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Why Establishment Democrats fight so hard against progressives and their ideas:

Why Establishment Democrats fight so hard against progressives and their ideas: The ululating cries from progressive activists can be heard ringing out across the nation ever since the stunning victory of one Donald J. Trump in November of 2016. In a contest we were assured could only go one way, a guaranteed landslide which would bury the Republicans and finally end their vile, gross, toxic fervor to destroy the American Dream and sell the country to the highest bidder. In this we were told the Republicans had gone too far they had finally revealed themselves for the detestable hate mongering ocelots that they were. In that revelation, they would reap the whirlwind and Hillary Clinton would be lifted to the presidency almost without effort. Her coattails would ensure a massive wave of Democratic lawmakers made it there with her, securing Democratic control of the nation for a generation. Well we all know about the best laid plans of mice and men. Donald Trump secured the elector...

Jordan Peterson and his misunderstanding of Leftist Politics:

Professor Jordan Peterson, he of the great internet fame, darling of people he despises has posed a very interesting question to those on the left. In a recent talk he gave as well as a YouTube video for the Big Think he talked about how left and right-wing movements turn toxic, hostile and murderous. He made an interesting claim though: the idea that, definitionally, it is very easy to parse the parts of right wing ideology that are toxic and murderous, and that they, fundamentally, usually come down to racial superiority doctrines. In other the words the conception of and defense of the creation of ethno-states. The idea that one tribal group is genetically superior to the other. However, he has stated that what ideas and ideologies on the left produce murderous results is less clear. How there is not one thing that you can point to in leftist doctrine determines how “bloody minded” a particular leftist movement is. He also said that it is incumbent upon those in leftist circles to...