“The crime and chaos in our streets makes it impossible to have midterm elections. We will delay them until this national crime wave ends”

I dunno man, that’s pretty flimsy. I can’t even name a union leader. Years of right-wing authoritarianism have rendered unions ineffective and obsolete.

You’re both-sides-ing legal sexual impropriety versus literal insurrection, stealing secret documents, and election tampering. They aren’t even remotely the same. Bill did the same bad shit so many presidents have done; it doesn’t excuse him from being a douchebag, but even you have to admit it’s not even in the same universe as Trump.

I’m going to add a little nuance here, hopefully without opposing your point. Clinton was played like a fiddle by Newt Gingrich and his band of hucksters. He was the start of truly aggressive, unrelenting, “whatever it takes to win” republicanism in the modern era. They got wind of a sex scandal, and absolutely blew it up as the biggest thing to ever happen. They controlled the narrative and had all of America clutching its collective pearls. Then, they hauled him into one of these dog-and-pony-show hearings, and set the trap. Bill idiotically walked right into it, perjuring himself in what was really a useless stunt. This gave the Gingrich Gang all the ammo they needed to force an impeachment vote and destroy the Democratic Party for generations. So, it’s not that Bill is singularly responsible for the current shit show, but his hubris and idiocy made the downfall possible.

Don’t forget your Clinton bibles!

I know the chart you’re referring to, but we’re speaking in the context of US politics here. The wave function has collapsed to “right” = authoritarian and “left” = liberal. So, your original assertion presents the false equivalence that has allowed us to get to this current state.

Here, we see the “enlightened centrist” in his habitat of false equivalence…

You must suspend logic in order to understand the conservative.

True, but I’d also like to add that he only cared about gay rights for his daughter. The rest of them can get fucked, apparently.

I know an ultra-conservative who suddenly cared about gay rights after his daughter came out. I’m sure the timing was entirely coincidental.

Germany, Italy, and Japan go to war against Russia and the US. Only this time the former group is the Good Guys.