My challenge to the media
My challenge to media and everyone regarding elections
I challenge everyone to NEVER use the terms "left", "right" and "center" or "centrist" when discussing candidates or issues. See if you can actually talk about the ISSUES instead of trying to generalize them.
I hear those terms used all the time and they are more misleading and disingenuous than anything else.
When talking about NRA issues, centrist generally means they won't make any changes. In healthcare, if you want to get medicare for all, somehow that is talked of as far left. How about those drug prices? None of those "centrists" actually negotiated them down.
What I have gathered is that "centrist" generally refers more corporate than populist support. If you have some program for the people, it is generally talked of as "left wing".
That goes for the candidates. Warren is referred to as far left. I like what Chris Hayes says, that you should look at their issues and who they fight for. With Warren, is it leftist to stand up for people against the big banks? Shouldn't centrist mean something that most people agree with? But this is not the way it is used. It is used to portray people, issues and candidates as out of the mainstream. When in fact, the ISSUES these "leftists" are pushing are right in the middle of mainstream. Why are they referred to as "leftist" when MOST Americans want them?
I posit that the reason they are called "leftist" and out of the mainstream is that they are positions that corporations don't want. It appears that the way "centrist" is used it means in the center between what the people want and what the corporations want. Isn't it funny how the people and politicians who are referred to as "centrist" always seem to err on the side of corporations?
So, see if you can have the mental discipline to stop using those words and actually talk about the issues and where the candidates stand, what they stand for and how they intend to achieve that goal.
