General Politics the second: But what is politics?

[Arakhor]

And that's the last post. @Ziggy Stardust would you like to start the new thread?

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

And that's the last post. @Ziggy Stardust would you like to start the new thread?

No thanks. Maybe @Samson wants it?

 

[Arwon]

Now we have one party that is trying to encourage unfettered immigration to skew the vote to gain advantage at the polls.

Lmao surely nobody believes this

 

[Lexicus]

Not that I want to excuse trump anything, but I suspect there may be some throwing stones in glass houses going on there.

You're confusing two different issues.

 

[IglooDame]

Lmao surely nobody believes this

Oh I've no doubt that there are Democrats that don't much care about immigration from a social policy standpoint, but are in favor of immigration because they're mostly blue votes. Just like there are Republicans that don't much care about immigration from a social policy standpoint, but are opposed to it because they're mostly blue votes. I have an extreme dislike of both of those groups of people, because either way they're putting the good of their party above the good of their country.

 

[Lexicus]

Oh I've no doubt that there are Democrats that don't much care about immigration from a social policy standpoint, but are in favor of immigration because they're mostly blue votes. Just like there are Republicans that don't much care about immigration from a social policy standpoint, but are opposed to it because they're mostly blue votes. I have an extreme dislike of both of those groups of people, because either way they're putting the good of their party above the good of their country.

I would question the idea that immigrants are mostly blue votes. Immigrants tend to be more conservative than people who were born here.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Before Donald Trump came along and demonized them all, the RNC had done a soul-searching and resolved to court them on precisely that basis.

But then Donald Trump came along and demonized them all.

 

[Birdjaguar]

@Samson You are up for the new thread.

 

[Birdjaguar]

New thread is here