positive_electron42
u/positive_electron42
Good and bad are a spectrum - some things are worse than others even though they might both be bad. To claim both sides are the same is akin to saying that slapping someone undeservedly is the same as stabbing them. In this case, Democrats have spoken untruths occasionally, but republicans do it all the time, and in far more damaging ways. For example, the politicization and disinformation spread by them about covid caused the deaths of tons of people.
To simply ignore evidence, and to say that picking an evil that is significantly more evil than the other option is the same, is intellectually dishonest and misleading which leads me to believe that you are a bad faith actor here trying to diminish the awfulness of the right, which denigrating the left.
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I mean, they’re conspiring and cheating in order to take full control of the government and change the law to effectively eliminate America’s democracy in favor of theocratic fascism where they, and they alone, have power. It may not happen in a single event (though they tried that too), which would be a coup d'état, but it is definitely happening. A coup is otherwise defined as:
a brilliant, sudden, and usually highly successful stroke or act
At the pace of government, which is the environment/context in which they are acting (aside from Jan 6), I would call this sudden. They’ve planned and positioned for it for quite some time, but it’s all coming to fruition now. For example, once the SCOTUS officially overturnes RvW a bunch of states have trigger laws that will effectively ban safe abortion immediately, which is pretty sudden. At governmental speeds they are doing massive redistricting, voter disenfranchisement, and disinformation campaigns in order to gain and maintain their power, and will wield that power as soon and as quickly as possible.
However, I do understand what you’re saying, and that any exaggeration only plays into their hands (which itself is infuriating because they do it all the time and it still works to their advantage grr). Perhaps it would have been a bit more accurate to have said that they’re near the end of their preparations for their coup, or maybe I could’ve called it something like a hostile takeover (in the business sense, not necessarily militarily, though at this point I wouldn’t put it past them). Personally, I consider it a coup, but I see what you mean and it’s a fair point. I’ll take that into consideration for future comments.
It’s coming out in a bundle with HL3.
How much does a counterbalance affect things? I’ve been wondering if I should try it.