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AStern (396 posts)Has anyone noticed how veering to the right is never considered "too far," but even the slightest move to the left...... is treated like radical overreach?From tax breaks for billionaires to book bans and draconian abortion laws, the right can push extremes and still be called “mainstream.” Yet when Democrats propose universal healthcare, tuition-free community college, or raising the minimum wage, it’s instantly labeled as “socialism” or “too extreme.” The Overton window has shifted so far right that even modest progressive reforms are painted as dangerous, while authoritarian creep from the right is just another policy debate.Just thought I'd ask. This is especially for those losing their shit over the Zohran primary victory.EDITED to add that this is also intended for conservative Democrats that insist on moving the party platform to the right.https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220434023
In the real world, in MSM-usage, any person/group who does not accept the current Dem Party line is "far right", and there is no "far left".
Over the past six months, CNN, MSNBC, and PBS have used the terms “far right” (or something similar) 1,222 times, and “far left” 86 times.PBS was 42 times more likely to deem someone or something “far right” than “far left.”Across CNN, MSNBC, and PBS combined, the GOP was deemed far right 81 times, while Democrats were called far left only once.Political violence was 5.5 times more likely to be brought up in association with the far right.PBS was the most slanted in their application of political epithets. The taxpayer-funded network referenced the “far left” just three times, and the “far right” 127 times — an absurd 42-to-one ratio. MSNBC, which aired the most extreme labels across the board, identified some person or entity as “far right” 718 times, and as “far left” just 39 times (an 18-to-one disparity). While CNN was the most evenhanded, their 377 labels for the “far right” still dwarfed the 44 which they applied to the far left, by a ratio of just over 8.5 to one.
