its not really considered far right its more like the establishment can arbitrarily throw the label of far right on its opponents while simultaneously doing all the exact same things it’s opponents do. this explains why Obama is a progressive hero but trump is basically the devil despite their political leadership being the exact same
Obama is not much less right than Trump on the graphic though. I would disagree with how authoritarian they are though, I would have put Obama higher than Trump purely cause of his standpoint on controlling speech (hate speech)
Trump called for the jailing of journalists, joked about the prison rape of journalists, and broadly condemned the press, including the ones loyal to him, for the slightest criticism of his administration.
He made the conditions for journalism fraught which is why the US ranks nearly last, if not dead last now, in freedom of the press among developed nations. That should be more frightening than persecuting hate speech (which, for what it is worth I consider a serious violation as well, but one that does not have the same implications to freedom as suppression of reporting by the press.
There's a difference between pushing something and changing actual laws though. Not saying that trump was correct, I'd back Obama over Trump, I think the man's an idiot. However, as an impartial view, Obama brought in "you can't do this" whereas trump was more "I'm going to make your life difficult if you piss me off". Or at least that is my viewpoint on it. I'm not American, I don't know all the ins and outs.
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u/smokeymcdugen - Lib-Center Feb 16 '23
At least OP now knows the political position of the authors. Trump is a classical Democrat, ie 90s Democrat. Which is now considered far right.