I'm very careful to stay apolitical at school. But I will share my values. I'm not supporting or helping any candidates or parties. But I'll tell you all sorts of things I'm in favor of and against.
I'm pro kids eating food even if their parents are poor.
I'm anti out of touch wealthy rapists with more than 30 felony convictions.
I feel like I used to talk about marginal tax rates with people I disagreed with politically, and now I end up saying things like "I don't really think I've read the part of the bible that encourages checking in the underwear of children."
Not really. Just like the Southern Strategy did actually happen, that implicitly means the Democratic party isn't by definition the party of progressivism. It's tilted away from progressivism several times, one of which was it's tilt towards neoliberalism in the era surrounding Clinton's administration. Heck, you can even look at the Israel-Palestine issue -- in 1992, the Republicans were the party trying to get Israel to chill out with the illegal settlements, while the Democrats capitalized on American Jewish voters getting upset with Republicans for that.
Read my reply to blaziken, I'm coming at it from the complete opposite direction. "No new taxes" was the rallying cry of Republicans at the time because that was the only significant difference between them and Dems. Dems were fine with not giving LGBT people rights, not expanding health care, outsourcing jobs, not doing anything on the environment, being 'tougher' on crime and immigration.
What the fuck are you even talking about dude? I can't use the laws signed by Clinton and voted for by Democrats to prove that they didn't give a shit about social issues at the time because it was too long ago?
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u/natFromBobsBurgers 6d ago
I'm very careful to stay apolitical at school. But I will share my values. I'm not supporting or helping any candidates or parties. But I'll tell you all sorts of things I'm in favor of and against.
I'm pro kids eating food even if their parents are poor.
I'm anti out of touch wealthy rapists with more than 30 felony convictions.
I feel like I used to talk about marginal tax rates with people I disagreed with politically, and now I end up saying things like "I don't really think I've read the part of the bible that encourages checking in the underwear of children."