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Where Do You Deviate From The Partisan Line?

While I am progressive on most issues, I do have some views that conflict with a "progressive platform".

I'm not in favor of free post-secondary education, although I would consider supporting subsidized community college.
I am in favor of the death penalty.
I believe the Democratic party is way too militaristic when it comes to foreign policy.
I find third wave feminism strident and non-productive.


I would love to find a way to ban all political parties in our society.
 
Goshin said:
In my personal life I am "socially conservative", but typically rather hesitant about codifying my beliefs into law... I want the right to be "socially conservative" protected in most regards, but not forced on anyone. Virtue enforced at bayonet-point is hypocrisy.
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That is the way I see it, too. To an extent, I am 'socially conservative.' There are many ways people live their lives that I personally disagree with, but like you, I do not believe in using government to enforce those 'personal life-choice' positions.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
I don't believe Trump personally colluded with Russians to win the election.
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Same. I think there is good reason to believe there were some within his campaign who colluded to some extent, including his son, but I haven't seen the evidence to believe Trump personally colluded.
 
Geoist said:
While it often seems like many people will tow the ideological and/or political party line, I know there are those of us who try to be independent-thinkers, even if we side with one group more often than we do another. As for me, even though I may side with liberals much of the time, I do hold some views that seem more sympathetic to the political right. To name a few examples, I support the 'individual right' interpretation of the 2nd Amendment, decentralizing government, lowering/removing certain taxes, and recognizing the right of KKK/neo-nazi morons to protest. I am sure there are others, but I'll name them as I think of them.

How about you? Are you a conservative who holds one or two liberal views? Or a liberal who holds some conservative positions? Independents, do you side more often with conservatives/liberals on economic or social issues?
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As a libertarian I dont tow the line on open borders.
 
FieldTheorist said:
I'm not really sure. I don't consider myself part of the American Democrat/Republican partisan line (However, moving away from partisan issues and into ideological issues, I am certainly a "Leftist"). I call out Republicans and Democrats for hackery, and I really feel no strong sympathies to either major political party. Some people call me "incredibly liberal" but I really hate that term and I do not like the modern Democratic party, and those people tend to balk as soon as I start talking about what's wrong with the DNC or why specific elements of identity politics are problematic. It is true however that my political activism tends to exist within or alongside the Democratic party, given that the Republican party has moved towards the extreme Right-wing groups (Religious Right, Alt-Right, and Koch/Corporatist/neoliberal conservatives.)

Along partisan lines, I guess like you I don't care very much about guns. I think there should be a universal background check, but that's about it. Again, I'm very critical of Democratic politicians for being cozy with corporate interests (Mind you, Republicans are far worse, but with the exception of Trump, they don't really pretend to be for the average American), I'm critical of their third-way/neoliberal worldview, and I'm critical of their authoritarian structures (All major positions, from presidential nominee to DNC chairperson to congressional leadership to state party chairs) are anti-democratic --institutionally designed to keep everyday Americans hands off of the till.

There's also lots of hippie woo-woo crap that I don't go in for, like New Agers, alternative medicine, anti-vaxxers, etc. All of those are just Left-wing "alternative facts" (although not all hippies are Left-wingers, some are Right-libertarians). I haven't read much saying GMO's are bad, although I believe that food should be more rigorously tested and more often as genetics change. So while it's not an a priori invalid concern, I don't think the panic over GMO's and GMO labeling makes much sense when weighed against the available scientific evidence.
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^Wow, this is definitely me. No wonder I enjoy reading your posts, FieldTheorist.
 
TheGoverness said:
IAnd when it comes to issues like 3rd-Wave Feminism, reparations, etc., I find myself siding with the conservatives more than I do with liberals.
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While I can understand the argument for reparations, to an extent, I will say that I oppose affirmative action, at least as it is currently used. I believe it should be strictly related to finances. It is a wedge issue and that can be resolved with a simple change of qualification and still benefit minorities.
 
I pretty much consider myself a Liberal, so I agree with Republicans mostly on the economic side (to an extent) and Democrats on social side (to an extent). I loathe authoritarians which is why outside of a few small government conservatives and Libertarians, I don't care much for either party and particularly dislike the Democrats.
 
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