Vaenyr,
I don’t have time to line by line reply to you but you but your European take on politics makes sense for a European to have.
That is NOT meant as an insult to you. You are 100% right that, on a global scale, both US political parties are more conservative than some of those encountered in other parts of the world.
Also, how am I supposed to inherently know your level of understanding between US and German political systems?
No, polarized extremes do not cancel each other out. They tend to make each other worse.
I posted links to where the Democrats are themselves reassessing their messaging.
Stop saying “without evidence” or “post evidence.” I’m not going to write you an APA formatted political science thesis.
Again: Opinion articles are not evidence. I'm specifically asking you for numbers and actual data, but we both know you can't back your argument. That's why you deflect to those articles that don't refute anything I've said.
Go read what I linked and provide your own evidence to refute it.
The burden of proof is on you. You made the assertion that the Dema have gone too far left and that this lost them support; that they need to go after moderates to win. Give me actual numbers that support these claims.
2024 didn’t hapoen in a vacuum.
Yes, support of civil rights in the 21st Century is pretty moderate.
No, per definition it isn't. Civil and LGBTQ rights are a main pillar of
progressive politics.
What’s radical is not only supporting civil rights but deciding that a segment of the population is “bad,” needs to feel guilty about what their ancestors did, and atone for it retroactively.
That is not what progressives claim; this is the strawman pushed by right wing networks, but at least now we are getting down to your biases and where you are getting your news from.
Most Americans are not about to embrace a collective guilt culture. To my understanding, many Germans are tired of that, too.
Cute, but once again a strawman
Again, engage with what is actually said, not what is easier for you to argue.
The 2020 protests are a hilarious talking point, considering how insanely stupid and naive it is:
These protests were the largest in US history. They were overwhelmingly peaceful, with around 93% not seeing any violence whatsoever. Out of the remaining 7%, the majority of violent incidents were started
by the police, not the protestors. Not only that, we also know for a fact that far right agitators and activist groups sabotaged the protests and incited riots. So, in other words: Anyone who still tries to complain about these protests in 20-fucking-25 has drank too much right wing cool aid and is entirely divorced from reality.
As for the movies: Of course there is more LGBTQ representation in popular culture, as it should. A huge number of people are part of the LGBTQ community and they deserve to be represented in media just as much as the straight, white, cis folks. Or in capitalist terms: LGBTQ folks have money too and they are more likely to spend it if they are pandered to.
What is controversial about that? 99% of Disney movies feature the "prince" kissing the "princess". Are we supposed to throw a fit about pronouns and some more representation? I've said it before and I'll say it again: Anyone who unironically whines about "wokeness" is a deeply unserious person. It's beyond pathetic and entirely manufactured outraged by grifters who benefit from an angry mob.
The US is quite literally descending into fascism, something progressives have been saying for ages and turned out they were 100% correct. You cannot defeat fascism with capitulating to the right wing framing of social issues. Don't get me wrong, I'm not accusing you of these things, but considering your choice of words and the talking points you are bringing up it is quite obvious that the media you consume have certain biases. Biases that don't necessarily hold up to scrutiny when confronted with real life data and numbers. And again: Opinion articles aren't data, I'll repeat that as long as necessary.
