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In reply to the discussion: "Both parties are the same." [View all]Vattel
(9,289 posts)Both don't do nearly enough for the poor.
Both are absurdly militaristic.
Both are too willing to kill innocent bystanders as "collateral damage" in war.
Neither shows any interest in amending federal criminal law to make waterboarding, etc. unambiguously criminal.
Neither is serious about prison reform (e.g., making solitary confinement humane).
Both continue the war on drugs (although there are signs of improvement on the Dem side).
Both treat undocumented workers like shit.
Both have contributed to the erosion of our rights under the bill of rights.
Both have expanded executive power in unconstitutional and dangerous ways.
Both went after Drake and other whistle-blowers in unconscionable ways.
Both don't give a shit about nonhuman sentient beings.
Both lie and lie and lie.
I could go on.