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 …
Read more closely. You are being reductive. I said that these were two of many contributing factors behind the rise of Trump. I don’t let the Right off the hook.
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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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I disagree. You have bought into a narrative that is demonstrably false, the left in this country is centrist and conservative/capitalist compared to other developed countries’ left wing. The liberal media is little more than a Rush Limbaugh conspiracy theory.
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Based on these two right wing narratives you have bought the right wing blame-shifting narrative. They have to act this way because *others* are radical - a proposition without evidence that also happens to be morally turgid. This is blame shifting and gaslighting. It’s abuse.
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Of course you do. By constantly both sides-ing everything.
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I sort of wonder how Matt has any job let alone one discussing politics.
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