Dubayoo Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Ideally, the Republican Party claims to be the party of law and order, free markets, and countless social principles, but in reality, does it uphold what it stands for? How many times have Republicans told people on a ruggedly individualist basis to deal with abuse and pull themselves up by their bootstraps? How many times have Republicans said it's OK for people to endure adversity and stop whining because they can get over it and still make something of themselves? How many times have Republicans said people need to conform to what's popular or else they're asking for it and deserve what's coming to them? How many times have Republicans made appeals to historical materialism in claiming people had it worse before, so people shouldn't complain about how good they have it today? How many times have Republicans treated reasonability as absurd while engaging in might makes right power politics? The Republican Party today is not really a party that stands up for what it believes in. In reality, it stands up for the exact opposite. At best, it's a party of corruption that manipulates the rule of law and order to enable instigators, antagonists, and provocateurs while getting those who retaliate into trouble. At worst, it's a party that advocates deregulation to turn society into a freeforall where luck comes before skill. I'm not saying Democrats are good here, but when they claim to the lesser among evils, they have a point. The Republican Party today is embracing getting things wrong on purpose instead of actually standing up for what's right. If anything, it uses the Democratic Party's political correctness to abuse those it doesn't like, and then forsakens the victims. Quote My Avie: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/senna/ Shortened versions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9qZu7h5ys0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvVqSpS65VE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalmor Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 As a registered Republican, I just want to watch the poor people, stoners, Muslims, women, kids, the elderly, atheists, gays, and really anybody that's not a straight, white, young, Christian male suffer, starve, be sick, and be executed via a firing squad. Is that so much to ask? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubayoo Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 This isn't about demographics. This is about attitude. Your sarcasm doesn't apply. Quote My Avie: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/senna/ Shortened versions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9qZu7h5ys0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvVqSpS65VE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozalia Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Small government is largely a Republican party gimmick. Outside the Libertarians in that camp none of them actually believe it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caecus Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 3 hours ago, Thalmor said: As a registered Republican, I just want to watch the poor people, stoners, Muslims, women, kids, the elderly, atheists, gays, and really anybody that's not a straight, white, young, Christian male suffer, starve, be sick, and be executed via a firing squad. Is that so much to ask? And waste precious, precious bullets?! You sick bastard. Also, this goes to show you that you can get away with anything by promising a 4% GDP growth. 1 Quote It's a useful mental exercise. Through the years, many thinkers have been fascinated by it. But I don't enjoy playing. It was a game that was born during a brutal age when life counted for little. Everyone believed that some people were worth more than others. Kings. Pawns. I don't think that anyone is worth more than anyone else. Chess is just a game. Real people are not pieces. You can't assign more value to some of them and not others. Not to me. Not to anyone. People are not a thing that you can sacrifice. The lesson is, if anyone who looks on to the world as if it was a game of chess, deserves to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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