▲ 272 ▼ Senator Tuberville: No truce over military blockade on abortion (www.bbc.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world 64 comments fedilink hide all child comments Military leaders claim Tommy Tuberville's actions are a national security risk, but the senator is defiant.
[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) Man. This round of "republican or tankie" is fucking difficult. I might have to use a lifeline permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) The Horseshoe Theory is painfully real. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Horseshoe theory? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* The theory that as disparate political ideologies move further from the center that they get more alike past a certain point. The spectrum isn't a line, it's a horseshoe. I'll make the argument that tankies aren't really leftists tho. They're some weird amalgam of authoritarian communists. They have more in common with fascists, but they just took a different trip to get there. It's shitty political convergence permalink fedilink source parent [–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 1 point 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) The Horseshoe Theory is painfully real. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Horseshoe theory? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* The theory that as disparate political ideologies move further from the center that they get more alike past a certain point. The spectrum isn't a line, it's a horseshoe. I'll make the argument that tankies aren't really leftists tho. They're some weird amalgam of authoritarian communists. They have more in common with fascists, but they just took a different trip to get there. It's shitty political convergence permalink fedilink source parent [–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 1 point 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Horseshoe theory? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* The theory that as disparate political ideologies move further from the center that they get more alike past a certain point. The spectrum isn't a line, it's a horseshoe. I'll make the argument that tankies aren't really leftists tho. They're some weird amalgam of authoritarian communists. They have more in common with fascists, but they just took a different trip to get there. It's shitty political convergence permalink fedilink source parent [–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 1 point 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* The theory that as disparate political ideologies move further from the center that they get more alike past a certain point. The spectrum isn't a line, it's a horseshoe. I'll make the argument that tankies aren't really leftists tho. They're some weird amalgam of authoritarian communists. They have more in common with fascists, but they just took a different trip to get there. It's shitty political convergence permalink fedilink source parent