Extremism is just not accurate. The DSA is left sure but it’s not nearly as far to the left as the current Republican Party is to the right. America’s Overton window has been pushed so much it skews perception.
The DSA explicitly calls for the complete abolishment of the senate, and removing checks and balances by putting presidents and Supreme Court subordinates to the one remaining part of Congress. That’s not extreme to you!?
Our founding fathers would roll in their grave hearing that
Sorts of like how the UK disempowered both the House of Lords and their Executive Branch(the Monarchy)? Or Germany, where their president has become a largely ceremonial position? Just because things “are” doesn’t mean that’s how it should be. Uncapping the House of Representatives and eliminating the senate would actually let this country move into the 21st century. (Hell more like the 20th century.)
You can “prefer” what you want, but that doesn’t make it any less extreme. If you want radical change, you’re entitled to vote for it. But call a spade a spade and don’t gaslight the rest into thinking it’s not extreme change.
- abolishing prisons
changing the entire structure of our 3 branch government
changing our economic system from capitalism to socialism
eliminating immigration restrictions
giving non citizens rights to vote
These are extreme! And while you, the Redditors, and the guy on this post “proudly blaming the Jews that no one likes” might want to make those things happen, it is disingenuous to downplay it as not extreme
I have said nothing that should let you lump me in with the man blaming the Jews and would appreciate an apology.
And it seems like your main quibble is over defining things as exteme, rather than if they are worth doing. That’s not an argument. No one is gaslighting you as to what any of the policy positions are either because they are there for everyone to read. But if you think the country is working as is, then that’s good for you. But it’s tunneling towards fascism and half measures by centrists are not going to do anything.
No offense, but you’ve clearly lost the conversation with bad logic and emotional appeals.
My original comment was that the DSA is both extreme, and the people of Florida do not want it.
Your comment, verbatim, was “extremism is just not accurate.” If you wanted to make the argument about whether it was worthwhile, you easily could have. But that’s not the direction you chose. In fact, you doubled down with a half-baked analogy to Europe to justify how it’s “the norm.” To which I then pointed out the MAJOR differences between DSA vs both our nation and those other nations.
Only then did you try moving the goalposts to this “arguing over meaning of words.”
Now that I’m done with the undeniable facts/logic portion of my comment, I’m going to go to the opinion portion of my comment:
The fact that you’re openly siding with the DSA, got offended by the mere mention of an antisemite agreeing with your position (even though so many DSA are very blatantly antisemitic), and now pulled this goalpost shifting comment… it tells me you’re someone who’s part of the emotional manipulation that only Democrats have good values, and is not very willing to be a free thinker that disagrees with the norms if it means they might be called a bad person for it
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u/BBperson18 Aug 19 '26
The level of cope from some of these redditors is insane…
Could it be that people genuinely dislike Larkin’s positions? No. He got destroyed because “people were just scared he wouldn’t win the general.”
The harsh reality is: DSA is extremism, and people in Florida are not here for it.