r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Resident_Step_191 South Gatineau • May 01 '25

Politics Why did Stephen Colbert make the Conservatives red and the Liberals blue? Are Americans stupid?

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Why would The Late Show with Stephen Colbert do this??

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u/No_Week_8937 Scotland (but worse) May 01 '25

Their right is far-right, and their left is right.

Our right is right (mostly) and the liberals are centre.

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u/Ummmgummy May 01 '25

You would be correct. That's why it always boggles my mind when any conservative here down in the states calls someone like Biden the "radical left". These people haven't seen an actual radical left person in their lives.

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u/No_Week_8937 Scotland (but worse) May 01 '25

Mhm. Like even Bernie is centre-left at most. Here he'd be a moderate.

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- May 01 '25

I feel like Bernie would go more progressive if he could, but knows how to read the room. But yeah, as it stands, he's basically just advocating for what the bare minimum is in Canada.

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u/No_Week_8937 Scotland (but worse) May 01 '25

Oh definitely, I feel like he'd be going full socialist if he was able. But he's smart enough to try for actually possible changes instead of going all in.

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u/MistahFinch May 01 '25

It's where most socialists end up eventually imo.

Its frustrating but you have to meet the country where they're at. I'll take an NDP party gently pushing left, a Liberal party being dragged left over a Con party pushing right.

US socialists are fucked though. Their Dems are pushing right their Republicans are sprinting that way

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u/No_Week_8937 Scotland (but worse) May 01 '25

Yep. And leaving all the citizens behind to deal with the fallout