Relax man. Its not that serious. First I'd like to thank you for your service. I love members of our military and wish our country did more to thank them and support them once they come back. I disagree with the people in power and our non stop needs to have us in a state of perpetual war. I see a government that sends Americans in harms way for reasons I don't agree with...But that's a convo for another day.
What I'm hearing is, it was a flippant remark by you and I should not take it seriously. What I see is a comment from you that disregards my ability to think for myself and assumes my words came for something I saw on TV. Are we not debating political concepts? I'd hope we can do so with mutual respect and honesty. But your flippant remark says that mutal respect does not exist. And I'm not man enough to handle the truth. It's designed to shut down discussion just like when you call me a racist. Good sir, I'm no racist but you cut me at the knees when you say that. We can't progress, see eye to eye, find common ground when you do that.
Do I think the political right are a bunch of racist was the question... The answer isn't a simple yes or no. I don't think everyone who is a republican is a racist. That would be narrow minded of me. I believe many republicans are good people. The problem is our system of government is an all or nothing game. Take the evangelicals as an example. The traditionally side with the republican party due to their feelings about abortions and gay marriage. So they are using a social hot button topic to determine who they are voting for and the reality is the actual politicians in the party will and can't do much about these 2 issues. What they can change is economics. So now you have a religious person who voted in a party that is do nothing for the religious agenda yet is doing plenty to work against the economic beliefs of many Christians. For example tax cuts for the rich in a country with such economic inequality. The Pope has spoken out about these things. Or taking healthcare away from millions of people isn't a very Christian like thing to do... Also senior citizen are voting for a party that is actively working to cut Social Security benefits and is responsible for gutting Medicare from 100% to 80%. So the point is most people who vote republican do not actually agree with the parts of the republican party that can be changed. They use social hot buttons to win votes they don't deserve and then work against the majority of the people that voted for them.
First of all, thank you for finally coming forth with a thoughtful and honest answer. Now you have my attention. I think both American main stream political party's have been hi-jacked by extremest. Obama was by no means the centrist he campaigned to be in 2008. The problem with that is, the truth eventually always finds the light. America didn't wise up to his lies in time to not re-elect him... shame on him. But by 2016, the American electorate was not going to let that shame shift to them by electing a similarly minded candidate. Hilary already had that strike against her going into the 2016 election. She never distinguished herself as a better option than DJT. And so we have Trump in the oval office. He's never been given a fair opportunity from the extremist in the Democrat party. Maybe the right wing extremist did the same thing to Obama. Two wrongs don't make it right. That pattern of obstructionist politics can go on to perpetuity or at least until this American experiment fails. What you fail to see is the religious right felt oppressed during the Obama years and Trump's promise to replace the late Judge Antonin Scalia with a judge in the similar mold was huge. Restoring religious freedom is by far a bigger political chip to the religious right than economics. Your theory that most people who vote Republican do not actually agree with the parts of the Republican party that can be changed is a fallacy. The Democrats are not in a position of strength when economic growth remained below 2% for the fully 8 years of the Obama administration. Trump has already begun correcting the woeful American economy that he inherited. My stocks have tripled since his election which has enabled me to hire several folks that were previously unemployed during the Obama years.
Our government is flawed in that it has a somewhat redundant Senate and Congress when we would be better served if 1 branch of the government voted only for Social or Non economic issues and the other branch could only vote for economic policies. As it is now you have decent people on both sides electing representatives who are not truly representing the will of the people. They muck it up with stuff they cant change and force people to pick sides. Its a fatal flaw and allows us to be manipulated.
Our government functions just fine when the obstructionist are not enabled. Our current quagmire in Congress will correct itself through the electoral process.
So back to racism... I do believe a person who is racist will almost always vote with the political right...however, I do not believe voting for the political right makes someone a racist. Btw...the Dems do the same thing just on the other side.
We definitely disagree here. I seen racism rampant on the left. The Democrat party needs racial division to remain relevant. The African American community is slowly seeing many of it's members wising up and coming to the GOP for change that the Democrats promise but rarely deliver.
The reality is that public support has ZERO impact on policy. ZERO. What we want doesn't matter until we happen to want what the Donor class wants. Money has corrupted our government beyond belief.
Thanks again for your service.
I equate public support to votes. Voters most certainly impact those that implement policy. I agree with you when saying, “Money has corrupted our government”.
