If they preach about bipartisanship while advancing ideas like protecting children from LGBT grooming, all the better. Most Democratic voters agree with that, so it is bipartisan, as it should be.
"Independent" is the alternative, rejecting the 2-party system entirely. If there's a political party with anything at all like a rational platform --even a consistent and coherent one--it's the reforming Libertarian Party.
Why should the alternative to 2-party politics be "fascism"?
I don't think it's possible in the US, the way the system is set up. I support the Mises Caucus trying but think it would be more successful for them to take over the other parties from the inside the way Trump did with the GOP.
Someone of good character will maintain a consistent degree of tolerance, politeness and open-mindedness regardless of what other people do. If you let the behavior of others affect you then you're letting them control you.
Someone can be a raging lunatic but you don't beat them by matching their rage and insanity with your own. You don't win by becoming a raging lunatic yourself. You win by maintaining consistent standards and principles and standing by them, firm, refusing to budge. This doesn't require you to abandon civility.
Tolerance isn't weakness as long as it's principled. Politeness isn't weakness as long as it's honest and uncompromising. Open-mindedness isn't weakness as long as it's grounded in reality.
There is no situation where you're required to abandon your principles to win -- not even in all-out war. Without principles you're no different than they are.
Many people on the right are so blackpilled, desperate and angry they want to throw out everything and just become a mirror version of the enemy, albeit pointed in the opposite direction. This is a big mistake.
Politeness isn't weakness as long as it's honest and uncompromising.
Politeness is good if it brings you some benefit. If you come out straight and act rudely to someone, this can be an excuse to dismiss you because "you were rude". Far better to be polite and either force an answer, or admit that it is not about rudeness but the fact that this individual tolerates no dissenting views.
This is the only attitude that will allow for our constitutional liberties to survive.
Too many naive fools on the right still think there can be compromise and unity.
If a Republican politician constantly preaches "bipartisanship", you must vote the traitor out.
Rhetoric is not the problem, actions are.
If they preach about bipartisanship while advancing ideas like protecting children from LGBT grooming, all the better. Most Democratic voters agree with that, so it is bipartisan, as it should be.
So Full Fascist it is.
Way to prove them right about you.
Choosing not to associate with the left and ensuring the protection of the first and second amendment is now muh fascism?
What a pathetic retort.
You can ensure that without going full Fascist. Trump did it splendidly.
"Independent" is the alternative, rejecting the 2-party system entirely. If there's a political party with anything at all like a rational platform --even a consistent and coherent one--it's the reforming Libertarian Party.
Why should the alternative to 2-party politics be "fascism"?
The guy I replied to wants 0 compromise, which implies forcing the other side to bend to your will.
"Independent" implies compromise. It implies taking from both sides to arrive at an acceptable solution for most.
That's the plain truth.
Abandon 2-party politics, all ye who want to preserve some semblance of liberty or maintain the Constitution.
I don't think it's possible in the US, the way the system is set up. I support the Mises Caucus trying but think it would be more successful for them to take over the other parties from the inside the way Trump did with the GOP.
Someone of good character will maintain a consistent degree of tolerance, politeness and open-mindedness regardless of what other people do. If you let the behavior of others affect you then you're letting them control you.
Someone can be a raging lunatic but you don't beat them by matching their rage and insanity with your own. You don't win by becoming a raging lunatic yourself. You win by maintaining consistent standards and principles and standing by them, firm, refusing to budge. This doesn't require you to abandon civility.
Tolerance isn't weakness as long as it's principled. Politeness isn't weakness as long as it's honest and uncompromising. Open-mindedness isn't weakness as long as it's grounded in reality.
There is no situation where you're required to abandon your principles to win -- not even in all-out war. Without principles you're no different than they are.
Many people on the right are so blackpilled, desperate and angry they want to throw out everything and just become a mirror version of the enemy, albeit pointed in the opposite direction. This is a big mistake.
Politeness is good if it brings you some benefit. If you come out straight and act rudely to someone, this can be an excuse to dismiss you because "you were rude". Far better to be polite and either force an answer, or admit that it is not about rudeness but the fact that this individual tolerates no dissenting views.