Lots of "oh yeah well what about this" rather than just acknowledging that the left isn't perfect. Hand waving these issue aside is part of the problem. See 2 things can be true at the same time, the right can be largely a bunch of fascist pigs AND the left forcing their self-proclaimed moral high-ground on others they seemed to be inconsequential can both be true. And they are definitely tied together. No one claimed cause and effect but for us to move forward we have to make improvements in both arenas. We can't just say "see, I told you so, everyone who disagree with us should have been cancelled from the beginning and none of this would have happened". It doesn't do anything to unite. The funny thing about your response and zombies is you both completely missed the part quoting from Bourdain about breaking bread, finding common ground and uniting the people. You are still focused on right=bad, left=good instead of where do we go from here and how do we heal a fractured nation. But that's exactly what Bourdain talked about. He had it right.
Who claims that the left is perfect?
Who is canceling the right?
These last few posts are weird to me.
Lots of "oh yeah well what about this" rather than just acknowledging that the left isn't perfect. Hand waving these issue aside is part of the problem. See 2 things can be true at the same time, the right can be largely a bunch of fascist pigs AND the left forcing their self-proclaimed moral high-ground on others they seemed to be inconsequential can both be true. And they are definitely tied together. No one claimed cause and effect but for us to move forward we have to make improvements in both arenas. We can't just say "see, I told you so, everyone who disagree with us should have been cancelled from the beginning and none of this would have happened". It doesn't do anything to unite. The funny thing about your response and zombies is you both completely missed the part quoting from Bourdain about breaking bread, finding common ground and uniting the people. You are still focused on right=bad, left=good instead of where do we go from here and how do we heal a fractured nation. But that's exactly what Bourdain talked about. He had it right.
It’s Interesting that you never answered any of my questions in my previous post. Why?
I’ve read the Bourdain article when it first came out. I didn’t miss his point, I just disagree with it altogether. In fact, I find *The Opposite* to be true. The *PROSPERITY* of western democracy has led to people voting for Trump. This has led people to being vulnerable to demagogues and fascism. The left shouldn’t be breaking bread with fascists. This compromises made by small d democrats throughout western democracy is what’s led to democractic backsliding worldwide and a fascist takeover here. The Overton window has shifted so far to the right because too many have sacrificed principles and values to coddle that which should’ve never been coddled. Namely: racial prejudice, religious bigotry, rampant sexism, and anti-democratic behavior. Boredom and prosperity has led to a large segment of the population exacerbating prejudices into their own personal missions aka "My Struggle."
Could you please now answer my questions? For convince, I’ll rewrite them here:
1. How has the left mistreated the right in the last 30 years? I’d like specific examples.
2. Can this work both ways? Did Obama punish the right by giving red states health care or Biden punish red states by sending billions in infrastructure money? Can you name a time when anyone has asked the right to “repent” for mistreating the left? Why isn’t the right ever asked to compromise, seek middle ground?
3. What impact does the highly developed right wing propagsnda apparatus have in shaping the thought of the right? Is it greater than whatever actions taken by the left
?
Lastly, the left is good and the right is bad right now. The left isn’t perfect but the right has radicalized itself independent of what the left has done. The left still supports democracy and isn’t destroying alliances, the global economy, and trampling freedoms. What you’re complaining about seems to be something we can complain about after this crisis has been averted. Right now our heads are in the jaws of a lion and you’re demanding that we try to reason with the lion because supporting gay marriage is what ticked off the lion.
