Again you keep trying to conflate AOC and Bernie (thanks for the clarification) but I'm having a hard time seeing anything they propose (health care, child care, more equitable tax rates) being harmful to "we people". They certainly don't claim their social welfare ideas (which again, is NOT socialism) will be free - all of their proposals include tax adjustments to help pay for it and almost all of those tax adjustments focus on the 1% that are paying historically low taxes.
Are you seriously equating wanting living wages, socialized healthcare (something that literally dozens of first world, developed countries have...and IS NOT SOCIALISM), workers' rights, and pharmaceutical regulation with people who believe that the Jews have lasers in space, hate anyone that isn't a WASP, and believe that violence and bloodshed against those that disagree with you is a normal way to go through life?? The "both sides need to come to the middle" argument doesn't work when the middle shifts further and further right every year, and you have one side that literally plays by zero rules. It also gives credibility to the terrorist GQP when you act like AOC and Bernie are in the same class as MTG and Donald Trump. Stop that line of thinking immediately if you truly believe there's a middle ground for people to settle into.
This is just a flat out lie and you know it, you really are getting more and more like the posters you despise. I'm pretty sure the progressive posters made a couple of threads about it.
Hell no to nationalized Healthcare. I'd rather have my company tell me what Healthcare plans I can get. Then let some for-profit insurance company tell me which benefits I am qualified for under the plans my company chose. Then have the privilege of paying premiums, co-pays, and deductibles that would be more than the taxes I would pay for national healthcare.
Saying both sides are the same is like saying murder and stealing a pack of gum are the same because they are both against the law. The right has lost the idea argument and is going facist. DD
The the Nazis actually came to power because the more stolid conservatives and relative moderates viewed "their excesses" as distasteful, but a necessary counterbalance to the communists. Reminds me a little of the way the far right plays up Antifa.
See this is the issue right here and why I say both are the same and both are dangerous.... the Far Left is called Socialism and the Far Right is Fascism... No give on either side, all take..... Am I saying that AOC and Bernie and even Hillary are acting the same as Trump or Marjorie... NO I am not.... But they are inciting their base, so the outcome is still the same... And that outcome is that things are our way and that is the only way and we will not bend or listen to the other side..... Example... The Left is saying "We should wear jeans and a comfortable shirt to work"... The Right is saying "We should wear suits and ties to work"... Both are sticking to their guns and will not move... Instead of saying why can't we do both or either "wear jeans with a sport coat" One side is always thinking their side and their way of thinking is the RIGHT and ONLY way..... They may not use the same tone, words or language... But they both are acting the same.. T_Man
So how can one express a desire for a public healthcare option, increased min wage etc for you to not equate the left with the right? It seems like all you are saying here is "the left has these policy desires therefore they are like the right". This bs about "they are acting the same" is going to actually destroy this country and turn it into a fascist state. How many moderate conservative Germans in the 1920s had the exact same mindset? You have one group that literally will say voting totals are fake news when they lose by millions of votes wanting to drop entire counties like Fulton County that has millions of voters over false claims of fraud. And you want to equate the left being consistent with their policy desires but playing within the frame of proper procedure and law with the group I just described? Asinine. This is such simple surface level analysis.
WOW!!! I love how you guys will defend your side to no end.... The Far Left will defend their side with no end as the Far Right... SO yeah... I'm saying the Far Right and the Far Left are the same... For your healthcare ques... How is it that adults on both side can't come to the table to agree on a sensible plan... I would say that out of all the things with healthcare, both sides agree on 70 to 80 percent of the same thing... But neither side wants to sit and negotiate on the other 20 to 30 percent... they both want their way... T_Man
There is a significant gap in claims from "one side is perfect" to "both sides are the same". I'm not saying the former. You are saying the latter. Look dude it's okay to admit you are indifferent and don't pay attention to most of this crap. But don't use that as an excuse to say "both sides are the same". It seems like politicians merely advocating for a public option to you is akin to the right not wanting to compromise to the point of claiming that millions of votes are fake news. Zero nuance to this.
Why are you on this Fake news stuff????? I know I have not said anything about Fake News... Hmm let's see... Most Trumpers will only vote for people that Trump will endorse... Also most said that they would follow Trump and not the republican party.... Now let's flip it... Most of Bernie people are the same... They would only vote for Bernie and not the democratic choice... So do both sides believe in the same thing.. NOPE... But they act the same way... So yes I admit that Bernie voters and Trump voters act the same way.... T_Man
Are you trolling now? Explain what I was referring to as fake news. Read my comment. In your own words explain what I was referring to when I said "fake news".
Also 85% of Bernie primary voters voted for Hillary in the general. So please tell me where this "most" figure comes from.
That's awesome. So now tell me what I was referring to when I typed the words "fake news" in this thread. Please go ahead and explain what I was referring to.
The "both sides do it" is a cop out answer. Take a stance! It comes down to this fundamental difference. Liberals believe "everybody deserves a fair shot" Conservatives believe "I have a right to keep and protect what belongs to me" The source of the problem is that America was founded on the principle that "all men are created equal" ...however, they actually meant "some men." So America wrote a check that it's ass can't cash and there really isn't a way to reconcile that difference until we agree what "all men" means. All that said, we had decorum and compromise but social media has obliterated that and now that fault line in our founding is turning into an earthquake.