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On the flip side, I used to consider myself moderate conservative, but while I have shifted left a bit since then, the Republican party seems completely alien to anything I *ever* thought, they're so cartoonishly far to the right.

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Rockies posted...

I'm just very confused by this topic because it seems like you are lumping "modern liberalism" and the Democratic party together. I don't think that's the case at all; the Democratic party is one of the more conservative sections of liberalism in the US. The type of extremists you're talking about are people who are also upset with the Democratic party, but for different reasons: it's too corporate and corrupt, and their constant attempts to compromise lose them elections (like picking Hillary over Bernie, and Hillary's subsequent flip-flopping). I don't agree with every extreme left view, but I do agree with them that the Dems are lame losers.

This. The modern Democratic party is neoliberal (which despite having the word in it, is anything but liberal) and has a lot of the policies that used to be considered center right.
I agree there's left-wing extremists as you describe, TC. But the actual party really isn't like that for the most part.