Why do people think the GOP is horrible?

[Uxupox]

Because all of their policies are horrible.

Oh not all of them.

90.... 95%, tops.

Some of them are really really bad but they are still not as bad as that ammo sale background check in California.

[Daburuetchi]

Oh not all of them.

90.... 95%, tops.

Some of them are really really bad but they are still not as bad as that ammo sale background check in California.

Might die because Obamacare is repealed but at least I can buy ammo!

[Gages Icelandic Army]

Trust is very socially liberal AND economically liberal. He transformed the party to be more populist and have become a possible safe haven for the poor. Donald Trump, for better or worse, has changed the GOP forever. After this term, the GOP will be:

More socially progressive
More armed for the poor
More isolationist (previously the republican party SAID they were isolationist but look at the military budget...)
Full of tv personalities rather than politicians... I'm kind of on the fence with that one.

[Cymrea]

I think the GOP is terrible because of its long history of stepping on others while declaring Don't Tread On Me. Denying freedoms to those they don't like for religious reasons, while shrieking blue murder over any perceived threats to their own freedoms. For essentially giving the middle finger to the middle class and poor while handing themselves benefits, pensions, higher pay, and tax cuts for themselves and wealthy friends - while duping blue collar workers into believing their fearmongering. For systematically degrading the educational system in this country to the point where blue collar dupes form the largest constituency.

For fooling so many in believing they give one single ounce of fuck about them, right up until they have their vote. GOP is the party of the self-serving, of the privileged, and of the elite.

[Chinese Peoples]

I was listening to the news last night, and one spokesperson for Trump said that he would appoint, "good, conservative judges", to the Supreme Court.


WTF, what about neutral and unbiased judges? Isn't impartiality the most fundamental requirement of a judge? Since when were judges allowed to let their political opinions influence their decisions? Just on this statement alone, I think Trump should not be allowed to appoint any judicial official.

GOP has always identified itself with Lincoln, but none of their policies ever reflect the values espoused by Lincoln.

[Uxupox]

Some of them are really really bad but they are still not as bad as that ammo sale background check in California.

Might die because Obamacare is repealed but at least I can buy ammo!

Hey at least I got tricare.

[United Empire of Humanity]

Trust is very socially liberal AND economically liberal. He transformed the party to be more populist and have become a possible safe haven for the poor. Donald Trump, for better or worse, has changed the GOP forever. After this term, the GOP will be:

More socially progressive
More armed for the poor
More isolationist (previously the republican party SAID they were isolationist but look at the military budget...)
Full of tv personalities rather than politicians... I'm kind of on the fence with that one.

By the gods I hope you're right.
Right now it looks like Trump might just surround himself with a bunch of homophobes.

[Uxupox]

I was listening to the news last night, and one spokesperson for Trump said that he would appoint, "good, conservative judges", to the Supreme Court.


WTF, what about neutral and unbiased judges? Isn't impartiality the most fundamental requirement of a judge? Since when were judges allowed to let their political opinions influence their decisions? Just on this statement alone, I think Trump should not be allowed to appoint any judicial official.

no such thing as impartial judge over here. always in the pocket of somebody.

[Chinese Peoples]

I was listening to the news last night, and one spokesperson for Trump said that he would appoint, "good, conservative judges", to the Supreme Court.


WTF, what about neutral and unbiased judges? Isn't impartiality the most fundamental requirement of a judge? Since when were judges allowed to let their political opinions influence their decisions? Just on this statement alone, I think Trump should not be allowed to appoint any judicial official.

no such thing as impartial judge over here. always in the pocket of somebody.

Yes, and Trump alone has the indecency to talk about it in the open. Can't we at least maintain a veneer of decency in politics?

[Tokora]

I'm in the minority here but as a Christian-Socialist I hate the GOP for 3 reasons:

1. Their willingness to suck up to the 1% and completely disregard the poor in direct defiance of Christ's teachings.

2. While I agree with the pro-life positioning, they do it only half-heatedly so that they can just call themselves moral without providing aid to the struggling mother. Helping parents be able to raise the child is equally necessary to call yourself pro-life. Jimmy Carter knew this.

3. As I've laid out, their complete Hypocrisy to the teachings of Christ. They ignore the poor, destroy his earth, and (metaphorically) choose to murder the sick rather than heal.

The worst part is that due to their complete and utter butchery of Christ's teachings, Christianity is dead in the American political system.

