Comments on: Down The Rabbit Holes Of Extremism http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/04/11/down-the-rabbit-holes-of-extremism/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 02 May 2026 03:37:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/04/11/down-the-rabbit-holes-of-extremism/#comment-202638 John M from Ct. Wed, 12 Apr 2023 21:21:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23420#comment-202638 You might want to connect the 'rabbit hole' of the Republicans' drifting away from political positions that can attract a majority of voters, to their parallel efforts to restrict voting to just the class of people among whom they can get election victories. It's a good strategy, if an anti-democratic one. You might want to connect the 'rabbit hole' of the Republicans' drifting away from political positions that can attract a majority of voters, to their parallel efforts to restrict voting to just the class of people among whom they can get election victories.

It's a good strategy, if an anti-democratic one.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/04/11/down-the-rabbit-holes-of-extremism/#comment-202637 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 12 Apr 2023 19:46:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23420#comment-202637 Not on my account! Heh. Not on my account! Heh.

]]> By: C. R. Stucki http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/04/11/down-the-rabbit-holes-of-extremism/#comment-202636 C. R. Stucki Wed, 12 Apr 2023 19:13:12 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23420#comment-202636 I'm getting the impression that the biggest case of "extewmism" currently in evidence in the land of Weigantia is extreme 'ennui', as they say in France. I'm getting the impression that the biggest case of "extewmism" currently in evidence in the land of Weigantia is extreme 'ennui', as they say in France.

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/04/11/down-the-rabbit-holes-of-extremism/#comment-202634 dsws Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:23:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23420#comment-202634 It's not a matter of whether a policy is really enacted. It's a matter of which side has single-issue voters, especially single-issue primary voters -- and that's always the far-right extremists. No matter what the reality is, normal voters just accept it. It's "unconstitutional" to take away a felon's right to own a machine gun? Oh well, that's just reality in the US: people who want unlimited coercive threat have always been able to out-vote people who want any actual freedom, and they always will be. It's not a matter of whether a policy is really enacted. It's a matter of which side has single-issue voters, especially single-issue primary voters -- and that's always the far-right extremists. No matter what the reality is, normal voters just accept it. It's "unconstitutional" to take away a felon's right to own a machine gun? Oh well, that's just reality in the US: people who want unlimited coercive threat have always been able to out-vote people who want any actual freedom, and they always will be.

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