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Re:U.S. is terminating its relationship with World Health Or... by burfog on Saturday May 30, 2020 @12:00AM (#23358359)
That word "far" shouldn't be used to describe what half the population supports.

If you bend the definition of "far" well past the breaking point, then these are all far-left positions: universal healthcare, voting by mail, DACA, assault rifle bans, handgun bans, legal abortion, trans recognition...

No matter who is president, "far" is not an appropriate word. The president won a popularity contest, and is thus inherently not "far".

If half the country is far-right, then the other half must be far-left (to stay calibrated on the center), and "far" has lost all meaning.

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Re:U.S. is terminating its relationship with World Health Or... by pazimzadeh on Saturday May 30, 2020 @12:54AM (#23358590)
Voting by mail is far left?
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Re:U.S. is terminating its relationship with World Health Or... by DeonPenny on Saturday May 30, 2020 @06:29AM (#23360060)
Based on how the OP to OP defined right if you also had to categorize the left in the same way yes its fair to call it far left.
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Re:U.S. is terminating its relationship with World Health Or... by pazimzadeh on Saturday May 30, 2020 @06:21PM (#23365313)
What about voting? Is voting far left?
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