27th February 2016, 9:05 PM
I just mean you need to seriously consider examining WHY you are so loyal to the democratic party. You may well end up voting democrat anyway (we sure will), but maybe you don't need to give them your loyalty? Maybe they've got a lot of problems, and not just imaginary "they aren't tough enough" problems but real ideological problems that are contributing to systemic issues in society. Take some time to really compare it to progressive parties in other countries and ask yourself why our so-called "progressive party" doesn't seem to measure up. It's okay to push them a bit, to push for a candidate that reminds the party of what it supposedly stands for.
No, I don't think you need to seriously consider joining the republicans. :D Well, maybe take a good long look at WHY they think the way they do. When you realize that deep down, they actually DO believe in authoritarian moral codes, that all morality stems from authority, and that earthly troubles like starving to death are minor compared to the glories of the afterlife earned by living according to that moral code (and they want to teach people this), THEN you'll see. You'll see they aren't lying, they aren't secretly trying to hurt women, they just don't CARE that it hurts women because it's the right thing to do. Why does this even matter? Well, only because it shows that a lot of the tactics people use to argue with them just don't work. Point out all the terrible things you like, and they'll just smile knowingly, thinking but not saying "this poor fool, so concerned with worldly troubles, just needs to learn to think of eternity". This is why they don't seem to have any empathy.
No, I don't think you need to seriously consider joining the republicans. :D Well, maybe take a good long look at WHY they think the way they do. When you realize that deep down, they actually DO believe in authoritarian moral codes, that all morality stems from authority, and that earthly troubles like starving to death are minor compared to the glories of the afterlife earned by living according to that moral code (and they want to teach people this), THEN you'll see. You'll see they aren't lying, they aren't secretly trying to hurt women, they just don't CARE that it hurts women because it's the right thing to do. Why does this even matter? Well, only because it shows that a lot of the tactics people use to argue with them just don't work. Point out all the terrible things you like, and they'll just smile knowingly, thinking but not saying "this poor fool, so concerned with worldly troubles, just needs to learn to think of eternity". This is why they don't seem to have any empathy.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)