Hello everyone!
With the way things are going right now in a way our country has never seen politically in just about every facet and every partisan group.
I've been having insatiable desires to just talk about these matters. Most people in my life aren't informed enough to have a meaningful, intelligent conversation or get easily upset by this stuff.
I haven't read any of the threads yet but I plan on doing that as soon as I post this one. I hope though, that this forum is what I've been looking for.
As for me, I'm very very objective and able to step outside of my own shoes as many people are not able to. This allows me to form pretty unique and solid viewpoints that are all founded in logic and facts.
As for where I stand on the spectrum; I think every human in the world should be able to look at all of their beliefs and everything they've seen and learned etc. and side they way they organically would side if it weren't for a party system. Logistically a party system makes sense. But from the standpoint that everyone from adolescence onwards are pushed and pulled towards one side or the other, whether it's family, friends, the media, college, etc.
To put it simply, I think a party system is just sets of prepackaged policy and moral standards among other things, that makes it easy for politicians to campaign because by default everyone either sides for the most part with them or is against them. And everyone on each side has similar views to each other and politicans know what makes people happy and what gets people worked up and what gets people to come out and vote.
I don't think there is realistically any alternative to a party system here in the U.S. But the reason for my tangent is that I have a diverse set of things I stand behind and believe in. But on the Republican-Democrat scale, you couldn't place me anywhere. I would say Libertarian values are the closest to mine. But I am not a Libertarian.
Anyways, I really look forward to learning, educating, and having fun through debate. I hope the members here are a good mix of moderates and left/right wingers.
I would also really appreciate it if some of the vets on this forum could send some links to their favorite topics and discussions.
I look forward to speaking with you all!
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With the way things are going right now in a way our country has never seen politically in just about every facet and every partisan group.
I've been having insatiable desires to just talk about these matters. Most people in my life aren't informed enough to have a meaningful, intelligent conversation or get easily upset by this stuff.
I haven't read any of the threads yet but I plan on doing that as soon as I post this one. I hope though, that this forum is what I've been looking for.
As for me, I'm very very objective and able to step outside of my own shoes as many people are not able to. This allows me to form pretty unique and solid viewpoints that are all founded in logic and facts.
As for where I stand on the spectrum; I think every human in the world should be able to look at all of their beliefs and everything they've seen and learned etc. and side they way they organically would side if it weren't for a party system. Logistically a party system makes sense. But from the standpoint that everyone from adolescence onwards are pushed and pulled towards one side or the other, whether it's family, friends, the media, college, etc.
To put it simply, I think a party system is just sets of prepackaged policy and moral standards among other things, that makes it easy for politicians to campaign because by default everyone either sides for the most part with them or is against them. And everyone on each side has similar views to each other and politicans know what makes people happy and what gets people worked up and what gets people to come out and vote.
I don't think there is realistically any alternative to a party system here in the U.S. But the reason for my tangent is that I have a diverse set of things I stand behind and believe in. But on the Republican-Democrat scale, you couldn't place me anywhere. I would say Libertarian values are the closest to mine. But I am not a Libertarian.
Anyways, I really look forward to learning, educating, and having fun through debate. I hope the members here are a good mix of moderates and left/right wingers.
I would also really appreciate it if some of the vets on this forum could send some links to their favorite topics and discussions.
I look forward to speaking with you all!
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