(June 27, 2018 at 1:02 pm)Cathooloo Wrote:(June 27, 2018 at 10:54 am)henryp Wrote: "Vote for our guy, or you're a nazi!", I imagine, seems juvenile.
...and your labeling everything you don't like as extreme far left isn't?
We don't have an extreme far left in this country, at least not one that has any political power, and no, the Democratic Party isn't it.
Cry me a river. FWIW, I don't use the Nazi pejorative, but I'm happy to label people who support fascist polices as such.
I'm talking about this from a 3rd person perspective. Like a person watching a game analyzing strategy. Calling someone a nazi, if it worked, would be a good strategy. But I think it's a mistake because people outside of that bubble aren't going to buy into the hyperbole like the people inside the bubble are.
If Tiz tells Min, these immigration camps are "Just like concentration camps", they're both going to agree wholeheartedly. But when they take that message to some people who's identity doesn't hinge on this stuff, those people are going to say "Didn't they kill 6 million people in concentration camps? I saw a picture of these kids watching the world cup. Those seem very different."
The point being, rather than presenting the truth, which many people would agree with, they present a lie that people will disagree with. It's just shooting themselves in the foot for no reason.
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As to labeling everything extreme far left, I don't think I've done that. I hold a bunch of positions all over the political spectrum. Oftentimes, I'm okay with various positions on the spectrum on the same issue.
