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I'm sure you are correct, but is there a non-far right anymore?
Neoliberals?
Gotta test that purity. What else would I have to do if I didn't!?
Purity testing is a good thing, quality control is as important for political movements as it is for food
I'm confused. Calling neolibs centre-right is leftist gatekeeping?
In the US? That’d be the Democrats.
Democrats are right-wing in the rest of the sane world, try again.
Try what again? That’s exactly what I said!
Thank you for identifying yourself
Huh?
I'm sure it's theoretically possible to not want to pay your fair share of taxes, while not dunking on any particular minority.
It's rare though.
It's always just selfishness with conservatives. It's not complicated, they're just selfish assholes through and through. If you wanna know what a conservative will do, just imagine the most selfish move and voila.
Children starving or an extra $50 in property taxes, guess what the conservative picks every single time!
Generally not believing in human rights comes as a package deal.
It's surprising how quickly they come as well.
I've seen perfectly normal people go from "I felt a bit ill after that COVID vaccination, I'll look it up online" to spreading fake stories about immigrants and having opinions about Hunter Biden. Within months. They're not even American.
This shit's a fucking virus, and social media is the vector.
the majority of people are not far right.
the issue is that people who are far right, are far more likely to run for office than moderate candidates are. and run better campaigns, and win more votes.
If they're voting for the far right candidates then they are far right.
I would say they're heavily misled. What may seem obvious here is invisible on their Twitter feeds, on TV, in their communities, and even Google due to "search customisation".
Yeah, they are being lied to but part of the problem is they like the lies.
And I would say that's bullshit.
I find this to be an altruistic if naive mindset.
I don't know. I ask because I cannot explain anyone even tolerating Trump's actions in any way unless they are far right. I still know people defending his actions... Anyone opposing him in any way, the rest of America thinks is "far left". So it's a weird time...
I think they were asking if there was a non-far "right," not if there was a non-"far right."
Because they can lie with impunity while the rest of us have a conscience.
Why?
Ah, so they get elected through divine intervention, then. Logical.
Yeah, they are the ones doing the “No Kings” thoughts & prayers parades
I don't know how you people don't get tired of the same boring ass gotchas every day. We get it. You hate everyone who doesn't have your exact political beliefs.
Anyone who gives a shit that you despise anyone to the right of you is not someone whose opinion I give a flying fuck about.
You care so little that you can’t help but announce it, even
Yes I respond to every 75th message so clearly you GOT ME again. What a genius.
👍 cool. Enjoy continuing to be part of the problem.
You're helping so much by going around trolling people and doing jackshit else. Thanks a lot FrObOzX.
The people you disagree with are far right... or far left, depending upon your political orientation.
No. I disagree with you, and you're just an idiot.
What do you disagree with?
You said one thing. Put on your thinking cap, I'm sure even you can figure that one out.
I don't get the hostility. It seemed like a pretty uncontroversial observation to me. Nobody complains about "the left", they complain about "the far left"; nobody complains about "the right", they complain about "the far right". Anybody with two brain cells to rub together can observe this.
I have no idea why this would upset anybody, but it seems like I've triggered some people. Unless you're just bots, in which case: deuces.
If you want a genuine answer, people are upset because you're expressing a centrist opinion. Centrism more or less advocates for maintaining the status quo. The status quo sucks for most people.
You're also equating the far left with the far right. To understand why this is upsetting, we can look at some basic definitions. If someone is on the Left, they are generally in favor of more equality, while those on the right want more hierarchy. Equality and hierarchy are opposites. You can see this in a more concrete way by comparing the goals of far-left organizations to the goals of far-right ones.
I think a lot of the confusion comes from the Cold War. Countries like the USSR and China would claim to have far-left intentions while acting in right-wing ways. You cannot achieve left-wing goals through right-wing action.
Even the term "Communist country" is an oxymoron, because Communism advocates for a stateless society, and governments never voluntarily give up power.
That's funny, because complaining about the "far left" or the "far right" sounds centrist to me. It's like you're saying "Oh, the people closer to the center are okay. It's those crazy extremists I have a problem with!"
If you're anti-left or anti-right, just own it ffs. I consider myself a leftist, so I don't bother specifying whether something I disagree with is "far right" or not; it's all just right-wing to me. If the people on the right want to distance themselves from the extremists on their side, that's their business. I'm not gonna make that determination for them.
That weaselly way of talking reminds me of people like Gavin Newsom who finds ICE distasteful but supports discriminating against trans women in sports. No doubt he finds the former position "far right", but the latter one is just common sense or some nonsense. Both of those stances are extremist!
Ohh I get what you're saying now. I think a lot of people read what you said and thought you were against both the far right and the far left. We probably should have asked for clarification before jumping to conclusions haha. Apologies if my previous comment seemed a bit condescending.
I'm also a leftist, and yeah, fuck Gavin Newsom.