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Well, tbh, I'm not into playing with that side of things, sorry.

However, I never said we have to live with the current Republican party members. We don't, and that's actually part of the point.

If we assume two things, that Republicans are "bad", and that allowing the current direction of the country to continue is unsustainable, then it comes down to "what do we do with them?"

There's only a small number of options. The most extreme is getting rid of them entirely, just eradicating them. The least extreme would be imprisonment of all of them. They're bad lock, stock and barrel. No redemption possible, no room for nuance, no room for mercy.

If that's the argument you're going for, great. The original screenshot was about two people arguing about whether or not applying the assumption of wrongness across the board is acceptable. It's in this community, which indicates that OP believes that the argument against applying that assumption means anyone doing so is a centrist claiming to be enlightened vis a vis centrism being taken to it's extreme form.

My argument was originally that saying "saying x group is bad isn't a good idea" isn't a centrist view. That it can be held by almost any political viewpoint. And it can. The more extremist the politics, the less likely it is, but that's beside the point.

I'm not arguing about whether or not Republicans are bad as a group. IDGAF about that concept tbh. I'm arguing that if you take that belief as truth you limit not only the possible outcomes of a conflict involving the country as a whole, but any actions after that.

It's a choice that has to be made at some point; who is the enemy, and what will be done with them?

So, like I started off with this comment, it's okay that you want to play with the idea of whether or not there are non bad Republicans, you're free to play with that idea all you want, and so can anyone else. I'm just not joining in. Just like you have the freedom to play with the idea that I'm talking about or not. No big deal if you don't want to stay on that topic, I don't doubt someone might come along to explore it with you.