Yes, you saw them storm the capital on live tv for example, and then more people defended it like it was a normal thing people do.
That's the best part.
At first, Republican leadership was like, "This was unacceptable! Horrible! Un-American! Trump is responsible!"
Then over the next few days as they realized that there really wasn't any significant blowback and that it actually polled well with their base, they all changed their tune.
I don't really think either party overly cares about democracy. The left is more comfortable being less confrontational currently only because tech aligns with them more on social issues.
If they were as heavily repressed as the right currently is they would employ the same tactics.
Its gotten to the point I don't really know if America has a voting population educated enough for a democracy to be an effective form of representation.
This is not remotely accurate. Tech companies are primarily interested in profit, they don't give a shit who is in power.
Conservatives are not "repressed". Their problem is they can't follow the rules on social media and complain when they get banned as a result. Because they have the mistaken notion that they have First Amendment protections on private social media platforms.
Beyond the fact that the right is in no way "repressed", it bears pointing out that nearly everything they get confrontational about are things based on outright open bigotry. They're angry they can't hurt and victimize innocent people. The same can't be said for left-wing views.
If you contradict yourself immediately what is there for me to respond to?
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Do you find it weird at all that you have to exclude point to even rebut what is being said? I want to be clear I'm not excusing it but trying to redefine the reality of the situation isn't going to improve it.
Nothing relevant was "excluded". I was disputing a central premise to your claim.
I'm not "redefining" shit. The only things being staunchly opposed from the right wing are examples of outright, maliciously-intended bigotries, where the goal is the infliction of suffering upon innocents. I don't care if it's opposing abortion rights, opposing LGBT issues, opposing racial justice, or what, that's what those "issues" boil down to; abusive bigots who want to hurt innocents and get away with it, or even be lauded for their petty abuses.
Feel free to give me even a single example of a reasonable, objectively-derived policy position coming from the right wing that's being dismissed as cavalierly as you claim, and is not rooted in such bigotry. Go on. Just one example.
Yes right wing politics are right wing politics... you saying well if they changed their politics they wouldn't be suppressed isn't an argument anyone is going to engage in. At best you will have people in your choir agreeing with you.
The real issue you have is your opposition isn't a small minority.
A large number of people wanting bad things doesn't make those into good things.
A lot of people thought slavery was fine and dandy in the United States at one point. But it was wrong, regardless of how many people thought otherwise. And if slavery were still some hot button issue, I'd hope pro-slavery messages would be banned from social media as well.
If conservatives feel they're being oppressed for their bad policies because people find them morally reprehensible, they should try getting better policies.
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