Radical Left, or Reasonable Middle?

Radical left; meaning a faction that represents extreme left wing political issues. President Trump often uses this phrase to refer to Joe Biden and other left wing democrats, particularly those who are a part of the Black Lives matter movement, or have an affiliation with ANTIFA, but is what America considers to be a radical left, actually a reasonable middle?

First, lets take a look at just what America considers to be a radical left.

Since the Black Lives Matter movement gained headway in late May this year it has been repeatedly referred to as a radical left organization, however, just the opposite seems to be true.

From around midway through quarantine there have been thousands of events organized to protest the killing of innocent black lives through police brutality.

Of these protests only a few turned violent, and the ones that were, were usually turned by un uniformed police officers, or in some cases right wing extremists. The protesters at many protests that almost turned violent due to the police throwing tear gas and shooting rubber bullets into the crowd, refused to give up and remained as peaceful as possible.

Like in all protests there are a few extremists within the crowd, but you can’t judge a movement based on its worst participants.

ANTIFA is less an organization and more a movement or way of thinking, ANTIFA standing for Anti Fascists. Usually the people who hold themselves under this umbrella are tied to protests, most of which the media shows as violent and chaotic. Not all protests and marches that ANTIFA has participated in can be called violent protests, riots or anything of the sort, seeing as this group has no one leader or system, there is no real way to judge its true intentions beyond its name.

President Trump has also that just about anyone who has rallied for, marched for, or petitioned for equal rights, equal taxes, equal wages, lower cost of living, affordable college, or clean water for all, are members of the radical left.

Now here's the thing; those things aren't truly considered radical.

Many European countries have things like affordable to no cost college, low health care prices, low cost of living, equal taxes, equal wages and equal housing for the homeless, and they don’t see them as all that radical, instead seating those ideals in a placelike, the reasonable middle.

So, America, radical left? Or reasonable middle?