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Your argument is based on a perception of America favoring right extremist ideology. Meanwhile for every popular extreme ideology on the right there is a counte

Your argument is based on a perception of America favoring right extremist ideology. Meanwhile for every popular extreme ideology on the right there is a counter extreme on the left ideology. We have people advocating for extreme capitalism and people advocating for a socialist regime. Opposed citizen militias such as Proud Boys and Antifa. Individuals who want a wall around the country and people who believe in open borders. The examples don’t end there. We have extremes with plenty of support on both ends and unless you can bring data that indicates there is a concentration of individuals in one side, you cannot infer America is becoming far right, or assume that the center is skewed to the right.

tayo42 6y ago
I'm not talking about America overall leaning. I'm talking about where the concentration is Antifa isn't real, that is right wing media fear mongering The extremes of the left wing in America isn't winning races. But the extreme fringe of the right wing is. Look at who won and lost primaries. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/26/opinion/sunday/republican-platform-far-right.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/26/opinion/sunda... That first image shows what I'm talking about. America's left is center, the Republicans are all the way on the extreme right. If you think your an American center, your on the right
- DevKoala 6y ago
  > Antifa isn't real, that is right wing media fear mongering I wonder who these guys are then: https://www.wsj.com/articles/look-whos-still-rioting-11611272972 https://www.wsj.com/articles/look-whos-still-rioting-1161127...
- athms 6y ago
  >Antifa isn't real, that is right wing media fear mongering You better tell that to the lefties that label themselves antifa. What isn't real is a group called Antifa, but the anti-fascist (and anti-capitalist) movement, otherwise known as antifa, is real.
  - Dex_Luther 6y ago
    "Anti-Fascists", who are ironically more fascist than they people they fight against.
  - tayo42 6y ago
    It's misleading to compare an ideology with an actual organization like proud boys like he did above. That's something right wing media does

tayo42 6y ago

I'm not talking about America overall leaning. I'm talking about where the concentration is Antifa isn't real, that is right wing media fear mongering The extremes of the left wing in America isn't winning races. But the extreme fringe of the right wing is. Look at who won and lost primaries. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/26/opinion/sunday/republican-platform-far-right.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/26/opinion/sunda... That first image shows what I'm talking about. America's left is center, the Republicans are all the way on the extreme right. If you think your an American center, your on the right

DevKoala 6y ago
> Antifa isn't real, that is right wing media fear mongering I wonder who these guys are then: https://www.wsj.com/articles/look-whos-still-rioting-11611272972 https://www.wsj.com/articles/look-whos-still-rioting-1161127...
athms 6y ago
>Antifa isn't real, that is right wing media fear mongering You better tell that to the lefties that label themselves antifa. What isn't real is a group called Antifa, but the anti-fascist (and anti-capitalist) movement, otherwise known as antifa, is real.
- Dex_Luther 6y ago
  "Anti-Fascists", who are ironically more fascist than they people they fight against.
- tayo42 6y ago
  It's misleading to compare an ideology with an actual organization like proud boys like he did above. That's something right wing media does