Originally Posted by
Heisenberg
In my opinion, I'd have to say that your post was more hyperbolic than anything else.
"Experiment"? Why would you call it that?
Trump may or may not have been elected democratically - for arguments sake, I think he was - but he's doing his best to try to be as un-Presidential as possible and is rightfully being challenged on his harmful domestic and foreign policies, his alleged criminal activities (before and after being sworn into office), his literal thousands of proven lies and his outright bigoted & racist behaviours* - all of which should exclude a person from having executive powers.
I'm not sure why racism is relevant to what we were saying, but more importantly... Have you just invented the 'Left Party'? If you're referring to the Labour party, say 'the Labour party'. I'm definitely on the left side of politics, but I'm not a staunch Labour supporter. In fact, it appears that unlike those who support right-wing ideologies/parties, I don't see the left as being an all-perfect viewpoint or political stance - I just think that it's much better than the opposite side... and as such, I don't agree with everything that Labour stands for.
In fact, if a left/liberal/labour/democratic politician does something wrong - the left, in general don't appear to be as blindly defensive of them - unlike those on the right. As such, the stories about anti-semitism within the Labour party are indeed troubling and there should be consequences, if proven.
Now we've discussed the left - how about the right? The Tory party with their general anti-muslim, anti-black, anti-lgbt, anti-disabled, anti-working class outlook (and the numerous policies that have evolved from them). It's a sad indictment of our country when the Tories are basically the soft-right party in the UK because of UKIP, the BNP, Britain First and all of the other splinter groups from them. It's strange that you don't see many marches from the left protesting against minority groups do you? Or posting racial slurs and threats against minorities online? There must be a reason for that, surely?
It's unsettling that you think that 'the left' call everyone racist when they're losing an argument - instead of just accepting that the majority of the time (not always, obviously... there are definitely times when people can be overly-sensitive or just born an entitled prick and have to be outraged about something - I accept that there are those types on 'both sides') it's just simply pointing out that someone is being a racist * (see: previous mention of the racist, Donald Trump - who is a racist. One more for luck, Donald Trump is a racist).
Is this the fabled Left Party or Labour? I'll be completely honest, nothing of what you've said beyond the word 'now' in the first sentence is making a lot of sense to me. If you could explain it to me in another way, that would be helpful.
You're obviously not a fan of Labour and their links to anti-semitism - but how do you feel about right-wing politics? Don't forget that Jo Cox MP was murdered not so long ago by a far-right extremist because of her views on Europe, and, also be aware of the fact that the biggest domestic terrorist threat in racist Donald Trump's America is also from far-right extremists ("very fine people on both sides" though). This weekend's events haven't shone a positive light on right-wing America either.
If it's boils down to the politics of the left vs the politics of the right, I choose the one which doesn't preach about hate and murder. How about you?