(October 30, 2019 at 10:34 am)Aegon Wrote:(October 29, 2019 at 5:07 pm)Shell B Wrote: I'd take a moderate in either party or a third party. I'm not greedy. I'm just tired of extremism.
My problem is: what counts as "extremism" in America, on the left, is hilarious. People still say Obama was a communist because of the Affordable Care Act. Give me a break. Like I said, this country's discourse skews conservative. The "radical" ideas that progressives tout are legitimately not radical, and we need to drill that into people's heads.
It depends on what progressives you're talking about. I've spoken to plenty of liberals who have insane ideas. To be fair, they aren't in positions of power, but there is extremism on the left, and it's ridiculous. I speak as someone who is definitely left of center. I know there are lunatics to my left.
My point here is that nothing can be accomplished so long as we have extremists like Trump or fake-asses like Hilary at the table. The Obama thing worked so well because he actual is quite moderate, easy to negotiate with, etc. So a few dickholes think he's a Communist. Those are the idiots talking. Overall, he did a good job.
When I say I'm sick of extremists, I don't mean past politics. I mean right now. Extremism in the political discourse in the U.S. has only become a problem for me in the past four years or so. Right now, I'd like a moderate to come in and navigate this bullshit.
