When your culture is uncomfortable saying "right" and "wrong," (in one's opinion, of course) then you might get "extreme" v "moderate" as weasel word alternatives.
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Again completely ignoring the distinction between symbolic and operational partisanship. The *policies* of the Republican party are grossly out of step with the people. But people rarely know what policies their respective parties support.
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The GOP has lost the popular vote almost every time in the last 30 years and has not represented a majority of Americans in the House or Senate since 1996.
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That's because none of Republican extremist policies ever gets implemented. (No banning ballot drop-off boxes is not Jim Crow). Just the rhetoric is extreme. The policies are moderate.
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The Nazis were popular too. Popularity doesn't mean you are right.
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Maybe millions of Americans have extreme views or are at least willing to tolerate them in their politicians.
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I dont think the law in Texas is well thought out, but the insistence that it wasn't passed by an elected legislature and signed by governor who easily won election seems to be just waved away by our brave Twitter defenders of democracy.
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"We must defend democracy at all costs!" "Whoa whoa whoa not *that* kind of democracy."
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And 81.2 million Americans voted for Biden in 2020. More voted for House Democrats. It's not a mere assertion, it's a fact that you're in the minority.
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