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<blockquote data-quote="ThatRobGuy" data-source="post: 74489990" data-attributes="member: 123415"><p>As I'm sure most have noticed, both major parties have adopted a series of double standards and a rather shortsighted "turn on their own if they dare to show a shred of moderation" philosophy.</p><p></p><p>You see with how democrats will turn on anyone who's not pro-choice, opposes the Sanders/Warren version of Medicare-for-all, and doesn't take a hardline anti-gun position.</p><p></p><p>The same is true on the republican side of the fence, anyone in the (R) party who dares to embrace equality for gays, acknowledges climate science, or even just dares to criticize Trump gets labelled as a "traitor" and a "RINO"</p><p></p><p>I'm just thankful that we have a constitution that intentionally structured things in such a way that significant changes can only be ushered in quickly when you have the scenario of moderates compromising with each other or when everyone on both sides is largely in agreement, and when you have extreme people on either sides who don't want to "do business", the result is gridlock.</p><p></p><p>The silver lining of the latter scenario is that the US political system is expensive, and there's only so long that people (on either side) will tolerate giving up 1/3 of their pay to fund a system that's not producing any meaningful results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThatRobGuy, post: 74489990, member: 123415"] As I'm sure most have noticed, both major parties have adopted a series of double standards and a rather shortsighted "turn on their own if they dare to show a shred of moderation" philosophy. You see with how democrats will turn on anyone who's not pro-choice, opposes the Sanders/Warren version of Medicare-for-all, and doesn't take a hardline anti-gun position. The same is true on the republican side of the fence, anyone in the (R) party who dares to embrace equality for gays, acknowledges climate science, or even just dares to criticize Trump gets labelled as a "traitor" and a "RINO" I'm just thankful that we have a constitution that intentionally structured things in such a way that significant changes can only be ushered in quickly when you have the scenario of moderates compromising with each other or when everyone on both sides is largely in agreement, and when you have extreme people on either sides who don't want to "do business", the result is gridlock. The silver lining of the latter scenario is that the US political system is expensive, and there's only so long that people (on either side) will tolerate giving up 1/3 of their pay to fund a system that's not producing any meaningful results. [/QUOTE]
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