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Post by Bick on Mar 12, 2023 9:40:50 GMT -8
This would include some former Democrats.
Tulsi Gabbard
Jonathan Turley
Matt Taibbi
Naomi Wolf
Thomas Sowell
Victor Davis Hanson
They've got a perspective from both sides of the coin that not many do. Because of that, I find them to be more objective.
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Post by billb on Mar 12, 2023 15:41:04 GMT -8
Tulsi isn't a Dem anymore. She thinks they are tyrants and war mongers. All the others are great too. They see the light. I didn't know Victor Davis Hanson was a Dem, or Thomas Sewell.
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Post by Bick on Mar 12, 2023 20:59:56 GMT -8
Pretty wild, right?
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Post by MDDad on Mar 12, 2023 21:32:51 GMT -8
Thomas Sowell left the Democratic Party in his early 40's and has now been politically independent from both parties for five decades. Everything he says and writes stems from common sense rather than political bias, and that makes him even more admirable.
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Post by SK80 on Mar 12, 2023 21:38:33 GMT -8
This would include some former Democrats. Tulsi Gabbard Jonathan Turley Matt Taibbi Naomi Wolf Thomas Sowell Victor Davis Hanson They've got a perspective from both sides of the coin that not many do. Because of that, I find them to be more objective. Not sure I would consider Sowell or Hanson as Democrats..., they long ago left that party, Sowell probably before any of us here were born. It is interesting however to see the wave of new liberal voices shifting much more to the center, closer to Libertarianism. Musk, Rogan, Maher, Greenwald and Taibbi to name some of the more prominent. |
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Post by Bick on Mar 13, 2023 3:56:56 GMT -8
This would include some former Democrats. Tulsi Gabbard Jonathan Turley Matt Taibbi Naomi Wolf Thomas Sowell Victor Davis Hanson They've got a perspective from both sides of the coin that not many do. Because of that, I find them to be more objective. Not sure I would consider Sowell or Hanson as Democrats..., they long ago left that party, Sowell probably before any of us here were born. It is interesting however to see the wave of new liberal voices shifting much more to the center, closer to Libertarianism. Musk, Rogan, Maher, Greenwald and Taibbi to name some of the more prominent. That was one of the points I was making. They seem to have a more balanced approach v one that's grounded in staunch defense of partisan ideology. Interestingly, it wasn't all that long ago that the term RINO was tossed out by the right, and now the dems are the ones hell-bent on putting people in buckets who aren't lockstep with an agenda. I'm hopeful we'll see more bright people expose the extreme partisan ideologists, and get back to common sense. I think it's the only way to save the country. |
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Post by SK80 on Mar 13, 2023 7:20:24 GMT -8
That was one of the points I was making. They seem to have a more balanced approach v one that's grounded in staunch defense of partisan ideology. Interestingly, it wasn't all that long ago that the term RINO was tossed out by the right, and now the dems are the ones hell-bent on putting people in buckets who aren't lockstep with an agenda. I'm hopeful we'll see more bright people expose the extreme partisan ideologists, and get back to common sense. I think it's the only way to save the country.Agree, pragmatic thinkers. Its so ironic we are in the times of "Diversity", the buzz word of choice, yet these two parties want little of it within the party. You think outside the box, you are not in lock-step, your tossed, shunned, labeled. I believe social media, MSM have polarized people so much, divided by easy ways such as race and gender, that not many any longer critically think, listen to opposition nor want to freely debate. Very sad times. |
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Post by Bick on Mar 13, 2023 9:03:58 GMT -8
I think of it as opportunistic times when you consider the number of high profile people rejecting partisan politics.
I actually believe there is a FAR greater number of those sick of partisan politics than there are partisans. More people need to stand up and reject partisan ad hominem attacks.
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