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  • Leftism is a religion - it requires nothing more (or less) than total faith in its dogma, regardless of what objective evidence is presented that refutes it.

    Sound Politics: Words And Numbers, Democrats And Republicans 2006

  • Leftism is more about fascist statism. hoooo-wee! now that†™ s a new one! rich!

    Think Progress » ThinkFast PM: July 5, 2006 2006

  • And speaking of honesty as policy, Dissecting Leftism is attempting a one-man battle to bring transparency to that bastion of dishonesty, China:

    Medpundit 2003

  • Leftism is just the latest incarnation of the decaying feudal system with its top-down paternalistic management of people’s lives – a system of having the “betters” take care of the dependent serfs, with the serfs surrendering their wealth, freedoms and choices.

    What to take away from this Rasmussen AZ-GOV poll. | RedState 2010

  • Leftism is more about fascist statism. hoooo-wee! now that’s a new one! rich!

    Think Progress » ThinkFast PM: July 5, 2006 2006

  • If you are interested in this, look for an essay by Michael Ramsey Steele on fascism or, if more ambitious, a book by Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihin called Leftism Revisited.

    In which I annoy you once again with the asssertion that I'm a moderate. Ann Althouse 2007

  • If you are interested in this, look for an essay by Michael Ramsey Steele on fascism or, if more ambitious, a book by Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihin called Leftism Revisited.

    In which I annoy you once again with the asssertion that I'm a moderate. Ann Althouse 2007

  • We find the following sentence in the last paragraph of his article, "New Styles in 'Leftism'": "To preserve democracy as a political mode without extending it into every crevice of social and economic life is to make it increasingly sterile, formal, ceremonial."

    An Exchange on the Left Howe, Irving 1967

  • As I've bored you by mentioning before, I think that most "Leftism" today is not really Leftism at all, that the quasi-religious beliefs such as socialism or liberalism that were the old core of Leftist thinking have drained away, leaving nothing.

    Random Jottings John Weidner 2010

  • Leftfield are due to make their first live performance for ten years at this summer's Rock Ness festival. and Neil Barnes, hit the big time following two successful albums including their critically acclaimed masterpiece 'Leftism'.

    Virtual Festivals 2010

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