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is there a /s missing there? o.0

• jacquesm 5y ago
  I wish. Trump getting elected normalized a lot of stuff that before then was simply not done and this in turn led to a lot of rightwing extremists breaking cover. They likely were already there before but the realization that their numbers were larger than they thought beforehand must have been the catalyst that triggered this. But it's definitely waning, and good riddance.
  • slater 5y ago
    Oh I see, yeah. I just wish the US folks would realize how right-wing even the Democratic party is. But yeah, let's hope Lord Dampnut's election was just a protest vote.
    • jacquesm 5y ago
      > I just wish the US folks would realize how right-wing even the Democratic party is. This is not something that leads to fruitful discussion. I have quite a few friends statesside as a result of living in Canada for years, on all sides of the range available there and they never really got it when I said that for a Dutch person the two political parties look roughly identical except for some windowdressing and trigger subjects that apparently matter a great deal to them. It's clear that the Democrats are further left on the spectrum than the Republicans (especially now that the Republicans are essentially the party of Donald Trump), but compared to say the Dutch VVD they are both to the right of that rightwing party. To say nothing of actual left wing parties (say the SP or Groenlinks).