lindsey graham: "the radical left is taking over"

me: that would be cool
and to be clear, the radical left would probably send me to a reeducation camp (at best)
i disagree with the real radical left (its not aoc and bernie, no matter what fox/gop says) on a lot of things, mostly national security type stuff, but considering our decades under wingnuttery, id prefer them
the gop/fox has demonized every mainstream democrat as the radical left. beyond their base, i just dont think this attack really has any resonance. sorry but nobody with a brain thinks the party of barack obama, hillary clinton, and joe biden is "radical left."
also i wouldn't hate seeing column(s) from the radical left in more mainstream outlets that would force people like me in the sort of center-left consensus to defend our positions or change them.
theyre unlikely to ever convince me on national security/foreign policy. but sure, fight me. their position is more honest than the war everywhere right.

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