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On the contrary: most liberals (or anyone else who doesn't identify as a [neo]conservative) are painfully aware that the democratic party is failing to represen

On the contrary: most liberals (or anyone else who doesn't identify as a [neo]conservative) are painfully aware that the democratic party is failing to represent them. We just know that that failure is less damaging than what the Republican party is up to. The Republican party is the party of unification and engagement. The Democratic party is the tent for everyone else. The presence of the former demands the existence of the latter.

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
> The Republican party is the party of unification and engagement. The anti-LGBT party with a well-known track record of racism is the party of unification? No...no it's not. They're the party, that when asked to NOT be anti-LGBT and not be racist, cries about their freedom being repressed. The Republican party is the party of authority, tradition (Which is not necessarily a virtue), and conformity. They're the party of freedom, but only if you're a white Christian male, bonus points if you're rich. The Republican seeks to oppress minorities, and then when asked to not be hateful, act like they're a victim of thought policing. They spew hateful messages on social media, get rightfully banned for it, and then pretend they got banned for their conservative views, which of course is pretty telling. No, they're anything BUT the party of unification. They USED to be, but they let some loudmouth idiots become the face of the party.
- thomastjeffery 2y ago
  I mean unification with themselves. Either you are a Republican, or you are not a conservative. In contrast, the Democratic party actually tries to cater to leftists, progressives, liberals, etc. all at once: one tent for everyone who isn't Republican. Take for example the words, "In God We Trust; United We Stand." A christian conservative can read those words as a call for compromise around a shared identity; but the rest of us can read them for the threat that they are: either you are in the in group, or you are selfishly standing against it. If the unification of the Republican voterbase wasn't working, Utah would have put 20% of its 2020 vote into an independent candidate, just like we did in 2016. That didn't happen. Instead, those voters became Trump supporters.

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago

> The Republican party is the party of unification and engagement. The anti-LGBT party with a well-known track record of racism is the party of unification? No...no it's not. They're the party, that when asked to NOT be anti-LGBT and not be racist, cries about their freedom being repressed. The Republican party is the party of authority, tradition (Which is not necessarily a virtue), and conformity. They're the party of freedom, but only if you're a white Christian male, bonus points if you're rich. The Republican seeks to oppress minorities, and then when asked to not be hateful, act like they're a victim of thought policing. They spew hateful messages on social media, get rightfully banned for it, and then pretend they got banned for their conservative views, which of course is pretty telling. No, they're anything BUT the party of unification. They USED to be, but they let some loudmouth idiots become the face of the party.

thomastjeffery 2y ago
I mean unification with themselves. Either you are a Republican, or you are not a conservative. In contrast, the Democratic party actually tries to cater to leftists, progressives, liberals, etc. all at once: one tent for everyone who isn't Republican. Take for example the words, "In God We Trust; United We Stand." A christian conservative can read those words as a call for compromise around a shared identity; but the rest of us can read them for the threat that they are: either you are in the in group, or you are selfishly standing against it. If the unification of the Republican voterbase wasn't working, Utah would have put 20% of its 2020 vote into an independent candidate, just like we did in 2016. That didn't happen. Instead, those voters became Trump supporters.