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For left-wing purists, moderates — not conservatives — are the true enemy
New York Post ^ | July 18, 2020 | Kevin D. Williamson

Posted on 01/05/2021 11:44:38 AM PST by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 01/05/2021 11:44:38 AM PST by nickcarraway
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No. They hate everybody.


2 posted on 01/05/2021 11:48:37 AM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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One of the greatest tragedies of the #woke movement is that it shuts out not only countering voices but any voice that seeks compromise.

It’s all or nothing, and they’re constantly redefining what “all” is.


3 posted on 01/05/2021 11:49:07 AM PST by LateBoomer
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Little did some of us realize 50+ years ago when swearing the oath to the enlistment guy (my dad swore me in) that the domestic enemy would be the biggest threat to this country. Sorry. 😯


4 posted on 01/05/2021 11:50:58 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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The “moderates” are Mensheviks. The radicals will dispose of them and then their real enemy will be us.


5 posted on 01/05/2021 11:51:41 AM PST by Spirochete
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LOL “not conservatives”. That implies that conservatives are somehow friends of left-wing purists who want to ban religion, family, private property and national borders??
6 posted on 01/05/2021 11:54:04 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Pretty much the enemy for many right-wing purists.


7 posted on 01/05/2021 11:54:16 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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The left always eat their own. Bill Maher (a major leftist, but not as extreme as AOC and others) has been talking about this for years. In fact, some of those lunatics are so crazy, they’re turning on people like Bernie Sanders because he’s not extreme enough for them.


8 posted on 01/05/2021 11:55:17 AM PST by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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Was there ever a Conservative voice at the nyt ? Doubtful


9 posted on 01/05/2021 11:57:25 AM PST by no-to-illegals ( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
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Conservatives are irrelevant. It’s better for them to focus on moderates.


10 posted on 01/05/2021 12:01:42 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Opus?


11 posted on 01/05/2021 12:08:44 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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they have their weapons for dealing with conservatism. Keep them busy with tax cuts/economics and worrying about the Middle East. If they start to get uppity, just accuse them of racism/sexism/homophobia/etc... That ends whatever they were talking about. This is assuming that there are “conservatives” who haven’t been completely bought off by their donor class (which is largely the same as the “conservative” donor class). The Left has political representation; the middle even has political representation in a way; the Right doesn’t.


12 posted on 01/05/2021 12:11:58 PM PST by cdcdawg (Turn off Fox!! You can do it! )
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Was there ever a Conservativew voice at the nyt? Doubtful.

Bret Stephens. The best they could scrape off the sidewalk outside the failed National Review.

13 posted on 01/05/2021 12:12:25 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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We are all Barry Goldwater now, insisting that moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue …
That is the RINO mantra in so many words.

There is either rule of law or there is chaos. There is never a middle ground; only a slippery slope towards lawlessness. Remember Ecclesiastes 8:11; we are living it.
14 posted on 01/05/2021 12:12:28 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Everybody hates Moderates.

The world’s shortest book: “Great Moderates in History”


15 posted on 01/05/2021 12:12:29 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I believe this was well known in the 1960s. The student radicals did not like LBJ or Hubert Humphrey or the other Liberals. The student radicals wanted extreme change and they knew that the old guys in the establishment who would seek some sort of moderate solution were just going to be in the way.

The proper model was first rolled out in the French Revolution and then perfected by Stalin — purge, purge, purge. Purge your enemies. Purge your friends. Purge anyone who isn’t perfect in your eyes.


16 posted on 01/05/2021 12:14:27 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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the left wackos are not the majority in this country.. they are the loudest..and they inserted themselves where it counts..

education system
courts
businesses
lawyers

and they don’t care who they step on ...

and one of the most ridiculous things they have done.. is to say amen and awomen.. they are that ignorant and don’t know it.


17 posted on 01/05/2021 12:14:57 PM PST by frnewsjunkie
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Even moderates hate moderates, once their lives get uncomfortable thanks to giving tacit approval of leftism for just a little too long.


18 posted on 01/05/2021 12:15:11 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Both sides hate moderates. Moderates are the ones who say “yeah but here’s what’s wrong with your candidate...” and make valid points. True believers from the other side don’t bother them, they’re just the other side. But people who can criticize their candidates in a way they listen to, that bugs em.


19 posted on 01/05/2021 12:17:04 PM PST by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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I don’t see this as any different than Republicans..

I expect Democrats to be rats who hate this country.

I would like to think Republicans love this country and are willing to fight for it and all it’s traditions...

How many people like Mitt Romney, The Bush Clan, Neo-Cons, and Never Trumpers would you piss on if they were on fire ??


20 posted on 01/05/2021 12:18:16 PM PST by srmanuel (It)
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