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I know this will sound Pollyanna-ish, but I still have hope. The media likes to keep things going but, really, how many people do you know who dress up like that?
I have reas nearly identical rants from the far right, it's uncanny. Just change a few words and flip it around.We've reached point where it's basically impossible to reason with certain sections of society. They so far off the deep end that we effectively live in different universes. Everything the right-wing accuses Democrats of doing, right-wing conservatives do on steroids... times ten. Pointing out right-wing hypocrisy is pointless, they just don't care. They just streamroll through it. Shaming the right-wing doesn't work, they have no capacity for shame. Appealing to common humanity and a sense of community doesn't work, the right-wing don't believe in community and are indifferent to human suffering that does not involve them. They think anyone who isn't 'like them' is a pedophile or Satan-worshipper who sacrifices babies. They don't believe in facts, and trying to persuade them with evidence is merely proof (to them) that experts who deal in facts work for a globalist cabal. There is no shared reality.
The right-wing are authoritarians and want to impose their views and 'values' using whatever means necessary, including (and especially) by leveraging the government. What you choose to do with your life is their business. Freedom to them means the ability to cram their freedom down your throat. Yes, yes... the right-wing says the same thing about the left. It's all equal and literally nothing matters.
If and when the right-wing retake control of government, I would say America is pretty close to being a failed state. They won't repeat the mistakes of last time by allowing 'normies' to exist within government. What remains of the Republican establishment has been whipped and beaten into submission, and the Democrats can't get out of their own way.
You forgot half the equation. Just as rabid and even more dangerous is the anti-Trump cult. It's more dangerous because it controls the bulk of media.We've reached point where it's basically impossible to reason with certain sections of society. They so far off the deep end that we effectively live in different universes. Everything the right-wing accuses Democrats of doing, right-wing conservatives do on steroids... times ten. Pointing out right-wing hypocrisy is pointless, they just don't care. They just streamroll through it. Shaming the right-wing doesn't work, they have no capacity for shame. Appealing to common humanity and a sense of community doesn't work, the right-wing don't believe in community and are indifferent to human suffering that does not involve them. They think anyone who isn't 'like them' is a pedophile or Satan-worshipper who sacrifices babies. They don't believe in facts, and trying to persuade them with evidence is merely proof (to them) that experts who deal in facts work for a globalist cabal. There is no shared reality.
Again, extremes on both sides are authoritarian. The left is much more prone to tolerate politically-oriented violence, as we saw in the summer of fire.The right-wing are authoritarians and want to impose their views and 'values' using whatever means necessary, including (and especially) by leveraging the government. What you choose to do with your life is their business. Freedom to them means the ability to cram their freedom down your throat. Yes, yes... the right-wing says the same thing about the left. It's all equal and literally nothing matters.
The right is trying to gain control through the democratic process, by winning elections. That's a good thing.If and when the right-wing retake control of government, I would say America is pretty close to being a failed state. They won't repeat the mistakes of last time by allowing 'normies' to exist within government. What remains of the Republican establishment has been whipped and beaten into submission, and the Democrats can't get out of their own way.
I have reas nearly identical rants from the far right, it's uncanny. Just change a few words and flip it around.
This post too ^ is so incredibly like how the other side responds. Just change one word.Yeah, I addressed this in the original post. False equivalencies are the bread and butter of conservativism, along with hypocrisy and projection.
I have reas nearly identical rants from the far right, it's uncanny. Just change a few words and flip it around.
This post too ^ is so incredibly like how the other side responds. Just change one word.
How simple do you think that that would be?Why not simply partition the country?
Very simple.How simple do you think that that would be?
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