The Batlord

^^^

That doesn't happen for the same reasons I was telling you that you educating yourself on politics essentially didn't matter: libertarians will generally vote republican regardless of the candidate's positions, so they don't have to be pandered to, and they're not a big enough unified voting bloc to affect primaries like the social conservatives are.

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Chula Vista

Just googled it:

WTF is liberal social engineering?

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

The Batlord

Stuff like affirmative action and welfare. Government intervention meant to cause social change that they view as ineffective, inefficient, and dangerously expanding the power of government at the expense of the individual.

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Chula Vista

Got it.

There's simply no grey left in political ideology. Solid black or white. That's why we're f*cked so badly. Pick an issue. Align yourself. Then give zero quarter no matter what the peripheral issues are.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

grtwhtgrvty

That's because unintelligent people think in black and white and most of the world is stupid.

Chula Vista

Not stupidity for a lot of folks. Just passion overriding logic.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

DwnWthVwls

What's the difference? Either way the outcome isn't logical.

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Chula Vista

Ya, pretty much. It's a shame in the end.

Guns
Bible
Abortion
Immigration
Global Warming
Minorities
Homosexuality
Taxes

Choose one and arm yourselves!

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

grtwhtgrvty

It's on the other side of the coin, too. Like 5 year olds being able to get sex changes.

DwnWthVwls

Uhh what? Where? Pretty sure you have to live at least a year as the opposite sex before they even consider you eligible, and I'd say 5 is a little too young for them to know. 8-10 is more reasonable when they can really start to understand and express feelings in a non-primative way. I don't think it should be done that young but I could understand the argument for it.

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