As much as we've disagreed, I agree that's an issue. The thing is, the US leans a bit right from the global center, so aligning with the further right of the two leading parties in a somewhat already to-the-right country does place one further right than most. I think that's where the erroneous assertion comes from, but standard Republicans are hardly FAR-right.
That said, the exact opposite also happens; people are treated as ridiculously far-left for so much as wanting socialized healthcare while that's actually pretty much the standard now among most highly developed nations. Globally speaking it's just slightly left if not outright central. Far-left is communism territory.
The people who cry far-right usually have very little understanding of what that actually looks like: Things like outright ethnic cleansing possibly right around the corner. Similarly, people who cry far-left usually have virtually zero understanding of the world outside of the US and have utterly zero understanding that communism is light-years to the left of socialism, which is itself left of what most of these people who merely want a few more socialized programs want.
No one knows what they're talking about these days. I don't think the US has a great deal of people who are either truly far-right or far-left to be honest, although they do exist.
What are your political views?
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As much as we've disagreed, I agree that's an issue. The thing is, the US leans a bit right from the global center, so aligning with the further right of the two leading parties in a somewhat already to-the-right country does place one further right than most. I think that's where the erroneous assertion comes from, but standard Republicans are hardly FAR-right.
That said, the exact opposite also happens; people are treated as ridiculously far-left for so much as wanting socialized healthcare while that's actually pretty much the standard now among most highly developed nations. Globally speaking it's just slightly left if not outright central. Far-left is communism territory.
The people who cry far-right usually have very little understanding of what that actually looks like: Things like outright ethnic cleansing possibly right around the corner. Similarly, people who cry far-left usually have virtually zero understanding of the world outside of the US and have utterly zero understanding that communism is light-years to the left of socialism, which is itself left of what most of these people who merely want a few more socialized programs want.
No one knows what they're talking about these days. I don't think the US has a great deal of people who are either truly far-right or far-left to be honest, although they do exist.