Can I be a Democrat without being a complete retard. I don't support abortion, open borders, and I understand that every U.S citizen already has equal rights and those protesting for black and LGBT rights are retarded. However I consider myself a liberal and open minded person who believes in a larger more powerful government and that they should have an active role in the citizens lives. So am I a moderate? A democrat? I'm really not sure and I just want to get my political perspective correct.
Can I be a Democrat without being a complete retard. I don't support abortion, open borders...
You're a garden variety retard who hasn't gone full retard yet.
You’re a fucking hypocrit.
More government means less freedom for individuals. You want government to control people. That’s all government can do.
No
Exactly what views am I being hypocritical about?
Sounds like a Republican to me. They say they are for small government, but their actions suggest otherwise.
Just call yourself an independent and don't associate yourself with the two-sides of the same bad coin. Economically I believe in a more socialist system but the left is so wrapped up in permitting the brown swarm, faggotizing children, and free handouts without any plan to pay other than nebulous statements of getting it from the rich that I can't see myself associating with them. Add to this a demonstrately underhanded politician whose main argument was "vote for me because I'm a woman" and I had to go for Trump because at least he was willing to close the doors until we got our shit more organized. I had hoped they would have taken away his phone when he became president. That fucking tweeting is an embarrassment. But he at least attempts to do what he campaigned and would be more successful if judges haven't been allowed to legislate from the bench like mini-dictators. So far the democrats still haven't got their shit together. If they can't produce anything better than radical SJW tokens, aging "nu-socialist", and rich liberal retreads I'm probably going to go for Trump again. Shooting myself in the right foot being seen as slightly more optimal than shooting myself in the left foot. Democracy at its finest.
Actually, you’re not. You’re being honest. You want government to control everyone to a larger degree than it already does. Which is frightening.
So, what do you think your function in the party would be? Cus you clearly don’t see yourself as a common prole.
Most of my friends who were Republicans have reneged on that label and are libertarian. The repubs are just democrats 5 years late.
>Can I be a Democrat without being a complete retard
OP, you are a complete retard regardless of your political perspectives name, never have I seen so much stupidity in one post, and I have browsed Yea Forums for generations. You claim to be liberal, while at the same time state that you want a powerful government and you clearly don't give a shit for social, individual rights, as you are against abortion and social aid. You make no sense. Are you merely pretending to be this stupid? I hope you are merely pretending to be this stupid.
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>Can I be a Democrat without being a complete retard.
Yes. Some of us are single issue voters who vote in the best interest of our livelihood and don't care about the identity politics bullshit. Coming from farm country Midwest, Republican policies have a very long history of never favoring us over Dem ones; current administration being a prime example. Most flyover state Repubs are single issue voters (religion mostly) who continue to vote against their best interests. Really don't understand it.
>I just want to get my political perspective correct.
You don't have to associate with either party.
Make up your own mind on the issues, follow your own moral code, and support the candidate who most closely aligns with your own beliefs.
Yes let the country be overrun with people who hate our culture, as long as my farm subsidies keep rolling in. Voting based on personal gimmies, might as well be nigger.
you can't survive as a moderate democrat anymore. The democrat party have gone far left already.
you sound like a fascist
Yeah, enjoy having no food in 40 years when the topsoil is eroded throughout the entire country when one party refuses to properly subsidize bumper crop. Plus, when was the entire Midwest against American culture? The right-wing policies are all about handouts right now caused by unnecessary tariff damage.
It seems your center-left. Nothing wrong with that user.
What's your stance on religion and religious freedom?
Democrats are the party of slavery, KKK Jim Crow laws and even declaring actual war against the united states. Do you really want to be a dem?
You're a statist.
And statists are even more degenerate than either of the political party sides. At least the opposing sides stand for something. All you care about is more government. You're the worst kind of degenerate.
Centralized power never facilitates personal liberty. You think your congressman knows better for you than you do, and will work towards your wellbeing without greed and corruption like they have been? You're in luck, we've been marching towards centralization for 60+ years.
I'm on the other side. The private central bank that the US borrows from to make all your moronic welfare programs tick owns you. They own your children. They own your children's children. They own controlling shares of most large companies. This private central bank just coincidentally is the backing collateral behind the IMF/world bank. Coincidence that they own Russia, China, and all third world countries. Snap out of it. You're a slave already. How could you want more.. I'll never get you people. Governments, especially those owned by private central banks, are not working in your best interest. Ever. They're working to bleed you dry.
Topsoil gets trashed because farmers keep growing the same thing because it gets subsidized. There are bigger issues than just your subsidy for next year. What do you think your farm situation is going to be when the countries run be displanted S Americans? Except for whites, identity politics is everything. You might want to read up on what's happening to S African farmers to get a glimpse of the future beyond your next subsidy.
Dems and reps stand for the same thing. What opposing sides are you talking about.
I--big govt----------------------------small govt--I
Dems, reps, socialists, communists(socialist), fascists are all on the same side of the spectrum. The left/right paradigm is a sham. When the results are always the same, regardless of which party is in power, do the names and rhetoric matter? No.
How about you consider yourself a republican but one who isn't a complete moron? Because that's what it sounds like you are.
It's refreshing to see someone thinks like I do and gets it. fuckin dnc wants taxpayers to pay for all these college loans, pay for every illegal to get benefits, change the supreme Court makeup to get their activist judges in, change the electoral college so they win every election. Fuck, I'm more moderate and can't see myself voting Dem for quite a while.