https://twitter.com/electpoliticsuk/status/1471697575904526338?t=o0w9-HmU9HnpNqnn3MEQVg&s=19
I consider myself on the left. Yet many social democrats call me a conservative. Am I the only one?
And that’s why democrats can never get stuff done, because they don’t fall in line.
Check mate, conservatives.
A lot of people think politics is a battle for the middle—those whose own politics lie somewhere between Republicans and Democrats.
It seems that for roughly the past 20 years, Democrats have tried to focus their energy on only one type of moderate—those who are economically conservative and socially liberal. Whereas the party’s messaging on economics has remained squarely center-left (to be generous in global terms), the Democrats have moved pretty far left socially, shifting their stances on things like gay marriage and the acceptance of transgender people, and intermingling with those who would call themselves critical race theorists.
Increasingly though, it seems like there is another type of moderate in America—economically left and socially conservative people. These tend to be working class people, usually white, with more traditional views on things like race, abortion, and gay marriage. They don’t mind things like government spending, but their views on transgender people would make JK Rowling blush.
And they vote too. Indeed, I think Trump’s success can be largely credited to his messaging to this group of people, which was essentially “these illegals are taking YOUR government handouts!” Opposition to vaccine mandates is another pet issue of this group. It isn’t the cosmopolitan fiscal conservatives who are refusing the vaccine. It’s the social conservatives who haven’t been outside of their time zone in several decades.
Its adherents notwithstanding, I think it would be folly to call this entire political philosophy incoherent. No less an authority on far-right social politics than Charles Murray supports universal basic income, a program which is usually considered a far left economic pipe dream.
My fear for the future of the Democratic Party is that, if they don’t move on this coalition, Republicans will begin to narrow economic differences or maybe even outflank them from the economic left, while focusing all of their messaging on highlighting the Democrats’ positions on noxious social issues. But I want to know what this sub thinks about all this. Is this a type of moderate that’s worth trying to persuade?
Direct here: https://twitter.com/RedfieldWilton/status/1472975104007155714
>How come she didn't get heckled like she promotes in NY.. go the fuck home you piece of trash (+70)
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>Because one party is about civility while the other is vile and hatred. But they’re not the ones the left and media claims. (+37)
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>Give them a taste of their own medicine. I'm over being polite.(+21)
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>There was an attempt to use their tactics. And the media has played it up to be a day that was darker than 9/11.(+13)
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>Wait wait wait. You mean the single deadliest day in American history? The INSURRECTION?! You're telling me that it wasn't as big a deal as the left says it was? You're obviously a white supremacist with that kinda talk.(+10)
Some try to talk them down:
>So treason isn’t a big deal? Seems at odds with conservative values (downvoted)
Insinuating that property value is more important than lives/democracy:
>The leftist hypocrisy has numbed me to caring. Remember the summer of love? Billions of dollars of damage and hundreds of officer casualties? Seems kinda worse but who am I to say?
I know the perpetrator in this story is a black man with a criminal record, who had been released on bond shortly before over a domestic violence incident. I also know most of the people killed/injured were probably white (we don't know all the details yet, but people are calling this a "hate crime".) Because he's black and apparently a BLM supporter, they're blaming the whole organization of millions of people over this one POS's actions. They're also blaming the democrat party, Joe Biden (who I admit I'm not a fan of), and liberal policies/politicians/judges for releasing this man.
However, isn't this usually the party that likes to preach about "personal accountability"? Why are they blaming politicians who had nothing to do with this man's actions that he personally chose to take? Did Joe Biden or whoever tell this man to get into a vehicle and plow into a crowd? No. Did any politician tell him to? No. The only person responsible for Darrell Brook's actions is Darrell Brooks. Yes, I know that a judge released him on bail. Should he have? Maybe not, but he did. However, this man still chose to violate the conditions of his bail, get behind the wheel of an SUV and plow his vehicle into a wholesome Christmas parade. People get released on bail every day, they don't all do this. When you're released on bail, it is the responsibility of the individual to uphold the conditions of their bail. This man did not do that. That's not the judge's fault, that's his. Don't blame the judge for following the law, blame Darrell Brooks for not.
As for Black Lives Matter, perhaps he was a supporter. But did he do this because of Black Lives Matter? Well I don't know what his motive was. But if it was, that certainly doesn't hold up in court, and he'd have the book at thrown at him in a minute. Black Lives Matter has millions of supporters, the majority of whom are upstanding citizens who've never done anything close to this.
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I can’t be the only one. It’s the only thing I really hate about BTC right now. Texas, Miami, Ted Cruz, Lummis (who I really appreciate) seem to be using BTC as a political weapon. It’s making me think twice about talking with my Democrat friends and work colleagues about BTC. I can’t be the only one who feels this way.
https://twitter.com/RedfieldWilton/status/1468640320074223616
