"5% of Republicans said they wouldn't be friends with someone from the opposite party, compared to 37% of Democrats.
71% of Democrats wouldn't go on a date with someone with opposing views, versus 31% of Republicans. "
Sad to see that so many Republicans still foolishly want to try to be friends with leftists or date leftists.
Deluded Republicans think the left (the rank and file of the DP) is open to reason and the tools of reason, like fair debate and rational argument.
Clearly this isn't the case.
The D/R system is killing us. The only viable third party is the Libertarian Party but their years of compromise have soured many on their possibilities and motives.
Now that the Mises Caucus has taken over, the party is reforming and I think it can pose a credible challenge to the duopoly once it amasses enough good PR with enough credible and popular alternative media.
The alternative is more of the same. That way lies more madness and destruction.
The problem is public perception. Due to the media narrative that warps the nature of political demographic percentages, many on the right are willing to settle because they don't believe there's much chance to be that picky, when in reality it's more likely than they think.
That said, I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that a significant portion who vote left do so solely because it's popular, and not because of actual policy. There are probably plenty on the right that think they can sway those kinds of people which is why they would be willing to at least see if they're that kind of person.
Yeah I can't argue that. I couldn't deal with a friend going on about leftist crap. Albeit my threshold for friends is far higher than some people who would count their 1000 Facebook friends as real friends.
Found your problem. I think you're confusing democrats with Academia leftists.
What I learned is you cannot find common ground with people who utterly hate you and your way of life.
Most Democrats don't hate you and your way of life. I know because I hang out with plenty of Canadians who don't agree with my views on political stuff. However, we can discuss non-political things easily.
I hope young Republicans will learn the lesson
I hope they don't. They're not supposed to be leftists who want to hate the other camp. They need to keep trying to build bridges. That's how we'll get more folks to agree to compromise and common ground.
Then the vast majority are NPCs or they wouldn't sit still for the shit their "leaders" lay on us constantly. I hear zero voices of reform from rank-and-file Democrats. In fact, all reasonable people have abandoned the DP for independent status. Some are joining the Libertarian Party, but most remain non-affiliated.
The utter moral and rational bankruptcy of the DP is followed very closely by the RP and its sea-anchor neocons and others of that party who are opportunists and RINOs, with a few exceptions. The Rs are a paper tiger, an edifice rotten to the core with mercenary feckless war-mongers.
It's great to hear other points of view, but you can't be friends with people who hate you. Proper Twitter and MSNBC-fed leftists hate people that aren't like them. It would be hard to accidentally be friends with you because they'd shun you.
I am fully capable of putting politics aside and being friends on another level. The question is: are they?
"5% of Republicans said they wouldn't be friends with someone from the opposite party, compared to 37% of Democrats. 71% of Democrats wouldn't go on a date with someone with opposing views, versus 31% of Republicans. "
Sad to see that so many Republicans still foolishly want to try to be friends with leftists or date leftists.
Unlike what Impy believes, some "Taming Of The Shrew" needs to take place to maintain any civilization.
Trying to tame people who utterly despise you and your way of life is not feasible.
A decade ago I used to think it is possible for the left and right to bridge differences despite political ideology.
Take it from me, ANY dreams of unity shattered when I saw how they treated Trump and his supporters after he won in 16.
I worked in academia for the first few years of the Trump presidency.
I want nothing to do with these leftists.
Their hatred towards non-leftists is immeasurable and unending.
You won't be taming these shrews is the short answer I can give you.
Leftists can absolutely be tamed. But describing how is a rule 2 violation.
Most women aren't die-hard leftists. They are just innately allured by protectionism and paternalism.
All you have to prove is that you're a better provider than the government.
(you are)
[Bardolatry intensifies]
Deluded Republicans think the left (the rank and file of the DP) is open to reason and the tools of reason, like fair debate and rational argument.
Clearly this isn't the case.
The D/R system is killing us. The only viable third party is the Libertarian Party but their years of compromise have soured many on their possibilities and motives.
Now that the Mises Caucus has taken over, the party is reforming and I think it can pose a credible challenge to the duopoly once it amasses enough good PR with enough credible and popular alternative media.
The alternative is more of the same. That way lies more madness and destruction.
I think, realistically, you can't have a viable third party with our current voting system. You'll need to have a ranked voting system.
