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  • Clent@lemmy.world
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    He’s shifted further right over the past decade.

    During covid it became clear he had moved beyond right of center.

    Going against his own union is the final step in this journey.

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      I’m not sure about that. I’m guessing the final step will be endorsing Trump. I won’t be even remotely shocked when he does it.

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        He constantly tries to get Republicans to disavow Trump on his show. He used his show to practically beg people to vote for Biden even if they didn’t like him, just to get Trump out of office. People here may not like everything he does, I certainly don’t, but the guy will never support Trump, I’m willing to state that unequivocally.

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        He’s a tribal Democrat. He would absolutely endorse Trump if he had a D by his name. Trump actually used to be a Democrat. He just switched to R because he is a conman and saw which party base could be conned more easily.

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      Lol, he’s not even close to right of center. Yeah, he has a couple strange views like being anti bread, but he is definitely a liberal. We have to stop this purity test bullshit on the left.

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        Liberals are right of center. America is almost the only place on the Earth where liberalism is considered left wing.

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          I always hear this, but it doesn’t make sense to me. To me it sounds like we define liberals differently. What specific stances make a liberal right of center? I would like to know we’re defining the word the same way.

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            I’ve thought of it this way, a liberal is a master being giving liberally the treats they shower their workers with to keep them happy and productive. A leftist believes in the class consciousness struggle and that human rights are innate and not something handed down from masters.

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                Then Google it. I gave you an overview of the two political philosophies. It’s not my job to educate you if you don’t like the answers you get.

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                  You weren’t even the person I was originally asking the question of. You went out of your way to give an answer that didn’t answer my question, and then you get upset at me for what you did?

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        I haven’t listened to him recently but his anti-woke stuff is unbearable to get through. That being said, he really defended Biden against Trump on the JRE podcast. At least from the clip I’ve seen, saying Trump is both crazy and stupid.

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          He was also constantly asking anyone who would listen what we would do if Trump refused to step down. Everyone laughed at him, and then Trump incited an insurrection.

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        A liberal bashing minorities? Come on. He’s left on some issues and right on others, but then again so is Bill O’Reilly.

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            He is openly anti-Arab to the point where he sided with Jewish extremists despite claiming to hate “all” religion. His black guests have called him out on his dumb stereotypical views and he used the N word on his show. Just because he claims to be a liberal doesn’t mean he gets a pass on genuine bigotry.

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                He’s both.

                He wanted to ban Syrian refugees from the “West” by stating that “their cultures are not like ours.” He said “talk to anyone who ever dated an Arab, it’s not pretty.” That’s grossly racist, in addition to comments like they’re “bringing that desert stuff to our world,” and uncivilized.