The Village of the "Banned"
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RedDenver
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DevoHusker
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DevoHusker
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Guy Chamberlin
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I've said it too many times, I know, but it actually gets kinda weird when half the political spectrum isn't represented on P&R.
JJ Husker
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If by weird you mean there is much less interaction because 15 sensible people aren’t trying to explain to one person how effed up they are, then yeah it’s kinda weird.
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Guy Chamberlin
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I'm not sure why that article would make anyone feel that half the country isn't leaning hard right, unless you think Jim Pillen represents a return to moderation for the Republican Party.
The poster in question is on record saying he hopes Trump doesn't run and that he plans to vote for DeSantis; aka the equally venal but smarter Trump.
I know I'm not supposed to expect this forum to reflect the views of most Nebraskans, but the rural/urban split is way more than 50% rightwing in this country. And among all Republicans, 70% still don't believe Joe Biden was the legitimate winner of the 2020 election.
JJ Husker
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Have to agree. After reading that article I got the feeling that 50% leaning hard right was the floor and not the ceiling.
DevoHusker
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To both above, you're saying that half of REPUBLICANS lean hard right...I still don't buy it, and want to point out that Republicans make up roughly 31% of the voting US...so about 15-16% of the political spectrum might be far right.
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DevoHusker
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And to whoever laughed at that last post of mine...instead of anonymously being a jack off...point out where I am wrong.
The thing to remember. What Liberals declare to be "hard right" doesn't necessarily mean that it's true.
The thing to remember. What Liberals declare to be "hard right" doesn't necessarily mean that it's true.
Guy Chamberlin
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In that context I was saying our country is divided roughly in half, and the exact parsing of the stats doesn't make much difference. 70% of all Republicans believe Joe Biden wasn't legitimately elected, and 0% of posters on HuskerBoard P&R have shared that opinion.
Also don't sell your Republicans short. They make up more of the country than you think, and if they make up only 31% of the voting U.S. they wouldn't stand a chance in any legitimate House, Senate, or Presidential election. Of course that's not the case.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/388781/political-party-preferences-shifted-greatly-during-2021.aspx
Republicans had plenty of choices in the 2016 primaries and went strong for Donald Trump. Ted Cruz was his closest challenger. John Kasich never moved the needle. Four years later, having leaned even farther right, Trump got 62 million votes, 10 million more than he did in 2016. He remains the GOP's most favored candidate for 2024, followed by Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump Jr. As that article cited, some of the Trump endorsed candidates didn't win their primaries, but by any political definition of the last 100 years, almost all the winners leaned far right, many taking it to bizarre and threatening levels.
You may be right about only 15% of Americans identifying as far right, but 98% of Republicans have let them define the party and drive incredibly retrograde policies. The 2% who haven't are in trouble.
And this is what makes me most curious. Many conservative Republicans like yourself draw the line at Trump's antics and revenge politics, but the Party itself keeps lurching in that direction.
It's not merely that self-identified rightwinger Ronald Reagan now represents the political center in America, it's that Liz Cheney --- Liz Fucking Cheney — is about to lose her political career for drawing a line that all these supposedly sensible Republicans pretend to agree with.