Regular Reader wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
Chus your original 4 differences cane off as huge generalizations to me. I dont think you can even apply them to "most"
Aside from that I have zero faith left in either party So with that fundamental difference it'll be hard for you and I to see eye to eye on a lot of political stuff.
We're going to have to disagree as to what constitutes "huge" generalizations. The four he cited are de facto planks in the tea party/republican/conservative platform.
One side believes in global warming. The other thinks it is a hoax, and scientists are lying.
One side encourages voting. The other goes out of its way to suppress minority voters.
One side believes in evolution. The other side wants creationism taught in science class.
One side works with the other when they are not in power. The other has stated their goal is to never work with the president.In many/most republican primaries (and almost in all that are solidly red jurisdictions), the purity tests are run on these four "issues".
I'll even include a fifth. In the last round of national elections, many republican candidates came out against abortion even in cases of rape/incest or where the mother's own health was at issue. When the wing nut faction of the republican/tea party has seized as much control as they have (especially in southern and/or rural areas), these five assertions aren't generalizations as they are unfortunate fact.
Btw, quit hiding behind the trusty "I have zero faith left in either party" rhetoric. The lines and motives may be blurry in many areas, but crystal clear in many/most others. Own them.
Bullshit
You are a straight team member of the democrats. Don't tell me I'm hiding. I see things as they are instead of thru the lens of "my team" as you do. That's why I'm able to see faults in Obama as I did with Bush, Clinton, and bush
You on the other hand go out of your way to defend the current POTUS, which is bullshit. He's a failure and its not the big bad gop's fault. Its his own fault for writing checks that could obviously never be cashed
I already disproved those assertions being most. You can't have 41% of a group of people believe in creationism and then pretend you're the science party.
And the global warming thing is also untrue. There are deniers in both sides
Actually the parties are the same and have been for a while now. I'm sure that sucks for people who fought for these parties in better times but it remains the truth
The two parties have used a few hot topics to differentiate from one another (abortion, cap punishment etc) but when they make most of the decisions they have themselves and their scumbag Washington friends in mind and that is most definitely both sides.
If you or anyone on either side wants to pretend these politicians are thinking of the people they reoresent that's unfortunate because its just not true.
For an example see ANY Illinois politics in the last 50 years and then tell me Republicans are the only bad guys
As with Chus, I respect you guys but can't believe you're still believing in the righteousness of your party. Might as well believe in the Easter Bunny IMO
But really, I'm not hiding. I truly believe these things and express my political beliefs on a case by case basis (AKA the way it should be) instead of picking a team and arguing for them like a local sports team
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