Good grief. All I asked was: "if someone defends our current $7.25 minimum wage, would they be 'tarred with the same brush' just because other groups defend it too?"
I seriously have never seen anyone so intent on maintaining labels (while trying to avoid those same labels when they become uncomfortable).
ok i will answer simply.
YES
i oppose the minimum wage increase.
as a result, minimum wage increase touts try to imply i am attempting to dismantle the minimum wage entirely (cuz some on my side think thats a good idea) i am a racist (cuz some on my side are racists) im a neocon (cuz some on my side are neocons) im in the pocket of Big Business (because... ummm... fuck if i know) or that i must be a rich plutocrat or a deluded "sheeple" voting "against my own interests" as if they get to decide where my interests lie.
both sides use the intellectually lazy tactic of attacking the speaker rather than his position. but when i say something is socialist, it's because i think it's socialist.
when i say somebody is a marxist, it's because they have proved to me they ARE marxists
Example: AC
he vigorously protests being called a marxist, but he posts marxist slogans frequently, shouts "Smash Capitalism" , usues marxist talking points, follows marxist ideological assumptions, quotes noted marxists, and posts mother fucking pictures of Karl Marx. he even calls himself a "Libertarian Socialist" (ask him what that means, i dare you) but still maintains he is not a marxist.
and the funny thing is, i dont hate marxists.
i think they have a few good ideas
i particularly like Communists (real actual Utopian Communists) they share what they have freely, and dont take from others what those others do not wish to share.
Every once in a while you'll come across people like him who deny anthropogenic climate change (he'll say he doesn't deny it, he just doesn't accept the overwhelming scientific consensus and doesn't acknowledge that CO2 is a significant greenhouse gas and believes termites pose a more significant risk to the planet than humans do..), hold up fanatical religious or traditionally conservative values as the ultimate moral authority. They'll blame black people and minorities for all the nations crime and drug problems and blame teh gayz for the deterioration of the moral fabric of American society.. They'll cite such persuasive scientific institutions as the Cato institute, the Heartland Institute, the John Birch Society, Liberty University, the Heritage Foundation, the Traditional Values Coalition, American Family Association, etc.. /s... 
