What utter bullshit! Of all the excuses on the right for the rise of Trumpism, the excuse that "the radicalism and nastiness of left drove us to Trump" is among the lamest. It's projection. 1/ https://twitter.com/mattklewis/status/1049997739105443840 …
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This is the language of abusers. This is saying, “I wouldn’t hit you if you didn’t make me so angry.” They know the behavior is wrong, and offload responsibility for it onto the victim of the behavior. It’s attocious.
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Excellent point. I see it now.
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Oh, "two of many factors"?
Yet the factors you emphasize, conveniently enough, are those two—and without evidence.
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Devil's Advocate: Groups who feel disenfranchised seek out radical ways to exercise political power. If conservatives felt they had no voice in govt and media, the creation of a radical conservative splinter group was inevitable (Tea Party), which then consumes the GOP's core.
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Perhaps, but funny how to conservatives the radicalism of the Tea Party was just patriots "taking back their country," even though Tea Party tactics were, if anything, more extreme than the left's now, while milder protests now by the left leave them clutching their pearls.
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Agreed. It's a pendulum swing, and the swings seem to be getting bigger. The current Democrat opposition to Trump's ridiculous regime will give rise to/empower a new radical Left.
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I'm not so sure I agree with that. There's nothing in the Democratic Party on the left that's anywhere near as radical as the Republican Party now. Compared to the radical right, which rules the Republican Party, the radical left is tiny and unlikely to become as influential.
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I think it's a matter of perspective. You & I don't see an issue with a few openly socialist candidates contributing to the identity of the Dems, but to a hardline Republican, they're a big deal, and represent a fundamental shift in philosophy.
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