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Originally Posted by Dienasty
I feel like you are really having trouble understanding the concept of a discussion. Again starting definitively with a "you are wrong" is not the best approach to understand why he or other people might have that opinion.
Saying there is "no way" so and so is left of so and is not a strong argument without producing facts on policies and understand the issues that he has with the political spectrum. Do you know what policies he is referring to? I didn't think so, maybe you should find that out before declaring him wrong. Maybe you should start with "What policies are you referring to that you think this the spectrum has shrunk?"
What I am hearing is his opinion is the spectrum is getting smaller and your opinion is that it isn't. You are both entitled to your opinions.
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Yes, we both are entitled to our opinions. That doesn't make them equal. My opinion is he's wrong. I'm happy to give chapter and verse about why a PM who declared Medicare a scared trust, paid reparations to the Japanese-Canadians, entered into NAFTA, called the firing of federal employees discovered to be gay “one of the great outrages and violations of fundamental human liberty.” and who ratified UN climate change treaties and took strong stances on South Africa, Nicaragua and El Salvador (opposing Reagan and taking in refugees int he process) is left of a guy who said recognizing gay marriage was like saying a dog had five legs if you recognized the tail as a leg and has a close association with Rebel Media and anti-immigration groups. But this ain't the time or place.