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- noun Plural form of
leftist .
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Since the Washington Post's ex-blogger is now claiming he didn't plagiarize a thing, and is blaming "leftists" yes, he used the word leftists - apparently he's 12 and he think this is 1983 for his fall, I think it important to note that even the National Review thinks he's a plagiarist.
03/24/2006 2006
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Funny how certain leftists who under other circumstances would call this “genocide” are not complaining about this “genocide”.
Matthew Yglesias » 18th Century Polish Strategic Dilemmas 2010
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If you want to criticise certain leftists for their appeasement politics towards political islamists, you're free to do so.
Save Kiana Firouz Hal Duncan 2010
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If the perception in the mindset and worldview of leftists is that the NYT is conservative, then it is at least somewhat understandable that they see no bias in the MSM whatsoever — except for the hated FausSnooze.
The Volokh Conspiracy » CNN Profiles Lawyers in Same-Sex Marriage Case 2010
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So I can't agree that the principal difference between libertarians and far-leftists is the understanding of context, though that surely has something to do with it.
From Far Left to Libertarian, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Funny how certain leftists who under other circumstances would call this “genocide” are not complaining about this “genocide”.
Matthew Yglesias » 18th Century Polish Strategic Dilemmas 2010
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The neocons have been nuts about linking Latin American leftists to anti-Semitism for at least a decade.
Matthew Yglesias » El Qaeda: Tomorrow’s Horrible Foreign Policy Idea 2010
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In September, HUAC issued subpoenas to forty-three members of the film community, including nineteen prominent progressives who immediately announced their intention to challenge the Committee and became known as the "unfriendlies" or the Hollywood Nineteen. 16 The logic behind HUAC's choice of these particular nineteen leftists is unclear.
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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I disagree that leftists ideas "probably try to be noble," my first rule in dealing with leftists is don't ever concede that their schemes are born of good intentions.
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On the one hand, the U.S. is being criticized by Latin American leftists for not acting more strongly.
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