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Most of us in this group are liberals. Sure seems that way at least so if I'm wrong, please call me out.

We also seem to be mostly Democrats.

I'd like to know why. I know the GOP is evil as Saruman. But why choose the other group just because of that? What have they done for you? Ever?

Seeker3CO 8 May 13
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Do you mean by liberal the current crop of left-pole sitters, from which all directions are alt-white?

Or do you mean classical liberal? If the latter, i am sure you are incorrect.

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Just going to throw a few things out there, labor laws, social security, medicare, medicaid. civil rights act, voting rights act, NASA, and those are just off the top of my head in 10 seconds.

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I just typed a rather lengthy reply and somehow I must have hit "delete" instead of "edit." My brain is too tired to try to rewrite. Maybe later.

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In politics, don't you always end up voting for the lesser of two evils?

At some level, sure. I've always said the only way to ensure a politician matches your views 100% is the run yourself.

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Opposing Republican party selling out the country to rich polluters robbing people of their benefits like Medicare and social security stealing from social security to fund tax cuts for rich pricks poisoning water in flint Michigan with lead for cutting taxes for same rich people just to name a few things list goes on and on

bobwjr Level 10 May 13, 2019
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Well . I am a nurse . I know very litle of " politics ". I read and I have to check things constantly in order to open my mouth . I only know Humans well . Very well . That I will stand for and I will argue . That , I will vote for .
The humans I have nursed in this country the last 23 yrs , they came to me sick , anxious , and either broke , either broke to be after the medical bills . I have nursed the young teens who are educated in shitty public schools . The ghetto and the immigrants in Texas and Florida . The prostitutes and the crack heads in Virginia , the older retired and in a budget white folks , and the every day average joe w his sub life and sub kids .
In any case , for the biggest part , I can link bad decisions , bad maintance , and bad behaviors to limited of education , poverty , stupidity and religion , and in general in abcense of empathy and compassion . I vote for the party who cares for soccial issues . I like to vote for who ever supports good education and health care . Stupid people are the future sick people . That's a fact .
As for the religion part , do I have to explain ? 😂I vote for who ever does not support laws that are based on religion beliefs and promote more of religion . I am an atheist . And a nurse . I am not an agnostic . I took plenty of babies and adults to the morgue through my career . Religious politicians and believers in general , they will never earn my respect or trust / vote . If u need gods , I don't need u . It's simple . I will tolerate u , ( Bcz these assholes impose everywhere and they are entitled to everything 😂, even in politics ), but I will never respect u or count on u as an individual w the minimum amount of functioning brains .

WHEW!

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There’s a fair amount of research that intelligent, educated people are more likely to be liberal and also, separately, are more likely to be atheist than less intelligent, less educated people. I don’t consider myself a Democrat but am very liberal and they are the option that represents my beliefs better than the others.

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Republican or conservatism means believing in things without evidence in order to continue to believe in fairy tales. Not only religion.

They have to deny facts, reality, statistics in order to keep their believes in like 2nd Amendment is awesome, it prevents tyranny, American dream is real, if you work hard, you will be successful no matter what, America is exceptional, free-market capitalism produces the best results not just to the people to the top but to everybody, current healthcare system is the best in the world, humans cannot damage the environment because god protects it, etc. not to mention gays are sick, white people are supreme.

I'm a liberal supporter of the 2nd Amendment, though I have no problem with restrictions to keep firearms out of the hands of the violent and unstable.

Have never been an NRA member, nor would I be.

@WilliamCharles You may support the 2nd Amendment with legitimate causes. Actually, I do not have any problem with it because there is a reason that founders put "well-organized militia" into the sentence.

But saying that the 2nd Amendment is the guarantee against tyranny as most conservatives preach does not have any supportive empirical evidence anywhere in the world.

@tansut

I read something recently that I felt had some validity. Those who say they're against guns are also for the power of the state to use their guns to take them away from cirizens.

Yes, right wingers often talk about armed insurrection to take down a corrupt and oppressive government, yet liberals often point out the many ways that that describes the government to a tee.

I remain uncomfortable that so many others are wilking to forfeit any of my freedoms so that they might feel safer, regardless of the truth.

Labeling unpopular spech as hate speech on social media is gaining a lot of traction. The most common dismissal is that they're not the government so it doesn't trouble them any. Yet corporations exercise an inordinate amount of control on the government, most often against the interests of the very people the government is meant to serve.

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I argue a lot of positions commensurate with the Democratic stance. I've never belonged to a political party in all my life. My philosophies are more similar to Democrats than Republicans.

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Why am I a Democrat and liberal? One, I’ve read the various Republican platforms, local and national, as sick-making as they are. Two, I’m a woman, bisexual, now disabled, always a non-believer. Now I’m poor, too. I watched the rights of others get stepped on all my life here in the South, and I hate it. I watch folks vote against unions, against themselves, and I hate it.

My daughter and I had a convo a few days ago about climate change. We both agree it’s probably too late, but the planet will survive. Then we speculated about what researchers will conclude in a million years about us. Will our toxins become gems or inclusions? Will there be a Big Pharma Epoch? We were kind of joking, but not really. Another reason why. We’ll fail, but I have to try.

Planet may survive (not a sure thing though) but not humans and maybe more than 90% of species living today.

And Earth may become like Venus if it gets a vicious circle of heating. (losing ice that reflect sun light, get hotter, lose more get hottter, lose clouds that covers 2/3 of Earth and reflect sunlight, get hotter, lose more get hotter and you will be like 10 degrees celcius above pre-industrial age, with no turning back.

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