I hear people say things like “if Obama (or anyone left of Republicans) did what Trump did, there would be hell to pay.”
Why isn’t that argument taken more seriously by people on the left as an implicit admission that the left is politically weaker or less effective at wielding power?
If one side “can’t get away with” actions that the other can, doesn’t that suggest a real imbalance rather than moral superiority?
Different standards and playbooks because the democrats pander to largely educated voters who want facts and the illusion of accountability where as republicans pander to uneducated reactionary tribalism and any educated folk who allow themselves to be swept up in it. Some folks just need to be told what to think, others need to be convinced. You can call that imbalance if you like.