Re:Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks...
by LBJsPNS on Thursday September 22, 2022 @09:53PM
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"you're pro-gun rights but also pro-abortion access? Sorry, neither us nor the other guys want you"
Uhm... you do realize there are plenty of us on the left who adopt exactly those positions?
Re:Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks...
by hatefulmoron on Thursday September 22, 2022 @10:59PM
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Isn't that his point? Plenty of you exist, yet your party will not represent your interests. The "left" party that you vote for has chosen a set of values that are contradictory to your own, and you have no recourse because who else will you vote for?
Re:Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks...
by LBJsPNS on Sunday September 25, 2022 @04:20PM
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You seem to think kthe left wants to ban guns. Nope.
Re:Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks...
by hatefulmoron on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @07:59AM
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You continue to ignore the point. Your party. The one you vote for. Not "the left", whatever that means.
Re:Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks...
by munk-a on Monday September 26, 2022 @11:20AM
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It depends on the specific politician but I think a generally accurate characterization of the left is that they want to restrict gun access (some of us would say that'd be a "sensible restriction" while others would disagree). There are some notable exceptions here from rural states. One of my Senators, Bernie Sanders, is actually rather pro-gun rights coming from a state that has a strong hunting tradition - though he is less in favor of handgun access.
Re:Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks...
by cam_l on Thursday September 22, 2022 @08:38PM
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The thing is, even just a few non party affiliate votes in parliament can have a huge impact. Both parties could get more of a chance of their pet policies being implemented under a multi party system. That is, if you were to take the political parties at face value as caring about the issues they promote.
The reality is, the parties are systemically more interested in self preservation than governing. So neither seem to support serious reform.
We desperately need elections where more than just the two dominant parties can compete without a spoiler effect.
This is happening, just FYI, up in Canada right now - there are four parties worth talking about - Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Bloc Quebecois - the last two are essentially just regional parties which do occasionally win surprise seats but mostly just exist within a localized area. That is enough, in our parliamentary system to force cooperation at a federal level - but without serious action I can't see any ending in sight other than slowly devolving to American politics.