Foer writes on the frightening ways in which Trump seems to be playing right into Vladimir Putin's plans for destabilizing the West.
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