Re:Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections
by austincheney on Friday June 26, 2020 @09:06PM
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I will continue tut-tutting politicians that are not centrist enough. Pandering to extreme perspectives strikes me as representing the interests of fewer people.
Re:Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections
by newacct583 on Friday June 26, 2020 @09:33PM
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What specific positions does the democratic party hold that you consider to be extreme and unrepresentative of a majority of the electorate?
Re:Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections
by austincheney on Friday June 26, 2020 @11:41PM
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Probably the same reservations I have for any political party. A political party is not there to represent me. I can do that well enough on my own with my vote. I only need political parties to provide candidates and put pressure on other political parties.
Re:Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections
by newacct583 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @06:58AM
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That's still not specific. You said you want to tut-tutt the Democratic party for not being centrist enough and for holding extreme positions. Which ones?
Re:Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections
by austincheney on Saturday June 27, 2020 @08:55AM
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I never mentioned any party. I refuse to vote along party lines.
Re:Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections
by newacct583 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @10:14AM
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And I never demanded you do. I did ask, however, what the "extreme perspectives" you meant upthread were in the context of democrats. And I note you still haven't answered.
At least one reason might be because democrats aren't actually as extreme as you feel like you're Supposed To Think. You might consider voting for some if you look at their positions instead of jumping in to complain about their "extreme perspectives".
Re:Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections
by mark_l_watson on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:44PM
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I am voting for Biden no matter what. I almost always vote for Democrats, but using a weird metric: I try to find out who funds candidates, and vote on which doesn’t smell as bad in the sense of taking special interest money. Both parties are bad, but the democrats are I think not quite as bad.
> I am hopeful that all of the problems (political, COVID 19, economy, and racism) that we face might unite the country.
Literally, (LITERALLY), one of our political parties is spending its energy at the moment denying that the final three problems exist, and blaming the controversies about them on the first, explaining how it's all the fault of the other party.
I mean, we actually do have politicians in this country who want to see solutions to that stuff. You should consider voting for them instead of tut-tutting them for not being centrist enough.