On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:02:36 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 8/24/2020 10:56 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Monday, August 24, 2020 at 10:51:00 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>>> graham wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2020-08-23 11:29 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Democrats these days, at least in this area are left wing liberals who
>>>>> are trying to convert us to socialism. They are anti capitalists. I
>>>>> can't speak for those in other areas.
>>>>
>>>> You wouldn't know a socialist if one bit you in the arse! Democrats are
>>>> so far to the right of socialists, that Europeans see them as
>>>> dyed-in-the-wool conservatives.
>>> LOL. Europeans have never seemed very smart. If what you say
>>> is true, that proves it.
>>
>> You do know, don't you, that "right" and "left" are relative terms?
>>
>> The European democracies are far to the left of anything our Democrats
>> would seriously propose, knowing that it would be a waste of their time.
>> Yet those same Europeans are quite happy with their governments' policies.
>>
>> Our Republican party is so far to the right, citizens in European countries
>> can only goggle in amazement at how we can permit such fascists in our
>> midst.
>>
>> That said, there are gradations of "left" and "right" on both sides of the pond.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>The ones on this side have become further apart in recent years though.
>No one wants to compromise or negotiate, they just want it their way.

It's bad and, to a lesser degree, happens in Australia too. I think
it's the problem with 2 party countries. It becomes us and them.