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The right's already got they wanted censored. Most people don't learn real American History until college. In my view, they're mad in part because the internet
by lambdasquirrel 5y ago
The right's already got they wanted censored. Most people don't learn real American History until college. In my view, they're mad in part because the internet now exists, and people are reconsidering figures that maybe shouldn't have ever been put on a pedestal. And a lot of mistakes on the part of the police wouldn't have come to light without smartphones. The right needs to mount a counter-offensive to this. They've got "porn" censored in the media, but gratuitous depictions of gun violence is okay. What's okay to publish is very much biased for the right.
There are issues with the American left, but this isn't really it.
My issue with the right is that these grievances (amongst others) are legitimate, and instead of settling back, figuring it out politically, and doing better, a lot of folks decided that they rather just have power by any means, as if it's some pride thing. There ought to be folks from ethnic minorities (like myself) voting for some mix of both parties, but the politics of the right were unpalatable even before Jan 6. I could vote for folks like Schwarzeneggar, Romney, Murkowski, and Collins, but there's not many more. That's doubly a problem because you always need a counter-balance in Western democracies. I do not want to be voting down the column.
The left fights dirty and illegitimately in its own ways. I'm not sure if it's better or worse than the right, but if you want some neutrality, it's in my view that the dirty fighting is questionable simply because I see it backfiring on both sides. The left creates their own bubble-chamber, which works against them.
If it weren't for gerrymandering securing safety seats for each political party (which ends up benefitting the extremes on both ends), I'd think everyone (including the folks at the "extremes") would be better off. Which isn't to let the moderates off the hook. Part of the reason why there's so much petty drama is because turnout at the primaries is what it is. We all need to take our responsibility in this drama and make things better. There's way too much intellectual laziness and/or regressing to narcissism going on.