Many people on the right, who are now better described as MAGA vs Republican or GOPe, were awakened by Trump to the truth about the GOP (it’s corporate captured).
Many people on the left, who I cannot yet describe, have awakened to the fact that corporatism, anarchism, and communism has taken over their party. I think of them as classic liberals.
Bernie Sanders woke some of them up and Clinton paid a BIG price for it in the 2016 election above just being a “bad candidate” as the “system” cheated Sanders.
These are facts. We should recognize dissent on both sides and applaud it when we hear it regardless of the source.
I don’t agree with Tulsi Gabbard or Glenn Greenwald or RFK Jr. about many policies, but they see some things very clearly and their viewpoints are worth consideration.
The truth should never involve politics. We just had the biggest proof of our lifetimes with the Covid debacle and “politics” likely cost the lives of a million or more Americans.
“I think of them as classic liberals.”
Matt Taibbi basically said the same thing as you surmised just yesterday on the Joe Rogan Podcast. He was employed for years by Rolling Stone. He was let go when he questioned their ethics. Matt is a classic liberal reporter. Yet, he is also a real journalist. He also now has his own podcast after being let go by Rolling Stone.