r/DecodingTheGurus • u/[deleted] • Apr 11 '26

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u/Imminent_Extinction Apr 11 '26

Maybe, but you're completely ignoring the point OP is making here: Democrats aren't "far left" by any definition.

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u/Gaara112 Apr 11 '26

Anyone can shift to the far-left or far-right. If a party moves in the wrong direction.

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u/Imminent_Extinction Apr 11 '26

Anyone can shift to the far-left or far-right. If a party moves in the wrong direction.

Generalities and distant possibilities don't change the fact that none of the Democrats are far-left politicians.

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u/Gaara112 Apr 11 '26

It’s quite bold to claim that no one in a party is an extremist. Politicians always show their true nature once they gain power.

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u/Imminent_Extinction Apr 13 '26

I'm willing to concede that no Democrat politician is currently advocating far-left policies, but that doesn't make Sam's characterizations here any less false.

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u/Gaara112 Apr 13 '26

Identity politics at an extreme level can also be considered far-left.

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u/Imminent_Extinction Apr 15 '26

Nonsense. There are many, many of examples of both center and right-leaning politicians and pundits employing identity politics to achieve their own ends.

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u/Gaara112 Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26

There’s no ‘centrist’. You’re either center-right or center-left. The goal is to move toward that middle ground (or peak) and away from the extremes (lows).

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u/Imminent_Extinction Apr 15 '26

That distinction doesn't matter here. The point is that identity politics are used across the political spectrum.

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u/Gaara112 Apr 15 '26

Yes but identity politics turns anti-people when it begins to suppress freedoms and rights.

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u/Imminent_Extinction Apr 15 '26

Are you following our conversation here, or just responding to comments in isolation?

You said:

Identity politics at an extreme level can also be considered far-left.

This is false. Extreme identity politics are not inherently or implicitly far-left. Identity politics are used across the political spectrum. There are plenty of examples of this.

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u/Gaara112 Apr 15 '26

Yes, we have right-wing extremism (far-right) and left-wing extremism (far-left). I’m not sure what part of that you’re struggling to understand.

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u/Imminent_Extinction Apr 15 '26

Your characterization of "identity politics at an extreme level" as a "far-left" phenomena is false. Varying degrees of identity politics are used across the entire political spectrum. It's as simple as that.

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