How does that translate into into de facto marxist political policies? It doesn't.
That's right, people choose to have marxist friends because they disgree with them and are looking for self inflicted punishment.
Let me ask you something:
Ayeres and his wife Dohrn - Radical terrorist marxists
Farakhan - Black liberation marxist
Rev. Wright - Same
Saul Alinsky - Marxist
Raila Odinga - Marxist
Who else other than a radical marxist feels comfortable with those radicals and communists?
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