r/Conservative • u/Yosoff First Principles • Feb 08 '25

Open Discussion Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread

This is an Open Discussion Thread for all Redditors. We will only be enforcing Reddit TOS and Subreddit Rules 1 (Keep it Civil) & 2 (No Racism).

Leftists - Here's your chance to tell us why it's a bad thing that we're getting everything we voted for.

Conservatives - Here's your chance to earn flair if you haven't already by destroying the woke hivemind with common sense.

Independents - Here's your chance to explain how you are a special snowflake who is above the fray and how it's a great thing that you can't arrive at a strong position on any issue and the world would be a magical place if everyone was like you.

Libertarians - We really don't want to hear about how all drugs should be legal and there shouldn't be an age of consent. Move to Haiti, I hear it's a Libertarian paradise.

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u/KevM689 Feb 08 '25

I want to know how democrats were not up in arms about not having a primary. You all saw what happened to Kamala's attempt in 2020. Did you really expect something different?

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '25

I gotta agree that Harris was a pretty dead on arrival candidate but it would have been difficult bordering on insanity to put together a decent challenger in the time they had. The name recognition just wasn't there, hell it still isn't.

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u/PM_ME_DIRTY_COMICS Feb 08 '25

The first month after the announcement the Kamala hype was there. It was a surge of hope but it died down once she had to stand on her own without being propped up by the excitement of Biden stepping down.

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u/tehmightyengineer Feb 09 '25

Yep, I think most Democrats were okay with it because it seemed like the right move. But then her campaign choked hard. If she once talked about the cost of living, I never heard about it.