Do You Look Down At Republicans Because They Care More About The Stupid Cultural War Crap Than Improving Their Own Lives?

[NorthwestRider]

Republicans hate having the best Healthcare, having the best education, having the best infrastructure, etc

They just whine about stupid things such as transgenders in sports and restrooms, abortions, people burning flags, people kneeling during the national anthem, Joe Biden checking his watch, Dr. Seuss, etc

Yes I Do Look Down At Republicans

I Do Not, The Cultural War Is Much More Important Than Improving My Life

[nightdrot]

The fallacy in the question is obvious. As the 18th century British statesman and political philosopher Edmund Burke said, "The principles of true politics are those of morality enlarged." The "stupid cultural war crap" is, in fact, a recognition that the moral and the cultural precede the political and that it defines the terms of the political debate.

Indeed, ironically, the those on the political "left" of the spectrum implicitly recognize this fact. Thus was "political correctness" and "woke culture" born. A crude attempt to define the culture in terms of moral imperatives through an appropriation of the language.

In fact, the moral/cultural discussion cuts to the fundamentals of the political debate. Abortion is an obvious moral debate. Is freedom a means to an end or is it an end in itself. The welfare state is a less obvious, but equally "moral/cultural" question. Defining the obligation of the citizen to his fellows and the limits of those obligations.

These things, and much else, define the parameters of the political debate and the irony is that the attribution of "stupidity" to such questions is in fact what leads to the shrillness of the American political debate - indeed to the question's tone itself. The failure to recognize the moral/cultural dimension to the political discussion leads to attributions of insincerity and condescension. The questioner failing to recognize that he is a prisoner of the argument that he is making.

"Stupidity" is a characterization defining a quality. It is not a quality in and of itself. The questioner has made - crudely and while lacking awareness - a cultural point. Defining and characterizing those he disagrees with not on the merits of the case-by-case arguments, but in general moral terms.

Indeed, in one case, the questioner, who may presume himself intellectually and morally superior, strikes a deeply inhumane pose. He points to the episode of Mr. Biden at the recent reception ceremony for the dead in Afghanistan as beside the point. The families of the dead, implicit in the question, is the idea that these are mere raw material whose feelings are inconsequential and that the President's role a Head of State - that is in his symbolic and ceremonial duties - is inconsequential.

To be sure, American politics has more emotion and less intellectual content than is perhaps good for it. However, if American war dead and their families do not merit the respect of the Commander-in-Chief, even if inwardly he does not feel such respect, then the society is apt to see many more war dead to come. Thus does a personal failing of the President suggest deeper political ramifications, not least because as Head of State, it is the job of the President to treat the life and death of his citizens as of some greater consequence.

Indeed, even something as simple as respect for the flag has deeper ramifications. As Burke also said, "A nation is more than a mere thing of physical locality." It is, rather, a thing of the mind and if respect for its symbols and institutions is denigrated, then it is reasonable to assume that respect for the nation is in decline. Further, that the habit of denigrating those symbols suggests that it will decline still further, with not good consequences to follow - particularly as respect for the rule of a nation's laws will decline as respect for the nation declines.

CONT.

[nightdrot]

Human beings, as Aristotle pointed out, are distinct from all other animals in creation in that they alone respond to symbols and attribute meaning to them. To denigrate such things then is to blur the distinction between human and animal. Maintaining, even if sometimes crudely expressed, that distinction is what the "cultural warriors" of the "right" and the "politically correct woke" of the "left" are rightly preoccupied with.

Thus, the questioner exists in an intellectual hall of mirrors. He is either arguing, without being aware of it, for a cultural position - in which case he refutes his own premise - or he is a prisoner of ideas he does not understand.

[msc545]

Republicans are traitorous trash.

