Current Events > If you consider yourself a democrat or republican you're basically saying that

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you don't have critical thinking skills
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Nice, Ive never once thought of myself as either one of those.
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lol @ this topic
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Aight

Thanks TC
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Bullet_Wing posted...

If you consider yourself a Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton supporter, you don't have critical thinking skills

This but let's be honest the actual parties themselves have been absolute shit for decades.
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uh no. That's stupid
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bevan306 posted...

uh no. That's stupid

not at all, sure there is an extremely minor amount of people who's party lines up exactly with their beliefs but the vast majority just ignore, deflect, or downplay the differences of opinion between themselves and their party because of their lack of critical thinking skills and weakminded mentality.
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The easiest way to subvert a free society with checks on government power is to turn them against each other.

I expect this thread to be filled with responses from both sides that confirm this by people completely unaware that they're confirming it.
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I don't think the guy drinking magic mold water is really one to speak on others' intelligence
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bump for cognitive dissonance awareness
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Bump.
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Bump
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BignutzisBack posted...

who's party

BignutzisBack posted...

you don't have critical thinking skills

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Anteaterking posted...

BignutzisBack posted...

who's party

BignutzisBack posted...

you don't have critical thinking skills

what

@Anteaterking
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I'm an independent, but I like republicans more than democrats generally.
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it's whose
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Imagine thinking the voice of ordinary people actually matters to leaders of either party and not special interests
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bevan306 posted...

it's whose

ohh I thought he had a crucial point to make or something
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BignutzisBack posted...

Anteaterking posted...

BignutzisBack posted...

who's party

BignutzisBack posted...

you don't have critical thinking skills

what

@Anteaterking

I was making fun of your typo.

But for the actual post that is contained in, it seems like you are making the classical argument about "labels". There's always the balance between number of labels and how well it describes people. Isn't it equally idiotic to say "I'm not a Republican because I differ with them in these three minor ways"?
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Anteaterking posted...

Isn't it equally idiotic to say "I'm not a Republican because I differ with them in these three minor ways"?

what do you mean by minor, what would you consider a few minor differences?
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BignutzisBack posted...

Anteaterking posted...

Isn't it equally idiotic to say "I'm not a Republican because I differ with them in these three minor ways"?

what do you mean by minor, what would you consider a few minor differences?

I didn't have any in mind. It's also very dependent on what issues are important to you. You're measuring (difference on position)*(importance of issue).

My point is that you seem averse to labeling yourself as any political party just because they don't perfectly describe you.
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Anteaterking posted...

BignutzisBack posted...

Anteaterking posted...

Isn't it equally idiotic to say "I'm not a Republican because I differ with them in these three minor ways"?

what do you mean by minor, what would you consider a few minor differences?

I didn't have any in mind. It's also very dependent on what issues are important to you. You're measuring (difference on position)*(importance of issue).

My point is that you seem averse to labeling yourself as any political party just because they don't perfectly describe you.

Well for me specifically I don't ever want to commit to a party because they seem to change every few years along with having a few core differences with each side that both sides seems to be dug in on. I don't think with only two parties that they should be able to come close to perfectly describing many people at all yet the vast majority of Americans have dug in their heels anyway as if they HAVE to be part of a group instead of being able to take a look at the candidates and what the party tries stand for every 4 years before making your decision for that period of time. I identified a lot more with the left 10 years ago but they have taken a drastic shift towards identity politics so I felt I had more in common with the right now but unfortunately if I identified as a Republican I would then have to go along with all that religious fueled decision making. I just wish people would be more open-minded and kept their options open, you don't have to be locked into a party if you don't want to be.
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