EPTOn May 10 2026 22:55 Sermokala wrote:
+ Show Spoiler + a group of leftists that constantly supported the right wing government.
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It would be even funnier if there was
I believe they prefer to be called "Democrats".
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GreenHorizons
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I believe they prefer to be called "Democrats". | ||
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LightSpectra
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GreenHorizons
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On May 11 2026 01:58 LightSpectra wrote: I'll have to remember that next time someone says Democrats are right-wing. Our resident tankie says they're leftists. Democrats objectively are right-wing, that's part of why they habitually help right-wing governments, and their pinnacle accomplishment in our lives is passing legislation to the right of Nixon. The same Nixon that used to be considered the threshold for unacceptable criminality by the president until Democrats and their relentless hubris literally helped Trump win. Everyone here knows and most have basically said that the Democrat party is right-wing by any metric but their own (leaning heavily on self-referential American exceptionalism). | ||
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GreenHorizons
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On May 11 2026 03:01 LightSpectra wrote: So Democrats are "a group of leftists" but simultaneously "objectively are right-wing"? Well, "a group of leftists" is something Democrats are called sometimes (frequently in a pejorative manner). Additionally, the Democrat party is objectively right-wing. It's unfortunate those observations confused you. That's the ratchet effect working in real time. | ||
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Sermokala
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Snipping out eight words for incomprehensible misunderstanding of someone elses post is pretty on brand though. | ||
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GreenHorizons
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On May 11 2026 04:28 Sermokala wrote: They can't be both right wing and left wing, and that has nothing to do with the ratchet effect. + Show Spoiler + Snipping out eight words for incomprehensible misunderstanding of someone elses post is pretty on brand though. You're correct that the Democrat party isn't left-wing. People disagreeing with that observation are real time examples of the ratchet effect. | ||
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