[The Liberated Territories]

So, when i browse political forums i find that the left makes the right look like a monolithic demon that hates gays, minorities. Then they soon blame many Americas problems on the GOP(I admit the GOP blames alot of problems on the dems too). Then they in this election they shame all trump supporters as Racist sexist Bigots, who are dumb gun-toting rednecks. Then the left says the GOP or the right dosnt care when they do, it is just we have different views to help.

So discuss:

Partisanship.

I disagree with the GOP on several points, but the frothing irrational hate I see is tribalism at its best.

[Conserative Morality]

because this election cycle, they nominated a man who stood for none of their supposed values and none of america's supposed values

[Baitskhan]

tag

[Bogdanov Vishniac]

So, when i browse political forums i find that the left makes the right look like a monolithic demon that hates gays, minorities. Then they soon blame many Americas problems on the GOP(I admit the GOP blames alot of problems on the dems too). Then they in this election they shame all trump supporters as Racist sexist Bigots, who are dumb gun-toting rednecks. Then the left says the GOP or the right dosnt care when they do, it is just we have different views to help.

So discuss:

Partisanship.

I disagree with the GOP on several points, but the frothing irrational hate I see is tribalism at its best.

You're lucky then. You have the eminent luxury of being able to disagree with him without having your life overly affected by his victory. Lots of people here are not so fortunate.

[Brusia]

Cuz they've been appealing to thinly veiled racial tensions since Nixon and they have admitted it. Also they're no longer any nice moderate Republicans like Eisenhower.

John Kasich?

[United Empire of Humanity]

Partisanship.

I disagree with the GOP on several points, but the frothing irrational hate I see is tribalism at its best.

You're lucky then. You have the eminent luxury of being able to disagree with him without having your life overly affected by his victory. Lots of people here are not so fortunate.

Indeed.

[Chinese Peoples]

Cuz they've been appealing to thinly veiled racial tensions since Nixon and they have admitted it. Also they're no longer any nice moderate Republicans like Eisenhower.

John Kasich?

Mr. Kasich is not the President-elect.

I would like to see Trump swapped with Justin Trudeau, who arguably will be a better President than Prime Minister.

[Brusia]

John Kasich?

Mr. Kasich is not the President-elect.

I would like to see Trump swapped with Justin Trudeau, who arguably will be a better President than Prime Minister.

Not saying he's the most prominent Republican, just saying that nice moderates are still out there

[Chinese Peoples]

Mr. Kasich is not the President-elect.

I would like to see Trump swapped with Justin Trudeau, who arguably will be a better President than Prime Minister.

Not saying he's the most prominent Republican, just saying that nice moderates are still out there

I think this conversation isn't going anywhere, so let's end on the note that Lincoln, the grandfather of GOP, didn't allow states to stand in the way of a union.

[Galloism]

Oh not all of them.

90.... 95%, tops.

Some of them are really really bad but they are still not as bad as that ammo sale background check in California.

Yeah, Republican politicians don't have an absolute monopoly on stupid ideas.

[Quokkastan]

Oh not all of them.

90.... 95%, tops.

Some of them are really really bad but they are still not as bad as that ammo sale background check in California.

Is that the worst "stupid Democratic policy" that you could come up with?

That's vaguely encouraging.

And yes. Many of them are that bad. Or worse.

[Soviet Haaregrad]

I can't imagine why people might have a poor feeling about the cancer that's killing America.

[Arachaea]

Because ISideWith puts me at 0% Republican.

[Brusia]

I can't imagine why people might have a poor feeling about the cancer that's killing America.

B.S. like that is far more dangerous than either the Republicans or the Democrats. Dehumanizing half of the population of the US to the extent that people view them as a "cancer" because they've completely bought into the rhetoric being spouted by the alarmists and extremists on both sides of the political spectrum can do far greater harm than any bill passed by some corrupt politician from either party.

[The Liberated Territories]

Partisanship.

I disagree with the GOP on several points, but the frothing irrational hate I see is tribalism at its best.

You're lucky then. You have the eminent luxury of being able to disagree with him without having your life overly affected by his victory. Lots of people here are not so fortunate.

What does Trump have to do with the GOP though? Certainly, for the vast majority of Americans who voted for Trump -- almost all of them working class mind you -- believe Trump's presidency to be a beneficial development. So they believe at least it is beneficial to them, or else why would they have mass majorly voted against their interests?