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The Comfort of False Equivalence
There’s a seductive kind of cowardice masquerading as wisdom in modern discourse: the insistence that all extremes are created equal. It’s what allows the centrist to shrug and say, “Well, both sides are dangerous,” as though morality and method exist on a balanced scale, and history is simply a record of shared mistakes. For MAGA, this rhetorical laziness isn’t just useful. It’s strategic.

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[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I’d have a hard time calling the guy who championed civil rights, same-sex marriage, and tried to create universal healthcare a conservative.

Who would you say was a better President since Reagan that wasn’t conservative?

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Jimmy Carter because he never stopped doing good work for people.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Carter was before Reagan. That’s why I said Obama was the best in my lifetime. I agree with Carter as a choice though.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Championed same-sex marriage? That's what you think he did? Because I remember a man condemning same-sex marriage until the rest of us dragged him to it kicking and screaming. If it had been up to Obama same-sex marriage would still be on the out and he'd be patiently waiting on the right time.

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We are still in this together, but "this" is going to be real different in the very near future. This demands a different kind of "we."

The French Resistance during Nazi occupation played important roles delivering downed Allied airmen back to safety, supplying military intelligence, and acts of sabotage.

The Underground Railroad is estimated to have brought 100,000 freedom seekers to safety between 1810 and 1850.

It's time.

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