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[nilchance]

Originally posted by brynwolf, but I want to see this spread far and wide, so:

This Is Your Nation on White Privilege

Comments

[beanside.livejournal.com]

See, while I'm willing to believe that some Republicans aren't evil individually, I have issues with the party they support.

The Republican party is rallying behind candidates who are divisive. They espouse freedom and justice while denying it to half the population. They would (and thanks to Bush, have) denied many women access to birth control. The would deny rape and incest survivors the right to abort a child conceived in fear and hatred.

They believe that my partner and I should be stigmatized and deny me the right to see nilchance should she be in an accident.

They believe that the constitution should be filtered through the lenses of religion, instead of standing on its own as it was intended.

So yes, I believe that every person should have the right to choose what they support. But they're going to have to deal with people judging them by their party alliances.

[twasadark.livejournal.com]

See, while I'm willing to believe that some Republicans aren't evil individually, I have issues with the party they support.

Believe me, I do too. I won't address your other points, because I don't want to get into a political debate, but I will say that my disagreement with the article goes deeper than individual points. It goes into the foundation of respect that I believe every person, regardless of beliefs, should be accorded. It's that whole 'demonizing' thing that I mentioned to nilchance above.

The truth is that I sorta hate BOTH parties. They collude together to keep other voices out - I'd love to see more parties. Green Party, Independents, even those insanoids the Libertarians.
When you really analyze the actions of Democratic and Republican presidents, there isn't all that much that separates them.

Anyhow, thanks for your thoughtful response. You could have just said STFU, lol.