I dislike the Conservative ree’ing

The funny thing is, no one person or group actually won. The Constitution simply prevailed as written.

The reason people are celebrating this is the preservation of Life. Which if they looked at the states that still are allowing abortion then they would not be celebrating taking the victory lap. They should be buckling down and gathering supporters to fight to have it banned in all 50 states and all territories now.

But hey its like when ANYONE beats BAMA, everyone not Bama celebrates the win.

Now I did watch the news last night which I try not to, and found it interesting even in San Francisco there was not much in the way of protest. Did see on the news today that a few more are happening but they appear to be small and quickly dealt with. So will this be a big deal Federally? Doubt it will be much more than it has for decades. The battles will be in the states.

Pretty sure most of the people complaining are in states that still allow for abortion anyway.

I wonder what the effect of gloating is. Three considerations:

1. Peer pressure is a fact of life and I think one of the left’s main strengths is that they bully people. It’s hard to speak out against them and sheeple want to be on the winning side. Few people really stand on principle.

2. On the other hand, taking the high road can be both perceived as strength or as weakness.

3. Gloating inevitably makes the other side want to get revenge. This cycle has been going on for decades now, pretty much since Clinton / Bush. When political misfortune befalls the other side, people gloat. And then that side escalates things when they win again. None of this will end well.

Also, the entire country should really split up. Left and right have absolutely no values in common anymore, and people are stressing out since they live in constant fear of their way of life being upended (a very real risk).

The center and the right have not moved much, IMO.  But they left can be summed up this way:

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The above is true. Like or hate Trump, he actually brought out the true agenda and lengths to which they will go to maintain power. He came in like a Bull in a China shop and broke a lot of their decades long controls and exposed many of them.

There is a reason the Media is still playing up the Jan 6th commission when so more life impacting stories should be in the news. 1-6 does not affect anyones lives no matter how they play it. But the economy does <generic use of the word economy to me all finances> Store shelves empty do affect people.  Was the election stolen? Even some old democrats and a few liberals I know question it when confronted with the simple fact that we know investigation even when their is a confession takes weeks to months at times and yet NO meaningful investigations took place. That alone raises suspicions and doubt.

But then you start tacking on the prices of things were dramatically less and him removing regulation that bogged down the process of many things (all of which require people to spend more money that goes to the government in one way or another) He broke and exposed their toy and they did not like that.

But people are seeing it now, even the deaf, dumb and blind are starting to question it. But then came along ELON just when they “the left” started o get things back under control and has started to expose some things with the lefts favorite Propaganda site which makes them look at other things.  There is a old saying I try my best to live by:

“It is easier to be honest, tell the truth and not take things that are not mine, than try to keep a lie going.” Sooner or later a Lie is always exposed, always. Well, now the lies are being exposed. You will always have nuts that will stay blind, but eventually a sighted squirrel will find them, expose them and eat them.

Democrats and Repubicans, yes, as you say, it’s a dog and pony show for the masses. They’re the uniparty.
But left and right are really philosophical world views. The differences are very real and the labels are necessary. Granted, one could go more into detail, dividing up the left into greens, social democrats, socialists, communists, etc and the right into libertarians, conservatives, traditionalists, classic liberals, theocrats, etc and then still have room for a dozen or so ideologies that fall outside of the spectrum like fascism, anarcho-communism, monarchism.
The main philosophical divides are:
Individualism vs Collectivism / Authoritarianism.
Traditionalism vs Progressivism.

There are overlaps. Part of the traditionalist right is at odds with the individualist right and part of the individualist left (i.e. Bill Maher) is at odds with the authoritarian left (the censorship crowd). What better terms than left and right would you suggest?

“Secondly, there is another fallacy. This entire thing with labels is bullsh!t. Just because a small group of extremists who align more with one side or the other think something does not mean that entire group does.”

That’s not a fallacy if the extremists become the ones calling the shots. Again the example of Nazi Germany. How many of the ordinary Germans of the time do you think were okay with what happened in the camps? At most 10-20%
What matters is how a group affects others who are outside the group. That’s when extremism suddenly becomes very relevant.

The problem is that the common folk are so quick in their dislike or fear of others, that they will sometimes turn to extremist leaders. The common German disliked Jews, so they turned to Hitler, who then went way further than the vast majority wanted. Similarly, the common Democrat may just want some form of universal health care or welfare, or have a problem with police brutality (which should be more of a right wing issue if you ask me), but then in their foolishness may turn to vote for an extremist like Obama or AOC.
Likewise, the average conservative probably doesn’t have a problem with gay people or sexual education and just has a problem with kindergarten kids being taught about anal sex and doing drag queen story hour. But may elect more radical minded people who may indeed bring back anti-homosexuality legislation (homosexuality between men was still illegal in Texas just 20 years ago).
All i’m say is: we should be mindful to never sacrifice individual liberty in the culture war. Because the power given to government to go after people we don’t like today will be used to go after us tomorrow.