I have a friend who says this and every time I’m like “when did anyone on the left do anything close to as bad as ____” (DOJ lying constantly, trump saying officials who oppose him should be executed, etc) and every time he says “well if they’re doing that that’s pretty messed up but the left does bad stuff too.”
The right’s real harm is framed as hypothetical, while the left’s harm is made to look "just as bad, without giving an example, you probably know this but your friend is pretty much a right winger.
“There are things I like about both sides.”
I have a friend who says this and every time I’m like “when did anyone on the left do anything close to as bad as ____” (DOJ lying constantly, trump saying officials who oppose him should be executed, etc) and every time he says “well if they’re doing that that’s pretty messed up but the left does bad stuff too.”
The right’s real harm is framed as hypothetical, while the left’s harm is made to look "just as bad, without giving an example, you probably know this but your friend is pretty much a right winger.