• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Your argument for why someone with a D by their name can’t have a far right stance is other people with a D by their name have the same stance?

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      11 months ago

      I’m saying that his stance is not “far right,” and is instead embraced across the political spectrum

      Words cease to have any meaning if “far right” just means “things I don’t personally agree with.”

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        11 months ago

        I’m saying that his stance is not “far right,” and is instead embraced across the political spectrum

        And I’m saying that decades of the “left party” moving to the right doesn’t make conservative viewpoints suddenly the average and acceptable behavior for any Democrat.

        You’re literally arguing that we hold the party standard to the person furtherest to the right, but they’re not really on the right because a D is next to their name.

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          11 months ago

          And I’m saying that decades of the “left party” moving to the right

          This is not a thing that has happened.

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            11 months ago

            Look up HWs pressure on Israel and the resulting ceasefire, then look at Bidens statements on Israel and decide for yourself which is further right.

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              11 months ago

              Biden is probably the most people Israel president the US has had, not enough people know his political history, it’s basically why he was picked as Obama’s VP.

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            11 months ago

            Not hard to define anyone as far right when the defining line in your head is wether or not they chant ‘death to America’ 5+ times a day.

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              11 months ago

              No, supporting colonization is right wing. They steal Palestinian land, that is an undeniable fact.