The Democrats’ Theme for 2016 Is Totalitarianism

ETcallhome · Dec 21, 2015

depends on how you define extreme

ETcallhome · Dec 21, 2015

Frederick Foresight said:
When you think that everyone who disagrees with you is at the opposite extreme. Someone in the center would not think that everyone else was on only one side of the boat. For example, if your were on the extreme Right, you would regard anyone disagreeing with you as being leftist. The center wouldn't really exist for you.

EVERYONE disagrees with me. Aw the heck with all of them. They are all extremists on one side or the other.

Ricter · Dec 21, 2015

ETcallhome said:
depends on how you define extreme

To paraphrase Raylan Givens of "Justified"...

If you meet an extremist in the morning, you met an extremist that day. But if you meet extremists all day long, you're the extremist.

Frederick Foresight · Dec 21, 2015

Ricter said:
To paraphrase Raylan Givens of "Justified"...

...But if you meet extremists all day long, you're the extremist.

Either that or you've spent the day in ET's P&R...

ipatent · Dec 21, 2015

Frederick Foresight said:
Your first paragraph is nonsense. Your second paragraph is on target.

Elaborate

Frederick Foresight · Dec 21, 2015

ipatent said:
The leftists at the top hope to jump-start a fairer society in terms of ethnic equality, etc. by creating the illusion that we're already there. Which ironically means they have to foster social disapproval of contrarians who would point out that we're not there.

ipatent said:
Elaborate

The "left" knows that there is disparity rather than equality in the treatment of different ethnic groups. The Right is less convinced of a disparity, and to the extent that the extreme Right agrees there is disparity, their view is that the various ethnic groups have it better because of special treatment.

And so, I have no idea what you're talking about. The "left" is not trying to create an illusion; it is trying to create the reality. The Right is more accepting of an equality illusion as it relates to societal treatment.

ipatent · Dec 21, 2015

Frederick Foresight said:
The "left" knows that there is disparity rather than equality in the treatment of different ethnic groups. The Right is less convinced of a disparity, and to the extent that the extreme Right agrees there is disparity, their view is that the various ethnic groups have it better because of special treatment.

The difference in our positions can be plumbed by comparing "treatment" to "already there."

The latter connotes results (income, crime stats, etc.), the former external stimulus.

jem · Dec 21, 2015

what you wrote ff is total nonsense.
The left pretends govt can fix specious inequalities in order to make it tougher on the wage earners and tax payers.

The drone voters think they are doing this because the govt needs the money.
The reality is the federal reserve is taxing to prevent competition.
There is plenty of money to take care of those who deserve it.
There is plenty of money to create good govt.
Our politicians in Washington are not attempting to create good govt.
Anyone who argues that D.C. needs more money has been duped unless of course they are one of the cronies tied to the money spigot.

Frederick Foresight said:
The "left" knows that there is disparity rather than equality in the treatment of different ethnic groups. The Right is less convinced of a disparity, and to the extent that the extreme Right agrees there is disparity, their view is that the various ethnic groups have it better because of special treatment.

And so, I have no idea what you're talking about. The "left" is not trying to create an illusion; it is trying to create the reality. The Right is more accepting of an equality illusion as it relates to societal treatment.