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Identity politics are the scourge of the nation. While I don't doubt
people will be far too willing to reduce their perception of their
chosen
party to a two word slogan I'm against the attempt. |
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Thank you for linking to the word "joke" on Wikipedia. Until now I
had no idea what humor is. Your posts are, as always, eloquent and
helpful but I think I'm learning too much. I don't want to fly too close to
the sun, so I don't think I'll be annotating any more of your ideas. |
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Not an entirely disagreeable idea. The simplest
one word slogan should be the name of the
political party. That's how I would prefer a
partisan system to operate, that the ideology
would be voted for. However, I don't think
Republican or Democrat as literal ideologies are
sufficiently different to suggest a partisan
conflict. Conservative and liberal on the other
hand is a more satisfying partisan difference. I can
detect the absurdity because on a literal
ideological level I would be aligned as a republican,
and a critic of democratic society, but not of the
required democracy for republicanism to function.
Democratic society being in conflict of more
liberal or 'libertarian' perspective. However in
reality I would support the Democratic party
despite the fact rule of the majority is an
inherently flawed ideology as a social ethos, given
the existence of constitutional monarchies. |
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Just my little dig at the tribalism of "Column A" vs "Column B" political systems. Not that I'm so smart that I rise above it, on the contrary, but seems like lots of discussions break down into left vs right and quickly begin sounding like the gals in the commercial. |
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As a Libertarian, personally I think both sides are nuts. But like I've said, Libertarians, the party nobody likes. |
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Call it tribalism you are doing anthropology, call it
dialectics and you're doing philosophy.
anthropology would say that the left right conflict
is a habitual practice of human communities and
that it can be removed or replaced. philosophy
would say that political ideologies have social
material manifestations that sort them into two
categories. That these categories happen to
correspond to historical materialism is
coincidental. By being a libertarian you cant
transcend the social material manifestations of
the ideological realm just by saying left right is a
bad habit that has no relevancy. Political
philosophies don't have to acknowledge historical
materialism but all will inevitably correspond to
class equality. |
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I'd like to see the banning of selected slogans and
cliches. "Hard-working families" gets me, all the
hardest working people I know don't even begin to
have the time to fit in a family. |
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doctorremulac3: You may enjoy Dan Carlin's "common
sense" if you don't already. |
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//By being a libertarian you cant transcend the social material manifestations of the ideological realm just by saying left right is a bad habit that has no relevancy// |
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That's funny that you should say that, because just the other day I turned to my wife and said: "By being a libertarian I can transcend the social material manifestations of the ideological realm just by saying left right is a bad habit that has no relevancy." She said "That's nice honey. Can you run to the store? We're out of milk." |
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//I'd like to see the banning of selected slogans and cliches.// |
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I've journeyed into the heartland of America. I've met with real Americans. No dream is beyond our reach.
We're one people bound together by a common set of ideas. Let's celebrate our diversity. We'll find out how great a nation we can be. |
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I'm doctorremulac3 and I approved this message. |
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//You may enjoy Dan Carlin's "common sense"// |
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I'll check it out. Podcasts are what I listen to when I'm working out, they're a big part of my day. Keeps my brain busy while my body is lifting the heavy thing then putting it down - lifting the heavy thing and putting it down... etc. |
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You must save money on toilet paper. |
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I don't use toilet paper, it's too abrasive. Gives me
an itchy bum bum. "Bidet all the way" for me. Also I
should mention I planted toilet paper trees. |
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And now live from New York the candidates debate. |
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"Less filling!" "Tastes great!" "Less filling!" "Tastes great!" "Less filling!" "Tastes great!" "Less filling!" "Tastes great!" "Less filling!" "Tastes great!""Less filling!" "Tastes great!" "Less filling!" "Tastes great!" "Less filling!" "Tastes great!" |
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Not the stuff of memorable debate. The intro and adds would get better audience numbers. |
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(Note: Posted before he watched the jaw dropping link. Mom) |
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This whole idea was based on an old American
commercial for beer where both sides of the room
just yelled at each other "Less filling!" "Taste's great!" |
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Let's see... (puts on green eyeshades and cranks
handle of the old fashion calculator while typing in
data) obscure reference... not particularly funny
anyway...kind of ranty... ok, that equals... yup. We
got a boner here. |
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