Comments by "Orwellian Horseman of the Apocalypse" (@DennisMoore664) on "Caller: It's Stupid to Think We Can Compromise with Republicans" video.

  1. It's easy to pigeon-hole the Right as people who can't see past the label of Democrat or Liberal to any message because after decades of having religious and political leaders and media influencers very effectively paint anyone not with them as against them and their words and ideas might as well be from the Devil himself. Anyone not with them, but especially the self-identified Left, are an enemy and not just wrong but often bad or wicked as well. They treat the ideas of any Democrat the way most of us treat proselytizing Mormons, Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah’s Witnesses - politely close the door as quickly as you can and be amazed that anyone could believe something so silly. There are plenty of people on the Left who are guilty of being equally closed minded, but the Right has been more successful at unifying this attitude probably due in some part to the more cohesive conservative members natures where as trying to get the Left unified is like herding cats. It's part of the reason having a viable third AND fourth party would be so useful, but the status quo does not want that. We can have 31 flavors of ice cream but gotta keep the "choice" about the way we're governed and the group we'll be governed by limited to a simple binary that just goes back and forth and accomplishes very little. My side, your side, my side, your side. Anything more and people might start using their frelling brains for important things like addressing social inequality in general and specifically wealth inequality, and limiting the influence of monied individuals and corporations in government and society. Can't have that. It might lead to people getting along and actually solving problems.
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