(02-09-2021, 08:11 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: If anyone poses a response in this thread that includes something like, "but the liberals" or "but the conservatives," then you are part of the problem. You have to acknowledge that this rift is caused by both sides. Not just one or the other. If you can't see this then you are biased and contributing to this divide.

Obviously, in any relationship, both parties contribute to some disfunction in the relationship, even if it's co-dependence. That doesn't mean both parties are equally complicit in deterioration of the relationship. Until liberals reject the platforms and tenants of the progressives, this issue is going to get worse. This is no longer a conservatives vs. liberals argument. Only the uninformed believe that. Leftists are a different beast entirely, and until enough people wake up to what's going on, they are going to continue to demonize their ideological opponents. You can't see that, dude? You can't see the concerted effort to obliterate the conservative position? 

The goal for progressives, is to move the Overton window as far left as possible. Crush the right in this country, then deal with the liberals. Liberals find them useful for now, but for how long? If you listen to what the progressives are saying, they are trying to push the parties into liberal vs progressive, then they will try to snuff out the liberals. Global socialism is the only answer. The ends justify the means. Political power is the only goal. That's radical. You will never find unity with that group, yet they are increasingly given a voice in the Democratic party.

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