Re:Obama administration wanted warrantless access rights to ...
by sophacles on Friday April 16, 2010 @03:24PM
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This is not how US politcs works. If you agree with a side on some points and disagree with others you are ostracized by all groups. It is stupid, but unfortunately the US is a place where (for example) you are pro-death penalty and anti-abortion or pro-abortion and anti-death penalty. If you are pro both or anti both, almost everyone hates you.
Re:Obama administration wanted warrantless access rights to ...
by cgranade on Saturday April 17, 2010 @12:37PM
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You almost had a point here, but your unfortunate choice of terms demonstrates a lot of what's wrong with US politics. Rather than referring to the pro-choice movement as such, you've adopted a label, pro-abortion, that is simply misleading. Here we have a debate over women's reproductive health rights, and it gets reduced to misleading soundbites like "pro-abortion."
In the same way, I think much of what is being protested in this thread comes from the false dichotomy between "pro-security" and "anti-security" that ignores how important the ideals of personal rights are to the debate. US politics is well-characterized by a practiced reduction of complex political issues to misleading soundbites.
Re:Obama administration wanted warrantless access rights to ...
by bradbeattie on Friday April 16, 2010 @03:50PM
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Just goes to highlight why electoral reform is important. When we start talking about more expressive ballots (i.e. expressing more than just a tactical first preference), your options aren't nearly as limited.
In all fairness, given the range of options offered for American voters, I'd also have gone with Obama even if I didn't agree on everything.