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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I don't think of that as a luxury
I think a single mom (or dad) working two jobs and going home to three kids might disagree with you.
Of course, I also think for a lot of people it's easier to vote whatever party line they've always voted, or their parents have voted, and not think too much about it. Which is just easier. Not right, but easier.
Whoops, random capitalization.
Plei, please believe I don't mean to minimize your feelings. I'm sorry I upset you.
I don't think I'm explaining myself very well, and I'm hardly the best banner-carrier for sensible conservatives (not being one myself), so I'll bow out.
I think this is one of the places where public education might make a difference. Knowing what happened during the Revolution is important, but actually knowing the laws of your state and your country are probably more so right now. I think some people don't realize what the laws are, or what their ramifications are (see: voter ID as a perfect example).
Plei, please believe I don't mean to minimize your feelings. I'm sorry I upset you.
I'm not so much upset as just passionate about this particular issue, though I suspect we define sensible conservative differently. I was raised, after all, by Canadian atheists.
I was raised, after all, by Canadian atheists.
That's awesome.
My Christian grade school taught me homosexuality was evil. It took my best friend coming out to me in college to change that.
Unrelatedly, I think I'm going to have a very hard time when candidates for higher office (Senate, President, Governor) start being younger than me. Both in a "OMG why are they a Senator and I'm not?" and in a "Dude. I AM BARELY AN ADULT, how do you think you can RUN THIS COUNTRY?!" way.
never attributing to malice what can be adequately explained by ignorance.
Yeah, I always thought that dictum was at the least overstated and probably dead wrong. If someone kicks me in the balls I'm gonna attribute that to malice.
I believe in malicious ignorance.
If someone kicks me in the balls I'm gonna attribute that to malice.
The circumstances in which that could be adequately explained by ignorance are going to be rare, Typo. Which is the point.
I believe in malicious ignorance.
I believe in ignorant maliciosity.