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What "radicalization on the left"? (Original Post) milestogo Sep 2025 OP
They never really say, beyond wOke MiNd viRuS eShirl Sep 2025 #1
Radical left is a fictional talking point. thomski64 Sep 2025 #2
Like the non-existent antifa milestogo Sep 2025 #3
It exists, but is a tiny fraction of radical right Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #4
Every Accusation is a Confession. usonian Sep 2025 #5
An attempt to "both-sides" the issue Redleg Sep 2025 #6
Yeah, you know, people who want to sustain Social Security Mysterian Sep 2025 #7

thomski64

(963 posts)
2. Radical left is a fictional talking point.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 10:35 AM
Sep 2025

put forth relentlessly by the faux noise types and the likes J "Davenport" Vance

milestogo

(23,202 posts)
3. Like the non-existent antifa
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 10:36 AM
Sep 2025

which actually has no organizational structure and no known members and commits no violent acts? Its like the bogeyman.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
4. It exists, but is a tiny fraction of radical right
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 10:53 AM
Sep 2025

The number of people wanting to take away women's right to vote is probably a dozen times more than the number of people wanting to install actual communism in the US.

Redleg

(7,026 posts)
6. An attempt to "both-sides" the issue
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 11:26 AM
Sep 2025

While there are those few on the radical left, the radical right has largely taken over one political party.

Mysterian

(6,624 posts)
7. Yeah, you know, people who want to sustain Social Security
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 11:41 AM
Sep 2025

and provide affordable health care to the people. Friggin' communists!

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