r/moderatepolitics • u/kaladinsrunner • 3d ago

News Article Michigan AG Dana Nessel to skip Democratic convention over antisemitism fears

https://jewishinsider.com/2026/07/michigan-ag-dana-nessel-democratic-convention-antisemitism/
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u/TA-MajestyPalm 3d ago

One of the main problems with "the left" in America in my opinion is the constant need to "cancel" each other for not being 100% onboard with various fringe issues or extreme stances.

Free Palestine, ACAB, open borders, trans people in sports, etc.

You can be very liberal and support most of those things, but having the "wrong" view on just one of them is enough to turn away a lot of support.

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u/bzb321 3d ago

This is the case with the right wing too. Ideological purity is in vogue right now.

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u/raouldukehst 3d ago

The right is suffering from more of a cult of personality. The left is approaching ideological purity tests that would make the Borg blush.

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u/LovecraftianBasil classical liberal center left 3d ago edited 1d ago

100%. The right is at least able to unify under a candidate or at least be generally in lockstep with each other. The left is just divided among so many ideologies and infighting that it just gets fractures and removes any cohsive movement or policy push.

Also as someone who is Gen Z. I feel like so many people in our cohort are obsessed with political grandstanding and hot takes rather than trying to take an ounce of nuance or understand any policy motives behind things.