(December 24, 2012 at 11:04 am)CapnAwesome Wrote:(December 24, 2012 at 10:00 am)TaraJo Wrote: I really hate hearing everyone say "Both parties are the same!" It's a sign of blatent stupidity. I mean, just look at the platforms of both parties, presented side by side, and you'll see what I mean. Fact is, I have a lot to gain if employment or housing discrimination against GLBT people is passed. The Republicans ain't gonna do that for me. I have a lot to gain if Pell Grants continue and the Republicans want to do away with that. I get health care from a center that's partially funded by grants which, again, the Republican party puts at risk. And those are just a few of the issues I can think of now. Part of the reason I vote Democrat is because, given their track record, I'm confident that their position on future issues will be more in line with my beliefs.
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I mean, all that is fine, but what you should be wary of is falling into the thinking that because the democrats support things that make your life better, it doesn't mean they are right on all issues. You seem to give them blanket support for everything just because they (kinda) support a few issues you care about.
Name me one label where everyone who subscribes to that label agrees on everything all the time. Even as atheists we don't always agree on all things all the time.
We are human beings first. I hate loyalty oaths and guilt by association. Having said that, BOTH parties are NOT the same, and saying something is flawed is all you are doing. There is no such thing as a utopia, but the Democrats ARE trying to correct 30 years of the extraction bubble market the Republicans allowed Corporate America to set up.
There is no "lesser of the two evils", there is the republican party which is the arm of the robber baron class, and there are the Democrats who actually care about the health of our economy and increasing the stability of more NOT LESS people.
