Big same on that second paragraph.
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Illinois has open primaries and you don't need to register a party when you register to vote; but you can still register with the parties themselves. I also grew up in South Dakota, which has closed primaries, and you do fill out an party (or not) when you register to vote there, or at least when I turned 18 you did.
I'm conservative in the sense of opposing change, especially to our political system. Not all change, but my default stance is "don't fuck with it".
US political parties.
Because I live in and enjoy living in Chicago, am socially liberal, an ardent feminist, an aspiring antiracist, people assume I'm a Democrat. Honestly, even the first alone is usually enough to trigger this assumption.
Because I'm politically conservative, respect religious freedom, respect the second amendment, and oppose stacking the Supreme Court, people assume I'm a Republican; even though the GOP hasn't respected religious freedom or been politically conservative in general in decades.
And when I tell people that I'm not registered with a party, won't vote along party lines, and won't vote the lesser evil, I'm assumed to be politically inactive, apathetic, or ignorant. Whereas I'm very active, always vote, usually campaign for favored candidates and against corrupt incumbents.
The "team sport" mentality of FPTP political systems is absolutely terrible, honestly.
Set up monthly donations to the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, volunteer as a PP escort, open up my (Illinois) home to women and families who need to travel for reproductive healthcare.
This isn't off the top of my head, my spouse and I discussed it years ago, before the previous election.
I get a surprising amount of use out of 0x123456, which is midnight-sea-bluish color, as a background shade.
None. I use whitelists, not blacklists.
They taste *really" good.
You're remembering the cream of that era and comparing it to all of the current area. It's natural, but misleading.
Mom called them egg-inna-basket.
Scoutmaster called them buckeyes.
Other scout dad called them toad-inna-hole.
Another scout called them one-eyed-jack.
I don't make them, so I don't call them anything.
Feedly has an ad-sipported option.
"I need to make you understand, girl: I'm a man not a disco ball!"
For example: eliminating the Electoral college, term-limiting senators, declaring an official language, limiting jus soli citizenship, granting senatorial representation to the federal district... there are others that don't come up as often that I can't remember now.
I do have things I think should be changed or reformed, of course, as everyone does, but I'm very much against change for the sake of change. Society can be dynamic, the government should be stable.