2020 Election

[Dill]

(07-30-2020, 01:21 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Here's the other issue, and it's one you can pin on the GOP as well.  Aside from the fact that we all known it's far more than "one person" or "one location" the other problem is that these radical proposals get virtually zero push back from what we would all describe as moderates.  Biden did state he doesn't want to defund the police, but aside from saying something along the lines of "I don't agree with all of that" these radical proposals are met with silence.  No push back, no stating that this is a radical proposal.  


Like I said, we can revisit this once the Democratic party platform is released.  Then we can see how far the proverbial one person's influence has spread.

Since the vast majority of Americans favor some degree of police reform, it doesn't require special powers of prophesy to see the Democrats will be the party responding to that groundswell with policy proposals.

Most Americans Say Policing Needs 'Major Changes'
https://news.gallup.com/poll/315962/americans-say-policing-needs-major-changes.aspx

But I am predicting the Dems won't propose to turn the US into "Autonomous Occupied Zone USA." If they do, then my judgment is broken and your fears were well founded--the Dems are indeed the left mirror-image of the Republican party.

Like you say, we'll have to wait and see.