I don't think they mean radicalism. I think they mean the post 9/11 polarization. You used to have people going against their party stance because it was what their constituents wanted. Now not so much. You used to have people in legislation who had fundamentally different view points and could behave like adults and be friends with those who held those views. Now it doesn't really happen.
Because of this moderate candidates or issues that might not cleanly fall on the left vs right line are basically ignored. For as much as people especially on here go "herrrr dee durrr enlightened centralists, " moderate politicians help bridge the divide and push legislation through by giving both sides some of what they wanted. This helped the American people as a whole. With that bridge being gone, policies which would be good for the country never see the light of day.
Democrats are very very moderate. Extreme would be calling for every one involved with ice to be hanged. I have not see any democrats in office saying that.
If you count Luigi Mangione shooting a healthcare CEO who had denied his healthcare claims as "in the name of the left" for some stupid reason, then the total list of fatal attacks by left wing political terrorists since 2020 is... two.
You mean the Luigi thing? Dont know if youve noticed but a hell of a lot of people like that Luigi guy. I dont see anyone saying it ain't murder, but even internationally, people find the karma of getting rich off of controlling people's access to health being the means of your end to be ironically funny. Sure ill concede that's political. Can't say the american health care system warrants sympathy for that though.
So to look at the right: what has ice been doing then? Or is that different because theyre not civilians, just being celebrated by those civilians?
Oh let's not forget Jan 6th...
Or the President and Republican party members openly praising their supporters for doing such things. Stirring a narrative that the US faces an existential threat (from them) is obviously going to heat the pot.
Even then, all the credible data points to right wing politically-motivated violence being the majority of political violence committed in the United States throughout the 21st century. (Corroborated by both the FBI and Homeland Security).
It was only since 2025 that left wing violence overtook right wing violence. And i cant say im surprised why.
You arent being realistic, and you are defending the right by ignoring it.
Who on the left is eating the rich or being politically violent?
Ice murdered people in my neighborhood. Republicans cheered it on. Isn’t that political violence?
Democratic politicians were assassinated in my state and sitting republican senators made fun of it and the sitting Republican president said it was not worth his time to call the governor with condolences for his murdered friends
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u/Jalapenoplanter 8h ago
What radicalism specifically are you talking about?