Cheney certainly does not. Some people to the left of you are still decidedly on the right. Your extreme right views do not set a new center point.
I guess this depends on the definitions of right and left. Here's mine: those on the right believe in absolutes, those on the left don't.
You are thinking of Trump supporters and evangelicals.
Trump wants to control others more than the left does? Evangelicals want to control others more than the left does? Are you sure about that? First, don't confuse Trump supporters and evangelicals with people on the right, but that's just a side note. More importantly, by the definition I just gave, evangelicals are split on the right and left about the same as the regular population so the label doesn't help to define the reality of the situation.
To put it bluntly, people on the right want a small government. A small government can't control people like a big government can. It's a simple exercise in math.
What loyalties? I admire when someone who can see when the emperor wears no clothes. It doesn't make me loyal to them. I might respect what they say a bit more. Take Barr for instance. He finally showed some sense, but it does not cancel out his manipulativeness around the Mueller report.
Loyalty and respect in this context are about the same. Use the word respect in what I said and nothing changes: Yes, it's a syndrome that has no basis in reason. It turns out dad Cheney has almost the same worldview as Liz so it would be a good idea to take note how capricious you are with your respect based on surface political positions.
Your comparison fails. Cheney is standing up against Trump when her comrades are still in lock step with Trump. She does not have to extrapolate what she would do in another time. She is doing it now.
LOL. Yeah, a real stunning and brave stand with the Republican establishment, all of academia, all of the mockingbird press, all of the largest social media companies, and the huge audience that agrees with them. We can extrapolate what she would do in another time - which is to support slavery - because that is exactly who was supporting it at that time.
My comparison stands as a shining example of standing with a popular position in Liz Cheney probably more than any other politician lately. Her political career will stand even if she doesn't get re-elected because she will still be a part of the political machine that got her elected in the first place. She'll just change her department within the machine.
Everything to your left is the same position to you? Seems like a lack of insight on your part.
What I said highlights the differences in policies on the left, and because we can see the differences we can see your policy positions and Trump's are probably closer than you might think.
Remember, I'm the one with a definition of right and left that is at least more solid than your definition.
I do not like many of Trump's policies but it is true that his policy decisions are not why I hate him. I hate him because he is an unrelenting narcissist who has deepened the divisiveness of politics and has tried to thwart the very foundations of democracy. He is a consummate conman who has bilked your comrades for funds for court fights and pocketed the money and still no one wants their money back.
That's what I said. It's not what actually matters, what Trump does, that you hate. Your hatred is driven by surface political narratives crafted by others. The irony is you know your betters are using you but you like it like that.
