I remember a long time ago, always being confused why Liberals were pro abortion and conservatives were against abortion. It struck me that the party that supports seizing your land because of an endangered spotted inch worm would be the one to value all organisms, while the one that wanted to step on them so they can build a parking lot would crush any that were inconvenient. There were a few issues like that that always struck me as counter intuitive.
But this election, I think, really highlights whats going on.
I'm a New York Yankees fan since the early '80's. And two things I hated were Wade Boggs and Roger Clemens. Until they became Yankees. Then I loved them, and Red Sox fans hated them.
The political parties are the sports teams. The policies are the players. The voters are the fan bases. And as long as the player/policy is on my team/party, I support the player/policy.
That's why the Trumps are getting cheers for Equal pay for Women, the LGBTQ population, isolationism, and no more free trade. Meanwhile, Hillary/Obama are pro-nation building, blowing up civilians with drones, and cow towing to corporations, and many democrats are fine with it.
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I'll preface this with I'm historically Republican, although I'm all over the map since becoming atheist. I'm going to vote for Trump, I would have voted for Bernie. I'd never vote for Hillary or Cruz.
Why Atheist/Liberal associations? I think at the root is sociology. Social media/culture pushes white people under 40 very hard in one direction. There's lots of positive feedback for being Atheist, A lover of Science, and Progressive. They get patted on the back, while belittling the opposition. It started in the late 80's, early 90's? MTV combined music videos and the progressive movement targeting a generation of young white Americans. And that crowd now runs the internet for the most part. By staking out anti-religion, pro-science, and progressive you become 'one of the good ones' in the internet community. And then the group think/mob mentality takes over, the brains shut off, and that's that. If you're dumb as fuck, don't understand science, religion, or reasons for being progressive, that's not an issue. As long as you share the ole I Fucking Love Science posts, and rave about Neil Degrasse Tyson, you're better than the other people.
Not that there's anything wrong with being Athiest/Pro-science/Progressive, just that I think that's the position people are being herded towards. And a large portion of the population is just going to be herded wherever it is people like them are being herded.
But this election, I think, really highlights whats going on.
I'm a New York Yankees fan since the early '80's. And two things I hated were Wade Boggs and Roger Clemens. Until they became Yankees. Then I loved them, and Red Sox fans hated them.
The political parties are the sports teams. The policies are the players. The voters are the fan bases. And as long as the player/policy is on my team/party, I support the player/policy.
That's why the Trumps are getting cheers for Equal pay for Women, the LGBTQ population, isolationism, and no more free trade. Meanwhile, Hillary/Obama are pro-nation building, blowing up civilians with drones, and cow towing to corporations, and many democrats are fine with it.
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I'll preface this with I'm historically Republican, although I'm all over the map since becoming atheist. I'm going to vote for Trump, I would have voted for Bernie. I'd never vote for Hillary or Cruz.
Why Atheist/Liberal associations? I think at the root is sociology. Social media/culture pushes white people under 40 very hard in one direction. There's lots of positive feedback for being Atheist, A lover of Science, and Progressive. They get patted on the back, while belittling the opposition. It started in the late 80's, early 90's? MTV combined music videos and the progressive movement targeting a generation of young white Americans. And that crowd now runs the internet for the most part. By staking out anti-religion, pro-science, and progressive you become 'one of the good ones' in the internet community. And then the group think/mob mentality takes over, the brains shut off, and that's that. If you're dumb as fuck, don't understand science, religion, or reasons for being progressive, that's not an issue. As long as you share the ole I Fucking Love Science posts, and rave about Neil Degrasse Tyson, you're better than the other people.
Not that there's anything wrong with being Athiest/Pro-science/Progressive, just that I think that's the position people are being herded towards. And a large portion of the population is just going to be herded wherever it is people like them are being herded.
