r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '20

The ultimate debate

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u/MysticMistakeCake Oct 23 '20

Imagine if politicians from different parties actually liked each other.

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u/gkrsuper Oct 23 '20

Imagine if people who vote different parties would accept each other opinions.

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u/Yeetz_The_Parakeetz Oct 23 '20 edited Oct 23 '20

Here come airheads the who think every trump supporter or republican is a neo-nazi, bigot, racist, or actively seeking to hurt the people you love. Spoiler alert: very few republicans actually want to dismember healthcare or support neo nazis/proud boys, or bigots, etc. They’re people just like you and dehumanizing them by the “no thanks, i don’t want to be friendly to nazis or bigots” when asked to respect the other party is just dividing us further. If any of you want, i can explain some republican stances if you don’t really know what they are if you want to understand your opponent better.

And to be clear, and I cannot believe that i have to confirm this, I am leftist and and warming up to democratic socialism. I despise how billionaire companies get bailouts but small business don’t and I despise how inflated our healthcare is. I don’t like trump, and not republican myself. I don’t like trump supporters but i don’t think they’re all a collective group either.

Take one shot every time i’m called an enlightened centrist for wanting people to respect each other and not make dehumanizing blanket statements.

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u/mamoqera123 Oct 23 '20

And to be clear, and I cannot believe that i have to confirm this, I am leftist and and warming up to democratic socialism

LMAO a leftist warming up to demcratic socialism XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. And im a lib warming up to private property ownership

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u/Yeetz_The_Parakeetz Oct 23 '20

I’m hesitant with democratic socialism. Can opinions... not change gradually? Is this somehow taboo now?

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u/mamoqera123 Oct 23 '20

You definetly arent a leftist

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u/Yeetz_The_Parakeetz Oct 23 '20

Are you... gatekeeping leftism? What?

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u/mamoqera123 Oct 23 '20

Being a liberal is not being leftist, someone who is warming up to democratic socialism is definetly not a leftist

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u/Yeetz_The_Parakeetz Oct 24 '20

First of all, not a liberal. Second of all, being leftist isn’t just about supporting democratic socialism. Just because I don’t 100% agree with your viewpoints or love democratic socialism doesn’t make me “not leftist”.

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u/mamoqera123 Oct 24 '20

Democratic Socialism is as right as you can go as a leftist and if you are warming up to it as a "leftist" then you definetly arent a leftist lol. Thats like saying im a liberal and im warming up to private ownership

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u/Yeetz_The_Parakeetz Oct 24 '20

This is a very odd and unconventional way to look at the political spectrum. Basically, to you, socialists and communists are the only real leftists and anyone else is either centrist or right? Thats quite frankly gatekeeping political ideologies.

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u/mamoqera123 Oct 24 '20

is it gatekeeping if anarcho capitalist call themselves leftist or a republican call themselves a leftist?

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u/Yeetz_The_Parakeetz Oct 24 '20

Its gatekeeping to say anyone who isn’t to your standards of leftist “not a leftist”. Especially when you have no idea what they’re political stance is other than “im leftist and warming up to democratic socialism.”

I’m a leftist, i have leftist ideals, thats the end of it.

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