Liberal Hatred for Susan Sarandon is a Symptom of People Who Refuse to Acknowledge Their Own Failure

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Oscar-winning actor and progressive activist Susan Sarandon sparked a good deal of controversy during the primary stage of the presidential election when she expressed doubt to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes about whether she could bring herself to vote for Hillary Clinton in a “lesser-of-two-evils” situation. It was a common question at that time among

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I loved that article that you posted, and I wish it had created more conversation because I think it's a very important conversation for the American left to have. That said, there is one point in there that is not entirely true, and that is this idea that America is lurching wildly to the right. It's more complex than that.

Without a doubt America is getting far more nationalist and xenophobic, but that's a trend all over the Western world. At the same time, gay people are more accepted than ever - gay marriage is legal, DADT is over, DOMA is gone, the AIDS travel ban is gone. Even one of the most iconic right wing personalities is a shameless fag. Shit, I don't even think you're allowed to say fag any more, even if you are gay. Progress! And despite the hideous attempts to police where we go to pee, us transfolk are finally coming out of the shadows. Non-binary is actually a fucking thing, finally. I can assure you, 10 years ago it was not. People are starting to talk seriously about a not completely pitiful minimum wage, death penalty is being resisted by drug companies, "pre-existing condition" is a bad memory... I mean, by worldwide standards, America is still an embarrassingly conservative backwater, but compared to 10 years ago it has come a long way.

So, it's relative, you know.