Quote Originally Posted by Brenus View Post
"wait, none of those were real leftists were they?".
Yeap. None of them, they betrayed (and trade) the Left values, so they can't claim to be lefty.
Socialism is caracterised by it UNIVERSAL values (not trade). If you don't agree to theses values you are not a real lefty...
If you exclude everyone who's racist, why did you bother asking for examples in the first place?

Quote Originally Posted by Me
The people who insist on using them generally consider themselves leftists and anyone who they don't want to be associated with (i.e. Stalin, Pol Pot) as right wingers or at least non-leftist.