Democrats Are Infected By a Virus, but it’s not COVID—It’s Fear

And they are also a threat to DEMOCRACY!

Democrats’ isolation puts democracy in danger

A recent advice piece in the New York Times Magazine presented a situation in which a liberal, progressive individual was having trouble socializing with a conservative person whose “personal political views [he found] so abhorrent.” In response to this liberal’s question, the New York Times discussed the ethics and practicality of spending time and developing friendships with those who hold divergent political and ideological views.

And I am sure they found your alt-left views abhorrent as well.

The piece rightly articulated the idea that civil society benefits when different ideas are shared among diverse groups, leading to debate and compromise. But the New York Times, along with many other outlets, focuses heavily on stories of liberals rejecting conservative views — habitually failing to present a true picture of political conversation in America and presenting a strong liberal bias.

And we are seeing that just just on the citizen level, but every much on the political level, be it municipal, state, and federal levels.

While 43% of Republicans say some of their friends are Democrats, just 23% of Democrats say that some of their friends are Republicans

They are very biased, them dems.

The fact that Democrats are almost three times as likely as Republicans to have no friends in the opposing political party is dangerous for democracy. Avoiding the other side of the argument leads to the creation of echo chambers, weak thinking, and the feeling that there is something illegitimate about people with differing opinions. When members of one major political party turn inward and reject discussing a diversity of ideas, radicalization happens, and the capacity to work with and create policy to benefit as many people as possible diminishes significantly. Yet, Democrats are doing just that.

Exactly.

That is the dems all over the place.

Just look at the brat pack in congress.  What a group of radicalized people.

Having diverse networks is crucial for democracy, as is empathy and compassion for the views, stories, and lives of others. These factors make civil society thrive, but Democrats are not making enough of an effort here. Democrats, for all of their talk about inclusiveness, equity, and diversity, are unsurprisingly having trouble recruiting and retaining many groups in the nation. This dilemma arose because Democrats are talking to themselves too often and are failing to listen and engage genuinely with those outside their immediate networks, which diminishes our nation and its progress.

And you wonder why civil unrest is on the rise.

And you have to wonder why lawlessness is on the rise.

Only tyrants and dictatorships do NOT want open discussions.

They cannot see that there is a better way of doing things because they have closed the minds to listening to other points of view.

They have to SHARE!  Compromise!  And do what is in the best interest of the WHOLE, not just the few/one side.