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RE: My Life As A Republican
June 6, 2023 at 12:24 pm
I was a Republican and a Social Democrat at the same time. When I abandoned Republicanism, I went from being a Social Democrat to being a social democrat (Loyalism has never been part of the picture).
I currently tend to split my votes between Labour and Te Pati Māori.
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RE: My Life As A Republican
June 6, 2023 at 1:10 pm
I was apolitical until 2018, when I became a center-left Democrat.
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RE: My Life As A Republican
June 6, 2023 at 5:48 pm
Confession time, I'm a republican.
Oh yeah baby! Work that border poll action!
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RE: My Life As A Republican
June 6, 2023 at 6:32 pm
(June 6, 2023 at 5:48 pm)GUBU Wrote: Confession time, I'm a republican.
Oh yeah baby! Work that border poll action!
I was. Gave up on when I finally admitted to myself that it was a lost cause (at least in my lifetime).
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RE: My Life As A Republican
June 6, 2023 at 6:34 pm
(June 6, 2023 at 6:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (June 6, 2023 at 5:48 pm)GUBU Wrote: Confession time, I'm a republican.
Oh yeah baby! Work that border poll action!
I was. Gave up on when I finally admitted to myself that it was a lost cause (at least in my lifetime).
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What made you think it was a lost cause?
"Imagination, life is your creation"
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RE: My Life As A Republican
June 6, 2023 at 6:57 pm
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(June 6, 2023 at 10:50 am)no one Wrote: Well, you had to have a lobotomy in order to be a republican, right?
No, he could just be a malevolent, misanthropic, misogynous, gutless, conceited, faithless, ignorant, poltroon of an asshole feeling the urge to mate with his own kind.
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RE: My Life As A Republican
June 6, 2023 at 7:44 pm
(June 6, 2023 at 6:34 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (June 6, 2023 at 6:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I was. Gave up on when I finally admitted to myself that it was a lost cause (at least in my lifetime).
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What made you think it was a lost cause?
The fact that a whopping great majority of the population are Unionists, the fact that devolved governments are a joke, and the fact the UK will never, ever let its last bit of empire go.
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RE: My Life As A Republican
June 6, 2023 at 7:47 pm
(June 6, 2023 at 7:44 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (June 6, 2023 at 6:34 pm)Ahriman Wrote: What made you think it was a lost cause?
The fact that a whopping great majority of the population are Unionists, the fact that devolved governments are a joke, and the fact the UK will never, ever let its last bit of empire go.
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But it wasn't for any moralistic reason?
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RE: My Life As A Republican
June 6, 2023 at 8:09 pm
I was a solid GOP voter until after 2008, I believed the bullshit about them being the party of fiscal responsibility, small government, and personal responsibility. Once you're outside the bubble, it's laughable how transparently evident the bullshit is.
Don't get me wrong, I have no great love for the Democratic party either.
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RE: My Life As A Republican
June 6, 2023 at 8:14 pm
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(June 6, 2023 at 7:47 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (June 6, 2023 at 7:44 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The fact that a whopping great majority of the population are Unionists, the fact that devolved governments are a joke, and the fact the UK will never, ever let its last bit of empire go.
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But it wasn't for any moralistic reason?
Of course not. In my younger days, I threw rocks at Protestants for practical, not moral, reasons.
What a stupid question.
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