I think that the average Democratic voter is probably "centrist" as is virtually every republican I know (Aside from some Mormon friends, exactly none of them support banning abortion). The issue is that the Democratic PARTY has become toxic to centrists, including me. A friend texted me a few years ago saying "When the Democrats chase off a couple of commie, pinko fags like you and me, who's left?" NOTE: All terms I was called for years based on my politics, and all terms I wore with pride. You're right about Sanders, and it's a shame, because he and Rand Paul are basically the last honest politicians in America. There's much I disagree with on both their sides, but they're not lying or gaslighting everybody all the time.
I agree. My point was that the term тАЬcentristтАЭ commonly evokes a sense of reasonability, fairness, balance, etc. тАФmaybe not to some, but stillтАФwhile the term тАЬfar rightтАЭ is used to mean evil, fascist, extreme, etc.
I get that Freddie was using these terms more literally, but the language still plays into the harmful fairy tale myth that the Democratic Party is sane and тАЬnormalтАЭ while republicans (or literally anyone else who disagrees with them) are evil тАЬfar rightтАЭ boogeymen.
I'm a Marxist
Which is to say that "out of touch" is your brand?*
*I don't actually want to get banned for this comment, but thought it was funny enough to risk it.
I think that the average Democratic voter is probably "centrist" as is virtually every republican I know (Aside from some Mormon friends, exactly none of them support banning abortion). The issue is that the Democratic PARTY has become toxic to centrists, including me. A friend texted me a few years ago saying "When the Democrats chase off a couple of commie, pinko fags like you and me, who's left?" NOTE: All terms I was called for years based on my politics, and all terms I wore with pride. You're right about Sanders, and it's a shame, because he and Rand Paul are basically the last honest politicians in America. There's much I disagree with on both their sides, but they're not lying or gaslighting everybody all the time.
I agree. My point was that the term тАЬcentristтАЭ commonly evokes a sense of reasonability, fairness, balance, etc. тАФmaybe not to some, but stillтАФwhile the term тАЬfar rightтАЭ is used to mean evil, fascist, extreme, etc.
I get that Freddie was using these terms more literally, but the language still plays into the harmful fairy tale myth that the Democratic Party is sane and тАЬnormalтАЭ while republicans (or literally anyone else who disagrees with them) are evil тАЬfar rightтАЭ boogeymen.
I don't really agree.
I think the Democratic party has chosen to become "more socially liberal" to avoid the donor-induced pain of becoming "more economically liberal".
Freddie deBoer for president.