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Rosuva wrote:

I wish leftism took over our cultural institutions but sadly it has not. Once again you confuse Leftism and Liberalism, modern American Liberalism which I agree is bad is certainly not left wing much less Leftist in fact Bernie Sanders is about as close as we get to left wing here and even he is basically a social democrat. American Liberalism and politics as a whole is center-right to right wing and we have almost no major truly left wing politicians and certainly not leftist politicians.

Leftism is believing in workers liberation and any form of Marxian Economics and philosophy for example communism, anarcho-communism, or marxism-leninism. Liberalism and social democracy is none of those and actively supports and upholds capitalism and the capitalist mode of production.

Perhaps I am not defining my terms correctly. I am referring to the sweeping movement in the democratic party and our cultural institutions to double down on dangerous "identity politics" and focus on policy that will deliver "equity" and equality of outcome based on racially defined groups. This is a dangerous philosophy and pays homage to marxist roots. This movement is the first step towards "dismantling capitalism and the capitalist mode of production". There are congressmen such as the honorable exalted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Maxine Waters, Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar, who have spoken about the "evils of capitalism" and have been extremely open about their anti-american, anti-capitalist policy agenda. The democratic party has been embracing these radical politicians.

North americas1 wrote:

I'm sorry, but how is this a "joke". How is the fact that people are discriminated against their gender identity and sexual orientation is a joke? Since when women not having the ability to control their own bodies a joke? And frankly, I agree with Rosuva; you are very confused on the term "leftism."

You misunderstand and mischaracterize the conservative position on these issues. The republicans have moved much more center on these civil rights policies in the last decade. Mainstream conservatives do not wish to discriminate against the LGBTQ community. As for abortion, it is intellectually shallow to represent the pro-life argument as "forcing women to do something their body". Conservatives do not force women to do anything with their body. But abortion does involve another entity (whether you refer to a fetus or a human) and the woman's decision undeniably affects this other entity.