And that right there is the problem I have with the two-party system (and the fact that our system is set up to not reasonably allow third parties to even show up). We shouldn't feel forced to choose "all or nothing" when it comes to these things. I would like to see people in government representing all interests as much as is possible (obviously that comes with some qualifiers such as I wouldn't consider someone that says, "My life would be improved without minorities around," as having a valid need to be represented). We should be trying to lift each other all up, not bringing each other down.
I'm not saying, of course, that you're not justified in dropping that person as a friend; I would do the same. I just find myself wondering how many people would have voted for and stayed loyal to someone like Trump if we weren't all so obsessed over the little "R" or "D" next to the name. My parents are in that situation and I wish I knew how to get them out of it; they are Republicans because they've always been Republicans. But if you asked them policies they supported while being party-agnostic about it, they'd probably fall more in line with the Dems than not. It's so hard and upsetting for me to watch people being boiled down to what political side they are on as if that's all that there is to them, but these are trying times that we live in.
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Date: 2021-01-20 09:08 pm (UTC)I'm not saying, of course, that you're not justified in dropping that person as a friend; I would do the same. I just find myself wondering how many people would have voted for and stayed loyal to someone like Trump if we weren't all so obsessed over the little "R" or "D" next to the name. My parents are in that situation and I wish I knew how to get them out of it; they are Republicans because they've always been Republicans. But if you asked them policies they supported while being party-agnostic about it, they'd probably fall more in line with the Dems than not. It's so hard and upsetting for me to watch people being boiled down to what political side they are on as if that's all that there is to them, but these are trying times that we live in.