Solo Tetherball Champ said:
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Some years from now, a democrat will get elected back to the presidency and Republicans will be outraged and it will blow their mind as to how anyone could vote for such a [fill in the blank cliche complaint about the left].
Sure, but the level of response will be totally different. There weren't be protests, marches, riots, property damage.... if history is any indicator. We'll see...
Different sure. Totally different - no.
My point is that fundamentally, the 'left' doesn't understand the 'right' and the 'right' doesn't understand the 'left' because we are too busy demonizing the other side in order to prop up our side to listen to one another.
People talk about politics like its a competition to see whose side is messing &*$% up less. "At least our side doesn't [fill in the blank]".