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Originally Posted by coldengrey12
And Democrats are already too far to the right for my liking.
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Let's be clear about this - the Democrats are to YOUR right. They are left of center on the political spectrum. You're further left than a huge majority of people in this country, and that's okay and that's within your rights. But because of that you have to understand that in this political universe that we all exist in, you have 2 choices - one party that gives you 75% of the things you want and like 10% of things you don't want; and another party which gives you like 1% of what you want and everything that you don't want.
If you can't sift through that and figure out which one is a better option for your views, you're going to be politically miserable for a long time - and I certainly don't want you to feel that way
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Originally Posted by coldengrey12
I understand it, but I don't like it.
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Why, specifically, don't you like it?
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I want people from "the other side" to vote against Trump, but I also think Democrats should be careful.
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Have they not been careful? Are there specific instances where you can point to them not being careful?
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The extent to which their eagerness to court Never Trumpers and cheer every single Project Lincoln ad does a tremendous job of alienating a progressive voting bloc
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In what way does it alienate the progressive voting bloc, specifically, other than "I don't like those people"?
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Originally Posted by coldengrey12
The fact that some Democrats view progressives as extremists but think disaffected Republicans are their allies suggests to me that the party is moving to the right.
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I think SOME progressives are extremists - and the data would support that; especially on some of the issues that poll horribly with America. Being extreme doesn't always have to mean something sinister - you're just in the extreme of political views on some topics. I also happen to think there's issues where the Never Trumpers are extreme. But I still want as many people from both groups to vote for Joe Biden so we can start the healing process and begin to move forward as a nation and put Donald Trump behind us.
Outside of courting voters from the right (and don't forget, the effort to court further left voters has been far more substantial - to date only the far left has gotten policy input for the platform, not dissatisfied Republicans) what evidence is there that the Dems have moved to the right one anything?
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And maybe it is for this election cycle. But given the trends over the past 40 years, I feel like Democrats are once again gonna compromise to their right and then wind up becoming more conservative in the process.
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What are some examples of Dems moving to the right in the past 10 years?
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Y'all should grab the pitchforks because this comparison is gonna go over like a Kaepernick shirt at a Klan rally:
It sounds like Trump if he were a Democrat. "No, I don't hate the progressives. I'm the most progressive. We have an agenda. It's such a beautiful agenda. It's so tremendous. Nobody has ever been more progressive, OK? Nobody. Believe me, folks."
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But you don't have to take anyone's word for it (even Bernie's). Biden has his entire platform in writing. Have you read it? Maybe you need to read it:
https://joebiden.com/joes-vision/
And here's the Biden/Bernie 110pg platform charter:
https://joebiden.com/wp-content/uplo...MENDATIONS.pdf