03-07-2025, 12:44 PM
From the tea party thread
Quote:OP you're asking a question that ultimately strikes at the heart of this community's ethos that has existed since at least 2014 when things shifted pretty considerably in light of Gamergate (along with broader trends in Millennial aged social media discourse about the same time).
Been here since 2009 and I don't remember the exact date when Evilore posted the "this is a safe space" staff message but that was the line of demarcation for this community that bridged the gap between the South Park like attitude of the 00s and the new internet of call out culture with a progressive focus.
Anyway the point being that if you're looking for people to say some or all of the following things should be okay so we can build a coalition:
Chick fil a/Harry Potter/the latest target of ire
Excluding trans people from sports
Overlooking Palestinian genocide
You're not going to get that traction here. The discussion is a non-starter and you're just going to get people yelling at you or each other. The appetite for compromise is less than zero because you're asking people to compromise on their own human rights.
More broadly to answer your question, the right doesn't have these inherent structural issues and it really sucks that they have such an advantage. But there's no way for the Democrats to chase after the middle without depressing turnout from the left because so many of the left's issues are wedge issues. The Democratic coalition is basically a big tent party with a sea of wedge issues.
Our electoral system doesn't truly allow for more than two parties which is the real problem. Leftists, liberals, and moderates are likely three parties among themselves.
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