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what's the problem with republicans?

Postby Trimasia » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:37 am

i mean,i dont understand why so many people think they're EVIL :evil: anyways,why do people think they're horible,

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Postby Alyakia » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:40 am

To be very brief: Harmful economic policies, implied lack of morality, penchant for starting unnessecary wars (but this seems to be a general thing shared by both parties) and nun-raping death squads.
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Postby The Matthew Islands » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:41 am

Because they don't agree with their policies?
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Postby Trixiestan » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:41 am

Alyakia wrote:To be very brief: Harmful economic policies, implied lack of morality, penchant for starting unnessecary wars (but this seems to be a general thing shared by both parties) and nun-raping death squads.


You forgot the racism towards minorities~
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Postby Trussvania » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:44 am

The Matthew Islands wrote:Because they don't agree with their policies?

This.

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Postby The Babbage Islands » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:44 am

The same as the problem with the Democrats -- lust for power.
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Postby Vecherd » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:47 am

The problem with Republicans is that they are Democrats, and vice versa.
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Postby Newtamander » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:50 am

Ahem... GEORGE W BUSH.

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Postby Mr Bananagrabber » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:50 am

I think it's just basically that they're pure evil... :unsure:
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Postby SaintB » Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:00 am

My biggest reason is simple: As a group they are judgmental, reactionary, and hold social and moral ideals that I find both hypocritical and unfair.
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Postby Ashmoria » Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:04 am

the bush policies were a disaster for this country so they want to go back to them only on steroids.

whats not to hate?
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Postby Angleter » Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:05 am

They want to abolish a long-standing British insti-

Oh, right. Those ones. Their tendency towards a pseudo-theocratic far-Right with probably damaging economic stances (like wanting the US to default) may be their main problem.
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Postby Valrez » Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:11 am

Trixiestan wrote:
Alyakia wrote:To be very brief: Harmful economic policies, implied lack of morality, penchant for starting unnessecary wars (but this seems to be a general thing shared by both parties) and nun-raping death squads.


You forgot the racism towards minorities~


Where do you get this notion that they're racist? please tell....
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Postby New Alaxia » Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:41 am

Valrez wrote:
Trixiestan wrote:
You forgot the racism towards minorities~


Where do you get this notion that they're racist? please tell....

Oh, I will. Let's start with the whole birth certificate thing with president Obama. If he was white, and his father was from, say, England, instead of Kenya, no one would blink an eye. Also, their policies that negatively impact the lower income people in cities, the majority of whom are Black or Latino. And their seemingly insatiable thirst for a better protected border from Mexican immigrants. Does that answer your question?
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Postby Aeronos » Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:51 am

You're expecting a party who's past two House Majority Leaders were named Boner and Dick Army to do something other than fuck America hard? ;)
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Postby Greed and Death » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:02 am

They have no qualms about damaging/destroying the country to get their way.
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:03 am

They're a party dedicated to the economic interests of People Who Are Not Like Me, whose social conservatism entails jumping up and down on People Like Me on the grounds that the works of a cosmic Jewish zombie and his dad told them to.

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Postby Sorratsin » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:17 am

They are trying to destroy the federal government in order to create a Latin American libertarian paradise, where the richest 1% frolic on their private island and the other 99% die face down in a gutter of an easily curable disease and/or lack of nutrition.

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Postby Valrez » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:22 am

New Alaxia wrote:
Valrez wrote:
Where do you get this notion that they're racist? please tell....

Oh, I will. Let's start with the whole birth certificate thing with president Obama. If he was white, and his father was from, say, England, instead of Kenya, no one would blink an eye. Also, their policies that negatively impact the lower income people in cities, the majority of whom are Black or Latino. And their seemingly insatiable thirst for a better protected border from Mexican immigrants. Does that answer your question?


It'd be the same case if his father was from England...

their policies that negatively impact the lower income people in cities, the majority of whom are Black or Latino.


^ please explain further how their policies negatively effect minorities.

And their seemingly insatiable thirst for a better protected border from Mexican immigrants.


^ Why is it bad to protect the border? Last I checked they aren't immigrants, they're illegal immigrants. I'm all for immigration... thats if they do it lawfully. If we don't keep up our borders and protect them, we might as well just be a part of Mexico.
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Postby Ceannairceach » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:26 am

Valrez wrote:Where do you get this notion that they're racist? please tell....
^ Why is it bad to protect the border? Last I checked they aren't immigrants, they're illegal immigrants. I'm all for immigration... thats if they do it lawfully. If we don't keep up our borders and protect them, we might as well just be a part of Mexico.[/quote]
It certainly doesn't help them when they have TEA partiers supporting racist ideals, and when they speak out against the loosening of the immigration process.

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Postby Meusia » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:32 am

Many extremely republican republicans are very discriminatory to certain demographics with their biased and unfounded policies (e.i. Homosexuals) and are less open to change

but their pretty nice people when politics aren't involved
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Postby Mormon Isles » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:35 am

Trixiestan wrote:
Alyakia wrote:To be very brief: Harmful economic policies, implied lack of morality, penchant for starting unnessecary wars (but this seems to be a general thing shared by both parties) and nun-raping death squads.


You forgot the racism towards minorities~

Racism? Republicans are not racist. Where did you hear that from? Racism has been 99% gone for a long time so please do not bring that up. The only times people are racist is usually when those illegals jump our borders.

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Postby Valrez » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:36 am

Ceannairceach wrote:
Valrez wrote:Where do you get this notion that they're racist? please tell....
^ Why is it bad to protect the border? Last I checked they aren't immigrants, they're illegal immigrants. I'm all for immigration... thats if they do it lawfully. If we don't keep up our borders and protect them, we might as well just be a part of Mexico.

It certainly doesn't help them when they have TEA partiers supporting racist ideals, and when they speak out against the loosening of the immigration process.[/quote]

The Teaparty doesn't support racist ideals!

We are against loosening immigration because we know that most of these attempt to loosen immigration are to give amnesty.... If you have a borderless nation, so be it. But when the drug cartels start taking over the south-west, you'll know why.
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Postby Ashmoria » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:41 am

Meusia wrote:Many extremely republican republicans are very discriminatory to certain demographics with their biased and unfounded policies (e.i. Homosexuals) and are less open to change

but their pretty nice people when politics aren't involved

yeah

its best not to judge the totality of a person by their politics.
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Postby Ceannairceach » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:43 am

Valrez wrote:The Teaparty doesn't support racist ideals!

We are against loosening immigration because we know that most of these attempt to loosen immigration are to give amnesty.... If you have a borderless nation, so be it. But when the drug cartels start taking over the south-west, you'll know why.

The drug cartels are a product of the stigma against drug use. Legalize drugs and regulate them, and the crime will phase itself out.

As to the Tea baggers, I'd reconsider, considering their representation at protests against mosques, namely ones with Arab adherents. And, if not racist, certainly bigoted.
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