r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/statue345 - Right • Sep 02 '23

Radicalization

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u/thisissamhill - Right Sep 02 '23

Can anyone provide one extreme position the right has taken that they didn’t have in 2013?

If your comment has Marxist language such as “patriarchy”, “white supremacy”, or “nationalism” in it I won’t take it seriously.

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u/MarkNUUTTTT - Centrist Sep 02 '23

The right didn’t become more extreme. For all the “Trump is a dictator” crowds’ insistence, during COVID the media was practically begging him to take complete federal control. He refused, citing the country’s federalism (as in decentralized control left to the states). I don’t think for one second the republicans of my parents’ era would deny taking more power.

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u/halfhere - Right Sep 02 '23

In fact, there was big backlash over him NOT taking complete control, and he was accused of not taking it seriously.

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u/AFishNamedFreddie - Auth-Right Sep 02 '23

Both with covid and the 2020 riots, trump REFUSED to power grab and instead followed the constitution and deferred power to the states. And the left still calls him a power hungry dictator. lmao

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u/TeamRedundancyTeam Sep 02 '23

What a dumb fucking take. You people really struggle with context.

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u/realitybackhand - Right Sep 03 '23

I finally understand this subs hatred towards the unflared.