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As a person who comes from a traditionally Republican family and has myself transitioned from center-right to pretty far left, it is reassuring to see a consist
by defterGoose 7y ago
As a person who comes from a traditionally Republican family and has myself transitioned from center-right to pretty far left, it is reassuring to see a consistency of opinion like yours from those who still identify as Republicans. One of the biggest symptoms of our current political polarization seems to be people on both sides giving carte blanche to their respective leaders to backtrack or redefine their espoused values. Just as it angers me when Democrats throw nuclear power under the bus due to its status as a political non-starter, it angers me when GOP supporters do gymnastics to explain selective abandoning of their most dearly held ideals like states' rights.
- domnomnom 7y agoBeing consistent ad absurdium is just being a different kind of dumb.
- tathougies 7y agoMeh... you can be a right-leaning or left-leaning strict constructionist. The two terms are not correlated really. It all comes down to how much you believe the law should be enforced equally and impartially (in my possibly controversial opinion).
- SubiculumCode 7y agoTo my mind much of the polarization is in part the result of more and more power being handed to a winner-takes-all Federal system. If more power were in the States, then it is more likely that the laws will reflect your political views, and/or have an option to move to another State without having to leave your nation. With most eggs being in the Federal basket, which (generally) does not make laws for one state but not another, you are going to have a bunch of unhappy folks no matter what law gets passed.