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Labeling a team pro-G is similar to labeling pro-lifers anti-choice. Or pro-choice people as pro-abortion. It using one sided proposed narrative to create a c
by JamesBarney 10y ago
Labeling a team pro-G is similar to labeling pro-lifers anti-choice. Or pro-choice people as pro-abortion. It using one sided proposed narrative to create a caricature of the other.
It's a very common stereotype on the right, that members of left are interested in more government for the sake of government. And labeling a side pro-government perpetuates this misperception.
- brownbat 10y agoI'm not on the right criticizing the left though, and it strikes me as melodramatic to say this "perpetuates a misperception." Let's talk about perceptions and misperceptions. Most Americans have no idea who is in power, or how their government is structured: http://www.businessinsider.com/poll-many-americans-dont-know-basic-facts-about-government-2014-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/poll-many-americans-dont-know... Given that, I'll grant that it's probably a mistake to think that people's political ideologies have anything to do with a theory of government at all. Most people's political ideologies are probably about as refined as a blue/red color preference.