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Re:62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Af... by nickff on Thursday July 23, 2020 @05:55PM (#23932802)
You could also be apolitical because you find all available options to be unacceptable, or because you just don't know what's going on.

Separately, not opposing the status quo is more like accepting it than supporting it, and these are all different.

Your lack of nuance rather proves the point of the great grandparent post.

Re:62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Af... by catalogia on Thursday July 23, 2020 @06:13PM (#23933102)
> or because you just don't know what's going on.

Exactly. Anybody who earnestly tries to be informed will realize that there are limits to what they know and subjects for which they are not [yet] informed. There needs to be room for people to say "I'm not informed on that issue, so I don't have an opinion."

Re:62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Af... by verdverm on Thursday July 23, 2020 @06:34PM (#23933402)
I told a person who was collecting signatures to get a proposition on Nov's ballot, almost word for word your italics.

Their response was "I get paid per signature, will you sign it so I can make more money?"

My response, "That's an even worse reason, are you telling me someone buying this prop its way into the ballot?" He left at this point.

Re:62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Af... by notJim on Thursday July 23, 2020 @06:01PM (#23932915)
Well ironically, the great grandparent also lacks nuance. I think your comment is the one the brings it forward, and is more valuable than the great grandparent for that reason.

> You could also be apolitical because you find all available options to be unacceptable

Is this apolitical, or is it having a politics that is not well represented? It seems more like the latter to me.

Re:62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Af... by nickff on Thursday July 23, 2020 @06:10PM (#23933050)
People who feel unrepresented often lapse into apathy; you can only struggle against an uncaring world for so long before you tire or go insane.
Re:62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Af... by JAlexoid on Friday July 24, 2020 @11:48PM (#23946722)
Apathy towards issues of policy is a political position. You know the political positions, but you became apathetic about the political system.

Being apolitical is implying that you think that it's good enough as it is to not care.

Re:62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Af... by buran77 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @06:25PM (#23933285)
> having a politics that is not well represented

I think being apolitical is more about having an objective view and judging opinions based on merit rather than the political spectrum they originated from. Could also mean you're either are against all political views, or have none, but this last one seems less likely to happen in practice. People tend to have an opinion, more or less informed or objective as it may be.