DGUtley (11-27-2022)
Yes - Leftists call anyone that disagrees with them "far right".
Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes
LWW (11-28-2022)
The Far-Right Killed Reaganism
That’s absolutely untrue. The neo-con Bush types are responsible.
When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.“ - Benjamin Franklin.
“When people get used to preferential treatment equal treatment seems like discrimination.” - Thomas Sowell
Bush 2 was the first I heard of social conservatism. Another expression was compassionate conservatism. But it was neoconservatism, most of whom were liberal on domestic policy. Under its guise, Bush stole liberal thunder, especially Teddy Kennedy's, with such programs as the medicare drug prescription plan and no child left behind. It wasn't all that religious.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
LescoBrandon (11-27-2022),Peter1469 (11-28-2022)
It's hard to argue that people in the US moved further and further to the right. They more or less stayed where they were, while the left embraced homosexuality, gay marriage, single-parent families, transgenderism, birth control, and so on. The so-called "Overton window" never moved for a lot of conservatives, who don't look up admiringly to the Mitt Romneys of the world and adopt their positions. Democrats find it much easier to betray the principles of their religion than the platform of their political party.Colin Powell was a closet commie. He liked Castro's Cuba, particularly his education and medical systems.Originally Posted by LescoBrandonThat's the sum and substance of the entire thing. What's worse for them is that working class Democrats struggle to identify with the Democrats now, because they are just so weird.Originally Posted by LescoBrandonNeither are the nihilistic leftist billionaires like Soros, et. al. The only way we could seriously have national debates about transgenderism is for very wealthy donors to be pushing that stuff.Originally Posted by carolina73Yes, and there doesn't seem to be any center right or right to distinguish with a "far right." You either agree with whatever nuttery their espousing, or you're an extremist of some sort.Originally Posted by carolina73
LescoBrandon (11-28-2022),Peter1469 (11-28-2022)