RE: The further people politically move from moderacy the more people lie
December 28, 2013 at 9:14 pm
What makes a moderate less likely to lie than someone who is not a moderate?
It's more accurate to suggest that the more that a viewpoint clashes with reality, the more its supporters will lie to support it. American conservatives are extremely well-acquainted with this state of being, as there is virtually no popular conservative viewpoint which correlates to reality. In our country, it's not a balance between extremists on the right and extremists on the left, because there are many more extremists on the right, and they are far more extremely on the right. There is nothing even remotely like the Tea Party in terms of size and influence on the left. Proponents of full-on communism are extremely rare, whereas the enemies of American democracy are in a heated battle to take over the GOP from the RINOs.
Perhaps it makes me an extremist to say that, but the party which is behind virtually every effort to restrict voting rights to the people who agree with them is the Republican party. Though obviously not 100% the same, there is a terrifying symmetry between the Tea Party vision and another vision, the mention of which would draw cries of "Godwin!", the most important exception being that the Tea Party has the fatal flaw of lacking any meaningful youth appeal and will die along with the old racist, sexist, homophobic fucks that form its core.
It's more accurate to suggest that the more that a viewpoint clashes with reality, the more its supporters will lie to support it. American conservatives are extremely well-acquainted with this state of being, as there is virtually no popular conservative viewpoint which correlates to reality. In our country, it's not a balance between extremists on the right and extremists on the left, because there are many more extremists on the right, and they are far more extremely on the right. There is nothing even remotely like the Tea Party in terms of size and influence on the left. Proponents of full-on communism are extremely rare, whereas the enemies of American democracy are in a heated battle to take over the GOP from the RINOs.
Perhaps it makes me an extremist to say that, but the party which is behind virtually every effort to restrict voting rights to the people who agree with them is the Republican party. Though obviously not 100% the same, there is a terrifying symmetry between the Tea Party vision and another vision, the mention of which would draw cries of "Godwin!", the most important exception being that the Tea Party has the fatal flaw of lacking any meaningful youth appeal and will die along with the old racist, sexist, homophobic fucks that form its core.