[NorthwestRider]

They just whine over the stupidest things

[msc545]

Exactly! 👍👍👍

[Anonymous]

Ah yes, lets look at the Liberal mindset for a utopia: best education: Critical Race Theory aka let's blame and punish all white people. That will make our society better! Divide with hatred!! Best infrastructure: let's defund the police!! Nevermind all the cities who have done this have seen an increase of crime. Let's silence those that disagree with us because we're too far from our safe spaces!! It's funny, the things you mention that Republicans "whine" about are the things that the left DOES. They want a male identifying as a female going into female bathrooms... does that ring an alarm in your brainwashed brain? Suddenly what Republicans do is whiny, but at least we're not crying in the streets throwing temper tantrums like the last election, burning down businesses and looting.

[NorthwestRider]

Lol really, how about storming the capitol because Trump lost. I just care about improving my life. I can care less if a woman gets an abortion

[NorthwestRider]

Do successful people such as LeBron James, Nelly, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Tom Brady, etc really care if a woman gets an abortion or if a transwoman use the women restroom

[Opinion Owner]

Oh one instance of rebellion from the right! So terrifying!! The world is falling apart!! Never mind the months and months of anfifa and blm violence that happened, the 20 something deaths they caused. The thousands of dollars of damage they caused in their own communities. Storming the capitol lol. How about the left storming your communities, how about destruction of communities, all of the violence they caused? All of the disruption they caused during free speech opposition speakers at colleges? Yeah... but they won't take accountability for that will they? Nope. Just because you don't care about an issue doesn't mean other people don't. I care if a man identifying as a woman comes in and uses the bathroom. They could be perverted. And yes, these rich people you mention do care about these social issues because a lot of them like Bill Gates are funding these things!! I'm sure each of them have an opinion of the matter.

[menina]

Yes, I look down on them. It seems that they have no real plans and they just want to pick on people who disagree with them.

"Joe Biden checking his watch" - Is that for real or you're just giving an example to prove your point?

[NorthwestRider]

No wonder why most are plain poor and not getting nowhere in life

[menina]

That's true. That's what happens when you spend so much time and energy on hating other people.

[NorthwestRider]

Like successful people such as LeBron James, Nelly, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Tom Brady, etc really care if a woman gets an abortion or if a transwoman use the women restroom

[menina]

I know right!

[Avicenna]

Actually, I look down on people who recite the same stale caricatures.

What a lot of leftists don't want to admit is that culture does matter. But that's typical of soulless Communists who have no real identity and don't want others to either.

[NorthwestRider]

Do successful people such as LeBron James, Nelly, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Tom Brady, etc really care if a woman gets an abortion or if a transwoman use the women restroom

[Avicenna]

LOL, what a strawman. Are they the ONLY successful people in this world? Is one unsuccessful if one isn't a billionaire? Seriously...

And LeBron is known to care about politics- a lot. So does Bill Gates. Everyone has their own issues they find important.

And we won't get the best infrastructure because our elites don't want it. The current travesty of "infrastructure" legislation shows we aren't a serious nation. If we were, we'd improve our rail networks where they're viable, repair roads, build new ones where necessary and improve our public transportation where it's viable as well as improving broadband speeds to rival South Korea and Singapore, and really respect our skilled tradespeople. And improve our math and science education (especially math).

[NorthwestRider]

And yet Republicans whine about abortion, trans women, etc than education or infrastructure or Healthcare

[Avicenna]

The only whining I see here is yours- and it's repetitive. What do you care? People can have lots of things that are important to them.

[DrHobama]

Not the precious culture!

[NorthwestRider]

I care about the real issues not silly stupid cultural war nonsense. The real issues are infrastructure, the economy, Healthcare, education, climate change, etc not trans women or abortions

[Avicenna]

Those aren't the only issues, and, not coincidentally, the issues you deplore are ones pursued by your beloved Democrats- maybe you should complain to them. As we have seen by the way Democrats politicize everything, they see the issues you list as cultural ones as well.

And, sure, I'd agree that economic issues, healthcare, infrastructure, and education are very important. But they aren't the only ones.