The problem is public perception. Due to the media narrative that warps the nature of political demographic percentages, many on the right are willing to settle because they don't believe there's much chance to be that picky, when in reality it's more likely than they think.
That said, I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that a significant portion who vote left do so solely because it's popular, and not because of actual policy. There are probably plenty on the right that think they can sway those kinds of people which is why they would be willing to at least see if they're that kind of person.
Yeah I can't argue that. I couldn't deal with a friend going on about leftist crap. Albeit my threshold for friends is far higher than some people who would count their 1000 Facebook friends as real friends.
Quite the opposite. It's nice to see one side isn't so deep into politics, they can't find common ground with others who don't fully agree with them.
Echo chambers suck and if your principals are strong enough, getting them challenged once in a while shouldn't be an issue for you.
You should ask yourself why you're so insecure, you can't tolerate any challenge or disagreement. You sound more like a leftist because of it.
This is the most amusing comment I read in a while.
Let me give you some context on my background.
I worked in academia for years.
If you think I have ever been in any echo chamber of my own views, you are mistaken.
I have managed to remain and defend my staunch anti-woke national populist views despite working for years in an echo-chamber of deluded leftism.
What I learned is you cannot find common ground with people who utterly hate you and your way of life.
You can find common ground with people if they are willing to debate in good faith.
That is sadly not what you will find on any college campus these days.
Wokeism is the new religion of the left and anyone who does not bend the knee will be treated as a subhuman.
I left academia because it is a festering homogenous cult.
I believe it is important to learn about opposing views.
That doesn't mean I am going to be foolish enough to date or maintain friendships with people who hate my way of life.
Being betrayed by friends over politics changes you.
I hope young Republicans will learn the lesson I learned without suffering permanent consequences.
Found your problem. I think you're confusing democrats with Academia leftists.
Most Democrats don't hate you and your way of life. I know because I hang out with plenty of Canadians who don't agree with my views on political stuff. However, we can discuss non-political things easily.
I hope they don't. They're not supposed to be leftists who want to hate the other camp. They need to keep trying to build bridges. That's how we'll get more folks to agree to compromise and common ground.
Have you met any Democrats lately?
Press X to doubt on "Most Democrats don't hate you and your way of life."
I am an Asian American and sadly many of my relatives are still Dems. I heard unfiltered what they think of the right. It is nothing but blind hate.
"Compromise and common ground" to them means the right capitulating to the left.
There can be no compromise and common ground when it comes to preserving our constitutional rights that the left is constantly trying to destroy.
Your compromise arguments sound like the inane drivel spewing from "bipartisan" Swamp snakes like Romney, Cornyn, Sinema and Manchin.
Another hot take from one of my #1 fans.
It's not that he doesn't want to be around people of opposing views, it's that it's not good for his sanity.
These people are angry, bitter and twisted, taught to act nearly identical to feminist women in their subterfuge.
The vast majority aren't.
Not that you'd know, you probably also think they're all women.
Then the vast majority are NPCs or they wouldn't sit still for the shit their "leaders" lay on us constantly. I hear zero voices of reform from rank-and-file Democrats. In fact, all reasonable people have abandoned the DP for independent status. Some are joining the Libertarian Party, but most remain non-affiliated.
The utter moral and rational bankruptcy of the DP is followed very closely by the RP and its sea-anchor neocons and others of that party who are opportunists and RINOs, with a few exceptions. The Rs are a paper tiger, an edifice rotten to the core with mercenary feckless war-mongers.
But they are.
And honestly, that's not far from the truth either.
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Except you haven’t seen where the political headwinds have shifted in the last 20 years. They don’t want to debate us, they want to destroy us.
I don’t tolerate Communism. And I’m not going to have by intellectual sensibilities be taken advantage of by Communists to infiltrate our society.
That includes you.
Did you just call me a communist ?
Like when the left thinks everything left of Mao is the extreme right, you seem to think everything left of Milton Friedman is communism ?
Do you know how ridiculous that sounds ?
Yes, yes I did. Own it.
You're saying it's nice that Republicans have no principles they won't discard for the sake of convenience?
Calm down Cathy Newman.
It's great to hear other points of view, but you can't be friends with people who hate you. Proper Twitter and MSNBC-fed leftists hate people that aren't like them. It would be hard to accidentally be friends with you because they'd shun you.
I am fully capable of putting politics aside and being friends on another level. The question is: are they?