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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seriously, could the party of "small government" get out of my business, please?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sure as long as the party of law and order respects law. And order.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I just wish the push and pull of politics didn't have to be played as a zero sum game. I wish someone could take the initiative and just...

I think both parties in America sing pretty loud about "law and order." I haven't heard that cry particularly loudly from either side over the other. I don't think I've heard anyone who claims to be a Democrat saying the end goal is "small government" but I have heard it from Republican voices.

Honestly, I would really prefer if we were in a system that enabled more parties, so we didn't have "parties" that did such contradictory things as the current ones...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The GOP has historically been the party of law and order. Hence why they implied that blue lives matter more than black lives.

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Just like how one party impeached a president of the other for obstruction and abuse of power, and the other impeached a president for checks notes lying about a blowjob.