https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019...-life.html

Interesting article from the New York Times. Basically it says the rabid leftists you see on social media are not indicative of your garden variety of Democrat you find in real life. In fact, your run of the mill Democrat is much more moderate than the folks on social media.

It tends to go hand in hand, for both sides really. alt-left, alt-right those with extremist views tend to be extremist personalities and are likely to be the most vocal. In real life, 95% people I encounter tend to be center-left or center-right

(04-09-2019 10:43 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  It tends to go hand in hand, for both sides really. alt-left, alt-right those with extremist views tend to be extremist personalities and are likely to be the most vocal. In real life, 95% people I encounter tend to be center-left or center-right

I generally concur with your sentiment, but I would amend what you are saying in that I know first-hand a lot more people who fall into the alt-left category, while I can't think of a single person I know who is on the alt-right ( I know some guys who are true aholes and have some racist tendencies, but they aren't alt-right).

(04-09-2019 10:48 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(04-09-2019 10:43 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  It tends to go hand in hand, for both sides really. alt-left, alt-right those with extremist views tend to be extremist personalities and are likely to be the most vocal. In real life, 95% people I encounter tend to be center-left or center-right

I generally concur with your sentiment, but I would amend what you are saying in that I know first-hand a lot more people who fall into the alt-left category, while I can't think of a single person I know who is on the alt-right ( I know some guys who are true aholes and have some racist tendencies, but they aren't alt-right).

Guess it depends on crazy they have to be to be defined as alt-left

(04-09-2019 10:31 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019...-life.html

Interesting article from the New York Times. Basically it says the rabid leftists you see on social media are not indicative of your garden variety of Democrat you find in real life. In fact, your run of the mill Democrat is much more moderate than the folks on social media.

I'm glad the NYT finally admits this, but rational people have know this for a looooooong time.

Maybe there's hope for th..... nevermind.

(04-09-2019 10:43 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  It tends to go hand in hand, for both sides really. alt-left, alt-right those with extremist views tend to be extremist personalities and are likely to be the most vocal. In real life, 95% people I encounter tend to be center-left or center-right

One of the problems with local government deciding things by who shows up in a public meeting. Hence the 100-200 people who ride bikes in a metro determine transportation policy for the 2-7 million who don't.

(04-09-2019 10:31 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  ...the rabid leftists you see on social media are not indicative of your garden variety of Democrat you find in real life. In fact, your run of the mill Democrat is much more moderate than the folks on social media.

Well, no ****.

(04-09-2019 10:43 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  It tends to go hand in hand, for both sides really. alt-left, alt-right those with extremist views tend to be extremist personalities and are likely to be the most vocal. In real life, 95% people I encounter tend to be center-left or center-right

Depends on who's setting the definitions.

I'm sure to the NYT and their partners in crime, "Alt-Right" is anyone who in Pro 2A, wants a wall, doesn't believe in coed bathrooms, etc. You know, people who support all those "hateful" policies.

On the other hand, I'm sure they think anyone who's not left of Stalin is "moderate".