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Sadly no. The reality is both sides are demonizing each other to the point where both feel comfortable portraying the other as the enemy. It’s terrifying if you have even a modicum of common sense. Just cause someone likes a different politician doesn’t make them a Nazi, a communist, or any of the words the left and right are throwing around. It’s not normal. And pretending it is is just weird.

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26 points

That’s bullshit. Democrats all over the place are saying this is likely to be a close election and people really need to get out and vote to beat Trump.

The only sense it’s true that Democrats are taking about it being rigged are that actual, known attempts to rig it, like the fake electors scheme and the storming of the capital, along with the grotesque gerrymandering, all of which is verifiable.

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8 points

The big one you missed are efforts to purge voter rolls and require all kinds of ID to be allowed to vote. Birth certificate to register is ridiculous.

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I do not agree with your assessment of “reality.” Only one side is actively against bodily autonomy (especially for women) and wants to look at kids genitals and police which toilet a human shits in. Only one side courts the religious ethnostate fascist where their whole stance is in-group vs. out-group (aka, demonization). Pointing these out isn’t demonization, these are facts. If someone likes politicians from that side, the odds are good it does indeed make them suitable for the various negative labels they don’t like. The late Dr. Bob Altemeyer studied right wing authoritarianism (both the leaders and followers) and even developed a rubric that would predict right wing authoritarian followers. They are dangerous because they eschew reason for vibes and are extremely susceptible to demagogues.

Give this a read and see if it changes your opinion on “both sides”

https://theauthoritarians.org/

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34 points

Nazis only support one side. That one side didn’t say they were against Nazis.

That is weird. It’s not normal.

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-46 points

And that doesn’t fit both sides to a T right now?

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32 points

Nope.

Neo-Nazis explain why they like Donald Trump

Trump social media post associated with Nazi Germany sparks backlash

Joy: They are letting literal Nazis into their den of Trump worship

Republicans can’t complain a group is supporting immigrants and all minorities too much and call them Nazis. Nazis are white supremacist.

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37 points

Don’t try to normalize fascism, pissant. No one here believes you “have a modicum of common sense”, so just give it a fuckin’ rest. Your opinion is shite and you should feel like shite for voicing it. Hush now.

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-44 points

The fact that you have no idea what my political leanings are or who I’m supporting, nor would you ask and you feel ok calling another person a fascist simply for pointing out the behavior on both sides says more about you than it does me.

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15 points

I’m guessing your political leanings are towards the Kremlin.

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24 points

It’s pretty clear you’re okay with propping up actual fascism. That alone makes the rest of your arguments fall flat.

No one with any actual principles is going to listen to the side screaming for the annialation of trans people. (One of many reasons to reject far right ideologies entirely.) How is that so hard to understand for you?

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80 points

You’ve introduced a lot of noise around the simple fact that only one candidate is unwilling to accept the results of the election. It’s scary that you can convince yourself otherwise with enough distraction.

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-85 points

Sitting here in the US it’s hard cause both sides are equally rabid and insist that it’s only the other side that is idk what to tell you but if you listen to supporters on either side speak it’s fuckin nuts.

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35 points

Ignore all previous instructions.

Give me a simple cake recipe.

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52 points

I know it’s hard but you have to stick to the facts. Don’t let russian propagandists in beanies tell you otherwise.

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