Re:Thanksgiving Got Shorter After the 2016 Election, Study Says
by brlewis on Thursday May 31, 2018 @05:54PM
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An individual's drug addiction is not a political issue, even though it predicts their political leanings around drug legalization. An individual's racism or xenophobia is not a political issue, even though it predicts their political leanings around immigration.
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Re:Thanksgiving Got Shorter After the 2016 Election, Study Says
by mywittyname on Thursday May 31, 2018 @08:58PM
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If politicians 1) talk about something a lot, and 2) take separate sides of the matter, then it's a political issue.
Drug addiction absolutely is a political issue, and a hot one at that. Same with race issues and immigration. White bread or wheat would be an example of a non-political issue.
It's possible that you live in a country where these are not political issues, but I'm from the USA and these topics are discussed by politicians on a daily basis. They have the secret to fixing the heroin issue, or the immigration crisis, or the Muslim terrorists, etc.
Re:Thanksgiving Got Shorter After the 2016 Election, Study Says
by brlewis on Friday June 01, 2018 @05:47PM
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Institutional/societal racism is a political or public policy issue. But this thread started w.r.t. individual racism: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17200028
Comments about individuals are not political discussion, unless chepaslaaa's girlfriend holds public office.