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I'm so sick of this appeasement on women's rights and gay rights I'm honestly thinking of voting third-party next election.
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One of the ways the current GOP shows its lack of female friendly policy is there continued extreme stance on abortion, birth control, and equal pay.
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Which one is less of a lost cause?
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The Dem's irritate me because they seem like reactionary, limp, noodles. The Repub's have been spouting socially conservative rhetoric for so long I'm not sure what they actually stand for. Because less government they are not, unless it's some newfangled version that means "fuck you if you're poor, non-white, not male, not heterosexual, and not able-bodied." Ye olde "pick yourself up by your bootstraps" is really nice in theory, if the playing field was actually level. But it's not so that just makes no sense as policy. Especially when there's absolutely no reason NOT to be more ethical and compassionate in our policies from the ground up.
At the same time, I am not a fan of the way that many liberal policies, in an attempt to help, end up trying to "do things for your own good" that aren't really what's required. Like, oh, say, music or video game censorship. And being so PC you miss the entire point. Or being just as in bed with Big Corporate as everyone else, just slightly different lobbies.
I feel like both parties are on their own tracks to nowhere. One of them has devolved into the Hate Train, and the other is the We Don't Know How To Get There From Here Train.
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i doubt there is anything, or series of things that could earn the GOP my respect or support. short of, perhaps, democrats doing some seriously wack shit.
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I, too, view myself as liberal - but I will not view myself as a Democrat.
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i side left because i genuinely hate the general racism and xenophobia that the right exudes, but all in all i wish there was a way for us to be more united on some issues, instead of fighting each other tooth and nail about them, which is usually caused by mis-information- on both sides.
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Which is all to say: I've come to the conclusion that gerrymandering and purposefully non-competitive districts are the roof of a lot of the problems in the US. And I am bitter that my home district has been represented by a worthless crazypants Republican my entire life.
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1. Everyone wants money, and the Republicans know how to make it and grow it. Be the party of "Everyone can make money," not just "We protect the rich."
2. Embrace the less-government stance across the board: no moral legislation regarding abortion, no uneven legislation preventing gay marriage, no legislation preventing labor unions from forming. Stand behind things like the Bill of Rights.
3. Appeal to minority and women's interests, understand the power of new media.
So simple, and yet so difficult because then they would be Democrats.
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TRY CAPS LOCK
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THANK YOU! As much as I love our current president I'm mildly annoyed that I was forced to support a political party that doesn't really represent my views just because the one that does has completely dropped the ball.
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