If you poll Democratic Party voters they will tell you they are moderate. If you poll them issue by issue most of them agree with Bernie Sanders, the most radical elected left-wing senator.
I think it stems from a profound lack of political education and decades of political propaganda. People think moderate means ‘sensible’ and radical means ‘unreasonable’.
Of course most people think of themselves as ‘sensible’ or ‘moderate’.
If you poll Democratic Party voters they will tell you they are moderate. If you poll them issue by issue most of them agree with Bernie Sanders, the most radical elected left-wing senator.
Let’s be real here. Back before MAGA was a thing every Republican I knew, and I lived in the deep south so I knew a lot, liked Bernie. If the elite hadn’t done everything in their power to kneecap him he would have swept in 2016 and we’d be living in a completely different world today.
Bernie would have won and Libertarians would receive gov money for their party and campaigns on the level of Rep/Dems.
My fav conspiracy is that Gary Johnson actually got enough of the votes to meet the criteria for the party to be solidified. But the powers that be couldn’t let that happen and scrubbed his % just below what was needed. THEN they changed the rules again that a 3rd party would have to get more and prolonged support.
My pet theory is that idiots subliminally think “centrist” means “central” as in “center of the universe” and it resonates for them. IME the stupidest people are also very self-centered.
MAGA is moderate?
Everyone is moderate… in their own mind.
If you poll Democratic Party voters they will tell you they are moderate. If you poll them issue by issue most of them agree with Bernie Sanders, the most radical elected left-wing senator.
I think it stems from a profound lack of political education and decades of political propaganda. People think moderate means ‘sensible’ and radical means ‘unreasonable’.
Of course most people think of themselves as ‘sensible’ or ‘moderate’.
Being the most left wing in the US doesn’t make you even remotely extremist.
The US is very right-wing.
Being very left from a US PoV is actually moderate from other places’ PoV.
I’m not.
You’re all individuals, you have minds of your own!
Eeverything in moderation… Except for me
“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful” - Mae West
I was using hyperbole to make a point. You’re not sensible?
I’m not a moderate either.
Good. I hate those.
If you both don’t moderate yourself, and I mean fast, I’ll have to call the moderator in here!
Let’s be real here. Back before MAGA was a thing every Republican I knew, and I lived in the deep south so I knew a lot, liked Bernie. If the elite hadn’t done everything in their power to kneecap him he would have swept in 2016 and we’d be living in a completely different world today.
Bernie would have won and Libertarians would receive gov money for their party and campaigns on the level of Rep/Dems.
My fav conspiracy is that Gary Johnson actually got enough of the votes to meet the criteria for the party to be solidified. But the powers that be couldn’t let that happen and scrubbed his % just below what was needed. THEN they changed the rules again that a 3rd party would have to get more and prolonged support.
My pet theory is that idiots subliminally think “centrist” means “central” as in “center of the universe” and it resonates for them. IME the stupidest people are also very self-centered.
To a “”““centrist””"? Yes.