Does this mean that the left is now becoming the new right? Because it certainly seems a lot more hilarious as of late.
No, it doesn't. Note well I said moreso. There's still a hell of a gulf between the two, even if some of the political and rhetoric techniques are becoming even more ubiquitous. Some of the extremes touch a bit but we've got a
hell of a lot more of one extreme.
Can you guess when one it isn't? It starts with an L, and doesn't end with -tarian.Point is, caricatures have always been a thing, but when it gets to the point that you're treating real, living people you interact with as said caricatures, then you've pretty much thrown away your perception in favor of a political narrative.
Strawman, mate. From hell. Folks get treated how they act, by and large, and both ends of the spectrum still are largely fine working with each other when someone involved in the interaction isn't being a massive shit. It's just some of us seem damned intent on being just that. (Hint: They're the ones getting shat on, here.)
Another good thing is realizing that the US is kind of fuckhuge, so your personal experience, no matter how geographically encompassing it may be, will never be able to paint a realistic picture of the entire thing.
Having been from one coast to the other, I'm pretty damn aware the country's bloody huge. Oddly enough, there's still some pretty serious similarities among political inclinations that are geographically distant,
particularly among conservatives (unsurprisingly, that's what happens when diversity and whatnot isn't much encouraged by the platforms involved). There's differences, too, but we ain't exactly talkin' about blue dogs or rockefellers or whatev'. You might not be able to peg down literally every single political group or individual in the country but identifying common behavioral patterns and ideological positions between large ones ain't the most difficult thing in the world to manage. It's not much of a challenge to have a pretty decent idea of what you're walking into for a particular political environment.
What I'm saying is, don't imediately dismiss people because they disagree with you, because thats kinda the point of modern society, because things got rather shitty when people did otherwise.
If you think simple disagreement is the problem you have not paid one
lick of attention to what's going on here. Folks ain't being dismissed or whatever the hell because they just disagree or just because of what side they're on, it's happening because of the positions they're expressing and supporting. Oddly enough, when a conservative shows up and expresses positions that aren't, well, Trump-tier, them and their supporters don't catch nearly as much flak. Helps if they're
not the closest thing you can be to a literal con-man and not be in a jail cell, too. You'll also note well that as long as the subject
isn't politics folks can usually still get along fairly well if, again, someone involved isn't a massive shit.
Not so sure I can say the thing same about liberal candidates, though. The conservative hate machine runs strong, and doesn't care nearly as much about silly shit like "facts" or "honesty". Which is a hell of a thing to say, because the other end of our media isn't exactly the most observant about either, either.
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