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Do you realize how silly it sounds to the average person to hear the characterization of the party who collectively nominated one of the more boring centrists i
by mikeyouse 4y ago
Do you realize how silly it sounds to the average person to hear the characterization of the party who collectively nominated one of the more boring centrists in history as “extreme”?
- LarryMullins 4y agoThings are changing quick. Parts of Obama's 2008 platform would be considered extreme right-wing today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_2008_United_States_presidential_candidates#Same-sex_marriage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_2008_United_...
- mikeyouse 4y agoAnd? Obama’s 2008 platform was 15 years ago.. the country’s norms and social mores change over time.. are you honestly arguing that it’s “extreme” to unequivocally support gay marriage in 2022 when something like 75% of the country agrees now? https://content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/revzzd9bukmtrwrf6gwpba.png https://content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Pro...
- LarryMullins 4y ago> are you honestly arguing [...] No, there's nothing like what you assert in my comment. Kindly respond to what I actually say, not the third order implications of what you think I might be trying to insinuate. > the country’s norms and social mores change over time THAT is what I said. Things change quick.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoYou are misreading the GP. It claims that the Republicans shifted to the extreme right, not that Democrats shifted extreme left. (But see the sibling comment by LarryMullins - the Democrats did shift, though maybe you could argue that they shifted with society.)
- mikeyouse 4y agoYeah that’s a fair critique of my read.. though “not being extremists” is often an okay platform to stand for when you’re trying to be a big tent party and win national elections.