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In reply to the discussion: Can someone please explain to me why the Republican Party still enjoys [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)You can have two identical positions. These people could support this position. You tell them it's from a Republican and they'll love it. Tell them it's from a Democrat, and they'll hate it. Every single time. Unfailingly. Even if you put these identical positions, side by side, word-for-word the same, they will still support the "Republican" one and oppose the "Democrat" one.
This is why there are those of us on the left who express frequent disgust with the Party Loyalists of the Democrats. The sort that admonish everyone to just vote for terrible candidates "because democrats!" No. no, don't do that! Demand better candidates! Badger the shit out of them, demand better positions and policies! "Because Democrat" is a SHITTY way to think, and demonstrates the same sort of reflexive, brainless mentality enjoyed by the Republicans. Brainless loyalism has turned the Republican party into a mountain of dangerous crazy, this is the LAST thing we want to happen to the Democrats.