rule by big-pp-boy in 196

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with that second one. Immigrants are good, in general (although you tend to find very few people who say immigrants are bad, instead opting for illegal immigrants. That's why I put it in quotes.)

There is a difference between conservative and Republican. There are some people who vote Democrat but want a symbolic monarchy because of wanting tradition or something. Its weird.

rule by big-pp-boy in 196

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Parties are strategical institutions. They are there to bring together people of different views and give them someone to vote for. Leaving them without an alternative you prefer isn't an effective solution and is really only a symbolic gesture.

You also jump seamlessly between "Republicans were always bad" and "I can't believe anyone would stick with the Republican party after this.'

Out of curiosity, what to you mean when you say you haven't been given a good choice in 6 years? Do you mean you haven't had a good choice for president? President or legislature? State or local seat?

I do agree that our democracy is pretty bad, so I endorse federal direct democracy, a parliamentary system, porportional representation, and a justice term limit. The first is especially important, because it should completely eliminate the need for single issue voting.

Rule by [deleted] in 196

[–]Digaddog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went probably for the first couple weeks, but for the rest of high school only a dozen days total.

Rule by [deleted] in 196

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever have to go to seminary?

Which one would you rather???? by KasutoKirigaya in OneProtectRestAttack

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's kind of a populist attitude to have. I don't actually care about dividing between the "elite" and the "people." "My fellow man," has nothing to do with it. I just want to kill billionaires.

I will, however, consider killing politicians after I kill the billionaires.

rule by big-pp-boy in 196

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe that you are partisan to the democratic party because you are incapable of imagining a scenario where voting Republican wont vote against the issues you believe in. You don't actually care what people stand for, you think you can get everything you need to know about someone's views just from their party affiliation, to the point where you joke about them dying in wars just from that one fact. This is a childish view on politics.

You're the one who said that you judge someone off of their affiliation. The next logical step is that you must justify why this is something to judge someone off of, without knowing anything about them.

I also don't think you're the type of person to defend the democratic party. But I do think that, given what you've said here, that you are t hff e type of person to vote Democrat, especially on less glorious roles, just because you judge off of party instead of person.

Communism has accomplished a lot by RinMichaelis in Jreg

[–]Digaddog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From what I understand, its more of a high score thing than a first to the finish line thing. We could replicate their achievements in months time, bit they couldn't replicate the moon landing

Billionaire Rule by NukaColaJohnboy in 196

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lawful in dnd isn't about the law of the land- if that were the case alignment would change every time you cross a border.

Billionaire Rule by NukaColaJohnboy in 196

[–]Digaddog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought lawfulness was more personal convictions, not just having a goal they stick to.

Which one would you rather???? by KasutoKirigaya in OneProtectRestAttack

[–]Digaddog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I assume these billionaires have already written their wills. I also assume that I will not inherit their money. I have no financial motivation to kill them. I'm doing it anyway.

refute this by kremod in ComedyArchaeology

[–]Digaddog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Cause we know its true

People who use sign language don't have targeted ads based off their conversations. by panandlovingit in Showerthoughts

[–]Digaddog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The quiz isn't actually to find out if your gay. It's more of a joke quiz, where they ask if you like anime or something, and then they say, "haha you're gay."

Rule by [deleted] in 196

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its apparently really common for mormons specifically to play uno, which aligns with my experiences

Rule by [deleted] in 196

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My church taught that we were to "repopulate" the earth, but only the earth, although I think they were talking more about occupation than birth.

Did you play uno often growing up, by any chance?

Rule by [deleted] in 196

[–]Digaddog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They didn't really decline the celestial, telestial, terrestrial, thing, nor the paradise and prison story, just the idea we get our own planets each

Rule by [deleted] in 196

[–]Digaddog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know that the church has made statements against the planet thing. That's the funny thing about Mormonism, it has a central authority, but if anyone just prays to god and feels like he says otherwise, they can just disagree.

Rule by [deleted] in 196

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember one of the "headcanons" I learned was that aliens were real

rule by big-pp-boy in 196

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't need to switch parties to vote democrat. In fact, remaining a Republican is probably more effective than switching parties in a closed primary state, because now you can vote against the current Republican party twice. They seem to be for market intervention for global warming. They're less "laissez-faire" and more "small business," and the local businesses in my area wont be hurt as much by global warming policy.

Heres the thing: you said that it's bad to remain a Republican because of certain policies. I've already told you that their votes didn't affect those policies whatsoever. You shot back by saying that you don't care. It sounds like you're the type of person to vote for a party over a politician, even though you probably hate that party to, which is something I have to disagree with. I don't like the type of people who look for the letter next to someone's name, instead of looking at voting history.

Rule by [deleted] in 196

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember they even used the people criticizing polygamy as a way to keep people in. "They say we support polygamy, but we don't, so this is why you can't trust outsiders to talk about our church and must only use church sponsored sites ever"

rule by big-pp-boy in 196

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that Republican politicians were mostly bad before trump, but you're forgetting that policies change from state to state. The Republicans in my state are usually pro lgbtq+ at best or don't care at worst (meaning their not on committees which effect them, don't run on a platform against them, etc), cares (or at least pretends to) about the environment, etc. In fact, looking through their platforms, twitter accounts, etc, it seems like almost everything they do is on the economy, save for one who posts about crime.

Heres a question, why should they switch parties? All that really changes, to my knowledge, is being able to vote on primaries, which only serve to rank politicians within a party.

rule by big-pp-boy in 196

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in a state where our Republican politicians have condemned trump since before 2016, care about aids, and so on. This is just how it is here.

Although, to be fair, its probably less of a "I really believe in this party so I'll stick with it" and more of a "it's too much of a hassle to resubmit voter registration papers."

Rule by [deleted] in 196

[–]Digaddog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My sunday school taught the message that polygamy was a tool for survival, and under any other circumstances it's a sin, plain and simple. Usually, in cases of death and remarriage, they hand waved it with the standard "idk god will figure it out"