Yeah they are two completely different situations.
I have some family and friends who believe the Arbery shooting was justified.
I'm a right leaning Libertarian, but the past 2 years have made me lean more and more to the right.
There just aren't many left ideals that i agree with anymore. I'm starting to have disdain for most Liberals today.
Even my GF and her family who are a 50/50 split on Con/Lib all believe that Kyle is a murderer. They didn't even watch the trial.
They are anti-gun too which causes extreme bias.
The Democratic Party is a mess right now despite controlling the Presidency and the House. The midterm elections next year I think will be ugly for them:
- Divide between far-left members and more moderate members is growing
- Current party leaders (Pelosi, Biden) are old and unexciting
- Future of the party is unclear. Kamala isn't doing anything and other prominent members are polarizing extremists like AOC
- Party has no national-level strategy or message other than "We aren't Trump"
The latter item in my list is the most important one. I think Republicans keep winning despite the general leaning of the USA population gradually becoming more liberal because the Republican party has a clear message of what the party stands for and what the party is about that unites Republicans at all levels of government. Because of this, Republicans are much better about firing up their base to get out and vote for whoever the candidate is. Meanwhile big chunks of the Dem base get excited about some extremist like Bernie Sanders, then when he inevitably loses the nomination they take their ball and go home = low turnout where Republicans win every time.[/list][/list]
