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Re:The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy – It Didn’t Go ... by mastox on Friday April 05, 2019 @12:58PM (#19584549)
Do you agreed with 100% of everything that the extremist of the Democratic (>insert proper political affiliation here<) side believe in? I suspect you would agree with most of the core philosophy but may disagree on some of messaging and actions by extreme groups.
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Re:The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy – It Didn’t Go ... by crooked-v on Friday April 05, 2019 @02:50PM (#19585800)
Grover Norquist's influence is overwhelmingly mainstream [1] among Republican politicians, not extremist.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Norquist#Taxpayer_Prote...

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Re:The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy – It Didn’t Go ... by mastox on Friday April 05, 2019 @03:40PM (#19586246)
Fair. But to say something as bold as understanding someone's political motivations, and ideology based on how politicians behave doesn't seem like good faith effort to understand the other side.

Legitimate question, would it be viewed as "not extremist" if it came from another group such Libertarians, or SJWs?

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Re:The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy – It Didn’t Go ... by crooked-v on Friday April 05, 2019 @09:03PM (#19588483)
What does "SJWs" mean in this context?
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Re:The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy – It Didn’t Go ... by dredmorbius on Friday April 05, 2019 @03:35PM (#19586189)
NB: you're not answering the questions asked, but are instead moving goalposts. Repeatedly.
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Re:The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy – It Didn’t Go ... by arrosenberg on Friday April 05, 2019 @01:37PM (#19585065)
Whataboutism isn't attractive. The extreme groups in the Republican party steered Congress (2010-2018, via the Freedom Caucus) and steer the Executive through Trump. That has not happened with the modern Democratic Party.
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Re:The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy – It Didn’t Go ... by mastox on Friday April 05, 2019 @02:17PM (#19585466)
So it's Whataboutism when trying to point out others' hate? Maybe it was a bad attempt, but it was a question to show that both sides are capable of doing horrible things to each other. And that the extremists of any group probably aren't the best at accurately representing the majority's philosophical thinking. Both sides deserve the hate. I'm okay with talking about the hate, but can we be intellectually honest and say both sides have made mistakes.

So I agree Whataboutism isn't attractive.

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