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Yeah. Most Dem politicians aren't leftists. Many leftists vote Democrat out of, "what other choice do we even have. Not voting at all?"
by turtledove 4y ago
Yeah. Most Dem politicians aren't leftists. Many leftists vote Democrat out of, "what other choice do we even have. Not voting at all?"
- Spivak 4y agoHell I bet there's even a sizable number of people who would be Republican's if it weren't for the fact their demographic has been personally victimized by them. Being gay, black, Hispanic, Muslim, but otherwise conservative puts you in such a weird spot.
- scarface74 4y agoThere is nothing “conservative” about the modern Republican Party. The conservatives were run out in 2016.
- mbg721 4y agoTheir views of what constitutes a family and how immigration should work are both pretty conservative in the traditional sense. Their economic and foreign-policy positions might be a complete nightmare-show.
- scarface74 4y agoReagan threw his full support behind “amnesty” in the 80s. Bush went out of his way to not let 9/11 be an excuse to target Muslim Americans. McCain shut down one of his supporters cold when they tried to bring up the conspiracy that Obama was “a secret Muslim trying to bring Sharia Law to the US” and asked him to do his eulogy. But on the other hand, even Obama didn’t support gay marriage at first.
- turtledove 4y agoWait, what are you saying about Bush? If there's one thing his admin is known for it's targeting Muslim Americans. But I'll agree, Dems still don't support gay marriage, pregnancy care, trans folks, etc. They just happen to be slightly better about it than Republicans are. Turns out being a minority in America is kinda a bad deal
- scarface74 4y agohttps://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/president-bush-s-islam-is-peace-speech https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/president-bush-s-islam-is...
- mbg721 4y agoOh yes, "amnesty", that one-time thing where after we're done with that, the law will really mean what it says. How did that work out?