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I don't think this is hard to understand this. The Republican Party (as of now) is not inclusive. If you are not white, your English is not so great, or your s
by tlogan 12y ago
I don't think this is hard to understand this.
The Republican Party (as of now) is not inclusive.
If you are not white, your English is not so great, or your sexual orientation is not heterosexual, or you are traveling and learning about other countries, or you are not born here, or you don't believe in creationism, or your religious views are not Christians then you are out.
And the worst thing is that they don't even notice that. Like ridiculing me about my accent and heritage and then asking "why you are not republican - we have similar views...". Yeah... I have a Trotsky book to sell you.
So if you are in academia you will be excluded by Republican Party because of the following:
- you don't believe in creationism
- your religious views are not Christians
- you are not born here
- you are married with somebody who is not born here
- you are traveling around the world
In short, Republican party is getting defined not by its policy but by its exclusion principle (and it is defined by Fox News - which is not helping Republican party at all).
- jiggy2011 12y agoMitt Romney was not a creationist and he won the Republican nomination in 2012. Based on my understanding you also need to be Christian and born in America to reach the higher positions in either party.
- tlogan 12y ago“I believe that God designed the universe and created the universe,” Mr. Romney said in an interview this week. “And I believe evolution is most likely the process he used to create the human body.” [1] What to say here? [1] http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/romney-elaborates-on-evolution/?_r=0 http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/romney-elabora...
- jiggy2011 12y agoBy that definition all christians could be called creationists. I'm not aware of any christian sect who hold the belief that God came into existence after the rest of the universe.
- leesalminen 12y agoRight, because our current president is Christian and was born in America.
- krapp 12y agoYes? As far as I know, Hawaii is in fact a part of the United States.
- omonra 12y agoYour argument falls apart at the second sentence. The issue discussed is not whether someone is a registered Republican party voter, but the belief structure they have. Imagine that - there are foreign-born non-Christian conservatives who travel around the world. Whether the rest of your points are true or just bigoted ranting (others may choose) is ultimately irrelevant.