I would argue that the left didn't start obsessing over the right until the late Bush years and then it really took off with Trump. Historically (last 60 years~) the right has been more obsessed with the "enemy within" than most of the left.
I would argue that the left didn't start obsessing over the right until the late Bush years and then it really took off with Trump. Historically (last 60 years~) the right has been more obsessed with the "enemy within" than most of the left.
I agree. Further, I think it's part of the right's DNA more so than the left.
I suppose the other recent development is that the right has dropped any pretenses of sensibility, so it's difficult not to call out the right. Not to mention that "triggering" and "owning the libs" seem to be the primary centerpieces of the right now. I.e. trying to generate an "outrage" reaction on the left is what the right spends most of its time dwelling on.
I would argue that the left didn't start obsessing over the right until the late Bush years and then it really took off with Trump. Historically (last 60 years~) the right has been more obsessed with the "enemy within" than most of the left.
I agree. Further, I think it's part of the right's DNA more so than the left.
I suppose the other recent development is that the right has dropped any pretenses of sensibility, so it's difficult not to call out the right. Not to mention that "triggering" and "owning the libs" seem to be the primary centerpieces of the right now. I.e. trying to generate an "outrage" reaction on the left is what the right spends most of its time dwelling on.