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Originally Posted by SuzeQuze
This is a somewhat retorical question, is it the inherent nature of a bi-partisan system to become polarized, each side moving far away from the other?
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Well, I think it is more cyclical. I also think that events like 9/11 tend to make it lurch to the right because, to analogize, an angry (justifiable or not) mob has no conscious
But, I think most D's are moderate and for the most part always have been - I think the voting history as a whole of the D party since the 70's shows that. I also think that as issues like abortion became more stylized over time, it tended to make moderates look conservative to the far left.
For example, what parent would not want to know if their 13 year old daughter is having an abortion? I get that the parental notice is tricky because some of those abortions are from parental abuse. But, the far far left screams about this not so much for that valid exception (even with an escape clause for abuse situations), but because they see it as a slippery slope argument in that it is just one more incident of the far right trying to chip away at the right to choose. Is is conservative to vote for a parental notification? I do not think so. Does it violate Roe v. Wade to require parental notification? I do not think so. AND - I think that is not that conservative of a position
Yet, I am sure to most far left people I just commited blasphemy
Food for thought
