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Re:Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) by damnyou on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:45AM (#18388922)
The point is it is impossible to talk about politics purely at a meta level without evaluating the stances themselves. It is bad that you are not making a value judgement there. Start making some.

To respond to your edit, it is not a coincidence that the party supporting expanded voting rights is the party that's more inclusive in other respects as well.

Re:Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) by ericdykstra on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:56AM (#18388961)
This is a ridiculous premise.

I made commentary without making a value judgement, and you're telling me it's impossible and that I need to.

Then you respond to my question with a value judgement rather than actually answer my question.

I don't care about your political opinions, and I don't care to state mine here now.

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Re:Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) by ericdykstra on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @10:20AM (#18391752)
There are times to discuss facts and times to discuss moral preferences.

There's something wrong when you can't discuss facts necessarily bringing in a moral side. And you seem reluctant to even acknowledge the facts to begin with.

I, of course, have my own opinions around voting and Democracy. I just chose not to share them in this venue, as it's beside the point.

Re:Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) by damnyou on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @10:41AM (#18391950)
> There are times to discuss facts and times to discuss moral preferences.

Not in politics. Facts about politics are useless devoid of moral context. "The Republican Party is the party of Lincoln" is both true and utterly meaningless.

This is different from, say, sports, where you can talk about facts without invoking a moral context. Politics is different. Very very different. Elections have enormous consequences. Lives are at stake.

> I just chose not to share them in this venue, as it's beside the point.

It's not besides the point.