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> Because the divide went from "I believe in a balanced budget and you don't" to I believe you have no right to live or have bodily autonomy and I will do every
by spookthesunset 4y ago
> Because the divide went from "I believe in a balanced budget and you don't" to I believe you have no right to live or have bodily autonomy and I will do everything in my power to strip you of your rights.
That is a straw man made up by those who have a vested interest in dividing us all. 99% of the people you meet are way more moderate than either “side” portrays them.
Most people are just trying to survive and have some fun at the same time.
The real problem is our voting system forces this artificial divide where the candidates of both parties drift into bozoville. It’s hard to run for office and win as a moderate because the fringe ends of the spectrum will attempt to paint that person as being an extremist too, only “the bad kind”.
- dfxm12 4y agoWhat do you mean, strawman? How can you say elected politicians who, for example, enacted trigger laws to ban abortion in the wake of Roe v Wade being over turned don't exist? I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but I see comments like this and it's hard to accept that they are operating in good faith.
- spookthesunset 4y agoSomeday your “side” will do something you absolutely disagree with. You’ll know you are right too… but your (former?) side will consider you a member of the other “side” and you’ll become a political outcast. Never again will you be able to discuss politics in polite company… It happened to me. Sincerely, a pro LGBQT, pro infrastructure, pro choice, anti vaccine mandate, anti-mask, anti-mandate, pro-gun former democrat.