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Here's a simple one, one party has attempted to enshrine voters rights and the other has done its damndest to make sure the smallest number of people vote in el

by hobs 2y ago

Here's a simple one, one party has attempted to enshrine voters rights and the other has done its damndest to make sure the smallest number of people vote in elections. This idea that "they are all the same" is just an entirely bogus farce, the last republican tried to remain a king of america less than four years ago, this argument has no weight anymore.

Spooky23 2y ago
100% Even if you don’t agree with the policies, the democratic tent requires people to vote for them. The reactionary position is getting people to say “no” to third rail policies. Hence the GOP focus on suppressing the vote.
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_heimdall 2y ago
Some clarification here would be helpful. What policies specifically do you consider the Democrats having tried to enshrine voter rights? Or do you mean access to voting, rather than the right to vote itself? For Trump, do you actually think he attempted to make himself a king? Or is that embellishment when your actual view is that he attempted to vircumvent the electoral process and "win" a second term? I can't stand the man personally and would vote for an empty chair before him, but I also didn't read his attempt to flip the electoral result as an attempted annointment or coup. I view them as effectively the same due to the huge overlap in policy. Both parties are pro-war, both parties want to lock down our borders, both parties want some kind of gun control, both want to limit access to abortion at some level, and both view the supreme court as a place that needs political appointees rather than the most qualified judges. They absolutely debate the details, but neither party is for a balanced budget. Neither party supports real privacy laws. Neither party values individual freedoms over federal power. Neither party wants to limit federal powers in favor of state-level powers, though both are happy to make that claim only when it suits their specific law they can't get through at the federal level.

by hobs 2y ago

Spooky23 2y ago

100% Even if you don’t agree with the policies, the democratic tent requires people to vote for them. The reactionary position is getting people to say “no” to third rail policies. Hence the GOP focus on suppressing the vote.

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_heimdall 2y ago

Some clarification here would be helpful. What policies specifically do you consider the Democrats having tried to enshrine voter rights? Or do you mean access to voting, rather than the right to vote itself? For Trump, do you actually think he attempted to make himself a king? Or is that embellishment when your actual view is that he attempted to vircumvent the electoral process and "win" a second term? I can't stand the man personally and would vote for an empty chair before him, but I also didn't read his attempt to flip the electoral result as an attempted annointment or coup. I view them as effectively the same due to the huge overlap in policy. Both parties are pro-war, both parties want to lock down our borders, both parties want some kind of gun control, both want to limit access to abortion at some level, and both view the supreme court as a place that needs political appointees rather than the most qualified judges. They absolutely debate the details, but neither party is for a balanced budget. Neither party supports real privacy laws. Neither party values individual freedoms over federal power. Neither party wants to limit federal powers in favor of state-level powers, though both are happy to make that claim only when it suits their specific law they can't get through at the federal level.