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I have thought for years that the modern trend of extreme polarization, radicalization, and focus on identity politics has a real risk of leading to some kind
by silicon2401 5y ago
I have thought for years that the modern trend of extreme polarization, radicalization, and focus on identity politics has a real risk of leading to some kind of civil war scenario. With the rioting last year from both liberals and conservatives (cities looted and burning, the capitol invaded) and now this inter-state tension, I think we're unfortunately seeing some major acceleration towards the civil war scenario.
- mkr-hn 5y agoThe Overton window has shifted to a place with exotic physics when people trying to overthrow the government as it certifies a legal election are described as conservative.
- silicon2401 5y agoI'm just using colloquial terms. I don't consider progressive people progressive (they're much more regressive in many ways), but it's a simple way to describe the people involved. Republican, alt-right, trump supporters, qanon; whatever label you prefer over "conservative" is probably good enough to get my point across
- mkr-hn 5y agoI actually have no idea what people mean with them these days. They don't say anything without explanation given all the contradictory uses, so they aren't very useful as words. They're the worst kind of jargon. You might try being specific next time. If you're at the point of clarifying you mean regressive when you say progressive, you can't convince me the words mean anything.
- silicon2401 5y agoI am specific enough for people who have a reasonable understanding of current colloquialisms. "Progressive" in the context of American politics has a pretty standard meaning, it's just one that I wouldn't call "progressive" in a societal sense. Similar for "conservative" etc. I think if you use context clues it makes modern political jargon more understandable, especially if you discard any expectation that the label is connected to the definition of the word in a general context.
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