The American Politics Thread

Steve, with all due respect, you don't live in the US - I do. Believe me, there is absolutely NO comparison between the rural areas of the US and those in any part of Europe (meant geographically, not politically, of course). Respect is a two-way street. I am not going to waste my time respecting anyone who thinks I'm the devil because I believe in universal healthcare, freedom of choice for women, or racial equality - to name but a few. Not that I'm going to go out of my way to hate or ridicule them - that's just not me - but I'm not going to feel guilty for not having a great opinion of them. Liberals may be illiberal in speech, but they're not the ones stockpiling all kinds of weapons and ammo to wage war against heaven knows what.

In addition, I set a great store by consistency, and people who vote for a narcissistic sociopath because they are afraid of socialism, but did not even think of returning the stimulus money (as a true anti-socialist would have done) do not get a whole lot of points in my book.

No, I don’t live over the pond. Both of us are, though, extremely familiar with the rampant corruption one finds in both Italian and Maltese politics, are we not?

In fact, though, Raff, I think there are similarities between rural America and rural Britain. Rural folk in Britain tend to be far more conservative (note the small c) than their urban compatriots. The Labour Party in England garners most of its votes from urban conurbations, and, believe me, many of the debates you lot have over there about progressive politics v conservative politics are sharply mirrored here. We are a wee bit more alike than many people might care to admit.

Why should you feel guilty about your views? You shouldn’t. I did not suggest this. I merely tried to make the point that well-meaning people can have differing points of view. Or to put it another way, very few Republican or Conservative voters would think you are the devil. Some might, to be sure. But I don’t think the majority do. They merely hold differing views.

Of course, one of the many depressing aspects of modern democratic politics is the modern media’s awful fixation with amplifying said differences to a warlike situation. It does us no good. Just because someone doesn’t believe in a universal healthcare system doesn’t make them evil. It just makes them wrong (in our opinion, of course).

As to the stockpiling of weapons, you know full well that they are a minority of nutcases. I am comfortable in the knowledge that the majority of Republican voters find them as distasteful as you.

"Sorry to witter on, but the wife is watching stuff on the tv I have very little interest in"

 I take it Strictly Come F*****g Dancing is on, then!

"Donald Trump is president and will be inaugurated in January. Sodomites don't want to hear that. They'll be screaming at the sky again."

"Biden won and 2+2=5 They think if you keep hearing it over and over, that it will be true. It'll get to the point where only liberal sheep will be the media audience and conservatives will stop being scare-dy cats and thrive on their own platforms."

 

"EU leaders, all sheep, "congratulate" Biden. Poland's president Duda congratulated him on his "campaign", NOT his "win" or even as president-elect."

 

"Al Gore thought he was president for 37 days."

These people just live in their own world with little to no grasp on reality. I hate how politics are so black and white and one size fits all based on what party you're in. It's like sports teams and it's incredibly frustrating. Both parties do essentially the same sh*t, we just need to come together and work on improving the lives of the average American. Cut the military budget and put it in in education, healthcare, the environment, getting people off the streets and making sure everyone pays an equal share in the tax department. Is any rational person against that stuff?

Ha ha. No there's this whole thing called the manosphere. The MGTOW's(Men going there own way)is just one branch of that. I agree with some of what they say but they are basically a male version of extreme radical feminists. Many of them(if not most) are alt right and Trump supporters. 

Ok, I see Doug has pretty much said the same thing but went into more detail.

The Village People was about the only band not to sue Trump over the use of songs at his pep rallies.