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 I find this a lot with leftist. You guys are worried about boogeymen from twenty years ago. Fox News is nothing now. Twenty years ago I was on your side and I was worried about the right.  Because they were the party in power and you’re right to accuse them of everything they did. It’s all true. Today it’s the democrats who we must resist because they’re the new censors, the new warmongers, the new big business champions. They’re in power and they must be resisted. We must always resist the party in power. It’s the only way. 
 Yeah, you’ve been consistent in that statement and it’s not a bad instinct, I get it. For me it’s not as simple as “the left are in power.” Depends on where. Which state, which issue, which policy, etc. but I get your point. 

I personally enjoy hearing completely different views on a daily basis to try to check my own assumptions. At least I try, I honestly do. 
 I mean say what you want about the Republican Party, but at least they are a functioning and legitimate democratic political organization. This new version of the democrat party is… I don’t even know what to call it. Codified oligarchy? No one voted for Kamala Harris. It doesn’t seem like it matters who the D nominee is. Just put in a puppet and tell the brainwashed faithful to vote for it. That’s just as if not more troubling to me as when Fox News had control of the airwaves in 2004. 
 Functioning Legitimate Democratic Political Organizations don't exist here. Including those run by lifelong grifting douchbags.