First, it’s a lazy argument and this particular phrasing is inherently biased. When people talk about the right being the same as the left they usually talk about them being authoritarian. I still think that’s wrong but it makes more sense in a shallow understanding of the of the left (that’s what makes it lazy).
Extremism can only be identified in relation to other things. In order to call either the far left or the far right extreme, they must be compared to what the viewer considers normal. That’s the inherent bias.
The second reason it’s so funny is because of the tendency of centralist or centre left people to accuse leftists of saying the Dems and Republicans are the same thing when they are criticising the Dems. That’s terrible but saying more left wing and right wing ideology is the same is enlightened?
Goddamnit I can’t help myself
This reply is amusing to me for two reasons.
First, it’s a lazy argument and this particular phrasing is inherently biased. When people talk about the right being the same as the left they usually talk about them being authoritarian. I still think that’s wrong but it makes more sense in a shallow understanding of the of the left (that’s what makes it lazy).
Extremism can only be identified in relation to other things. In order to call either the far left or the far right extreme, they must be compared to what the viewer considers normal. That’s the inherent bias.
The second reason it’s so funny is because of the tendency of centralist or centre left people to accuse leftists of saying the Dems and Republicans are the same thing when they are criticising the Dems. That’s terrible but saying more left wing and right wing ideology is the same is enlightened?
Just in case you misread it, I said far-left (not the rational left) and far-right (not the rational right) are too similar.