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The problem is when all of the progressives opponents start banding together, there might just be more of them than there are progressives and then, whoops, gam
by ThrowawayR2 7y ago
The problem is when all of the progressives opponents start banding together, there might just be more of them than there are progressives and then, whoops, game over. There are a lot of centrists and liberals that the progressives have alienated.
(You know you have a problem when even Barack Obama is stepping up and criticizing "woke" people: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50239261 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50239261)
- thrower123 7y agoThe pendulum always swings
- shadowgovt 7y agoIf that's the case, then it's a fight that was going to happen sooner or later, because it's not as if progressive opponents were sitting back and letting culture change without protest. If anything, calling out people for bad behavior is a reaction to the realization that a lot of "centrists" were just closet racists, who may not advocate for some form of supremacy or other but sure were donating and voting for it when the opportunity came.
- maxerickson 7y agoYour "when even" isn't particularly accurate. Obama was always a relative centrist. It's just that many consider it radical to think that we should do simple things like provide most people with access to healthcare.
- finnthehuman 7y agoThe "even" in "even Barack Obama" isn't about him being super far left, then "even" is about the fact a former president has to be the one telling people their tactics aren't working. And then they go on to ignore his advice because he is insufficiently left. Which ironically proves how prescient his advice is.
- Pfhreak 7y ago> even Barack Obama I mean, he's not particularly leftist, is he? If anything he represents a pretty centrist liberal (as in Liberalism) position?