Mecha_Sonic posted...
it seems to me like the democratic party, right now, is in danger of following in the footsteps of the republican party.
the republican party went through a purity crusade too, between 1994 (election of newt gingrich) and 2016 (election of donald trump). during this purity crusade, they forced out all the RINOs (republicans in name only). when all of those voices were shut out, it created a platform for truly malevolent opportunists to take over, like trump.
i'm going to be the "both sides" guy here. it isn't great to attack joe biden for putting out an innocuous statement like "violent protest is bad," which 95% of voters probably agree with. it's really destructive to the palestinian cause and the economic causes of the left if these things get associated with political violence in the minds of voters, fairly or not.
I have called Trump a fascist and will be very distraught if that jackass wins the election, trust me there is no single president in the history of the USA that is as crazy and power hungry as Trump. This is a guy that will claim any election he doesn't win is a fraud, this is a guy that would utilize military force to take power if he could.
The only thing keeping Trump from being a true threat to the USA is that he is not backed by some large military force, and he might be going senile which is helping. Me claiming that most presidents have had similar military and foreign ideas is not really that big of a deal when Trump has a ton of other issues that Biden doesn't and Biden has done many good things for this country.