And high-speed trains. Healthcare, education, high speed trains.
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Those...bastards.
One side wants to break up families, abolish free speech, trans kids and make everyone attention slaves to big companies. The other side just wants freedom and happiness
(I dont accually believe this, just how the opposite side would make the same tweet) You cant believe the world is this black and white 💀
I honestly thought you were still talking about Republicans who brag about wanting to break up families, abolish free speech and trans kids, and make everyone slaves to corporations
Haha very true, its almost like the isnt any opposition
But how would banning books equate to free speech? I suppose there aren't straight justifications for everything, that's just part of it.
ever heard of the story of the two santas?
The media is owned by the first group
The media cares about one thing: money. Outrage=views, and they'll report whatever they think will generate the most outrage.
Slavery never went away, read the 13th amendment.
Haha don't forget moderates.
"We should listen to both sides, I mean nazis and fascists had good ideas too!"
The moderates are the Democrats.
There is no left.
Democrats are right-wing. Republicans are now far right.
Moderates might hear both sides but they don't support both sides.
the media doesn't think they're equal, the media is elevating slavery because they're owned by the people who will end up owning the slaves
But... But the gays and the deep state? Hollywood elites?
Life is rough on the Rim
I mean if you're still supporting Republicans you're kind of the problem.
Out of the loop: what’s there about women not being able to vote or own property? Thanks!
If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind of a pipe dream, it's a personal fantasy of mine,” [Ann Coulter] said in a 2007 New York Observer interview.
Holy raging badgerfuck dementia is a terrifying disease
Holy raging badgerfuck *conservatism is a terrifying disease
This needs more upvotes
This is why we can't even get anywhere. Both sides purposely misrepresent the other.
What would be your description of what both sides want?
Both sides clearly want to say the most extremist strawmans of the other side to rile up support and increase animosity towards the other side.
Yea, the far left of universal health care and diversity. Which has never been in power, unlike the far right.
Really? You turn this into a mis-characterization of the left? My point is that there are equally radically Twitter claims from the right. For instance, you don't think there are Republican-voting individuals who think Democrats are coming for all their guns?
I do, but that's not the far left, that's the liberals. You go actual left and you keep your guns to protect yourself from the right wing lynch mobs that is ant the gays to die.
Right, surely the people who keep doing horrible things and announcing plans to do more horrible are only unpopular with everyone else because of tribalism. Couldn't possibly be their actions.
I see this sentiment expressed more often by tankies, enlightened centrists, and Krazy Konservative Kommenters than mainstream media sources. Usually in reference to economic policy (and in fairness, the differences there are pretty subtle if we're looking at the mainstream).
What I'm seeing in media is an attempt to listen to "both sides." It's just that one side has grown more and more detached from reality, so airing their crazy unchallenged alongside a more normal perspective makes it look like the sides are on equal rhetorical footing. It's like what you get in a debate with Donny T and Biden.
Biden: Normal liberal policy ideas, maybe we leave the queer folks alone, maybe we do a little something on climate, etc.
SmallHandsOrangeBoy: Incoherent frothing about the immigrants, the gays, the "woke mind virus"
Reporters: And here are the candidate's positions, clearly no further comment or observation is required. Best not question the froth lest we be accused of bias!
Feels like a lot of reporters are either unused to dealing with a rising fascist bloc, hampered by corporate meddling, or complicit.
I assume the title is aimed at that both parties badmouth one another in extreme, cherry-picked and oversimplified ways right?
We need to go deeper into the center
They're all paid by over-rich exploit everyone else as slaves. Give 'em a little credit. They're not completely racist!
You know people would take her more seriously if her warnings reflected reality
"Both sides" as a definition, before you ever make comparisons, is already a diminutive of reality. The idea that there are only ever two viewpoints, despite the reality of the current American political situation, is naive at best. Even within the two major US parties there are fractious and conflicting personalities.
The "both sides" argument isn't asinine because it equates the two major players, its asinine because it accepts their premise that they're the only ones that matter.
There are only two sides that matter thanks to our shitty voting systems.
If your argument were "There are only two sides that matter when voting" it would still be wrong, but at least it would make sense. Voting matters, but it isn't the only thing that matters.
IDK what the fuck you guys have been watching for the last two months. I've been watching a genocide unfold with unaninmous bipartisan support. If you can see that and don't think both parties are beyond redemption, you're part of the problem.
I'm assuming we're talking about the actual parties/politicians here, not the people.
Oops! It looks like you've exposed the truth behind the DNC and their "nothing will fundamentally change" platform. Sorry but all the political realistsTM are about to swoop in and accuse you of supporting trump now.
Literally 2 minutes after you posted, they did.
Lol yes and downvote swarm. DNC shills are a predictable bunch.
"Democracy" my ass lmao. You only have one choice.
A revolution is long overdue indeed.
This is such an incredibly privileged stance
If there's one thing Privs hate it's when you point out they just outed themselves having an opinion only a priv would think is a reasonable thing to think.
Well one side helps the rich and the other hurts them
But one side helps their viewers and the other hurts them
So I can see both sides
As someone who is not from the US I have to say: this "meme" is very biased and one sided. Most of you do not even understand how one sided it is. You are taking your moderate opinion and comparing it with the most extreme opinion of the other side. If the other side did this they would say:
One side just wants that they stop killing babies
The other side wants to brainwash children into mutilating their own bodies.