[NorthwestRider]

What issues are also Important

[Avicenna]

I'd say the future of Social Security and Medicare, immigration/citizenship law, energy policy, the state of the nuclear family, civil liberties, crime, what to do with the many people who have criminal records but have a hard time finding employment, pride in our country and its symbols are the big issues, but issues like trans people participating in women's sports, while less significant in my opinion, aren't insignificant.

[Avicenna]

And I forgot to mention international trade and reviving our domestic manufacturing as big issues- they're among the biggest.

[kyleelyn199723]

My issue here is that the big topics you mentioned, it’s hard to tell what is best. What exactly is best education? What exactly is best health care? I feel like many democrats definitions of best doesn’t fit everyone’s best

[NorthwestRider]

For Healthcare, Europe has the best Healthcare system. We should copy their system

[kyleelyn199723]

What exactly is their system?

[NorthwestRider]

Medicare for All, the same system as Canada

[kyleelyn199723]

Who pays for their insurance?

[NorthwestRider]

They pay in taxes but we pay our taxes on stupid ass wars.

[kyleelyn199723]

I can agree to better health care but I still don’t understand what a better education system means.

[NorthwestRider]

They should look at the rankings to see who has the best education and copy that

[kyleelyn199723]

@NorthwestRider how can you determine who has the best education though?

[NorthwestRider]

I am sure there are official rankings out there that list all countries. Same with Healthcare and infrastructure

[kyleelyn199723]

@NorthwestRider honestly I don’t think so because education goes beyond the classroom. If your child isn’t up to doing well in school regardless of the level of education, they won’t do well in school. I don’t really think there’s a way to figure out best education

[NorthwestRider]

There are schools that get more money than other schools

[kyleelyn199723]

Agreed, but that doesn’t mean kids aren’t capable of learning.

[NorthwestRider]

It is about money and resources which affects how well a student does. A rich school would have better results than a poor school

[kyleelyn199723]

I think that depends. A school that can afford books is one thing, but all this updated technology is unnecessary

[NorthwestRider]

Everything is moving online

[kyleelyn199723]

I’m in college and they are trying to push everything offline as much as possible , schools are open now.

[Avicenna]

The health care system in Germany is not the same as Canada's. Please don't misinform people.

[Bobme]

Where to start. I will have to come back to this later I'm going to bed.
But for now. The sad thing is that this snowflake cupcake who wrote this probably actually believes this nonsense.
There is a cure for your brainwashing.
Fox News for 1 week. And you will see the real world.
This gets one of the biggest cupcake awards ever.
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[Anonymous]

To be fair that’s all politics is nowadays. I do think it’s funny that all a republican has to do to get like a 90% party approval rating is call kaepernick a douche.

[NorthwestRider]

I think politics should move away from silly stupid cultural war nonsense and worry about the real issues. That shows how stupid the Republican voters are. I am pretty sure most of them are poor

[OddBeMe]

That succinctly spells out the difference between the voters. Maybe not the political parties. But the voters either care about owning libs and making their Facebook video mocking pro-maskers. Whereas Dems volunteer at food charities, and want to “progress” society.

[Anonymous]

What we hate is people like you who think the govrrnemnt can actually provide "the best Healthcare, education" and whatnot. And maybe if it wasn't for you Democrats spending God knows how much of our money on stupid shit, maybe we actually COULD pay for university healthcare without it draining our pockets.

[msc545]

Yeah, you're right. Instead of the government, which administers Medicare, the most successful single-payer system in the country, let's leave it up to for-profit health insurance companies since they do such a good job now. You have shit for brains.

[Opinion Owner]

@msc545 Here, let me stoop to your level to exemplify how narrow-minded you are. "Yeah, let's just leave it up for the entity that has implemented and used race-based medical access within recent history (within a year or two). You have shit for brains."

Now that we've got the childishness out of the way, perhaps we could have a grown-up conversation. Trust private companies and trusting government are both bad for practically the same reasons. Both neglect for personal gain. The best option is to have a healthy competition between government options and private options. If big-pharma neglects people for profit, the government option is available. If the government is incompetent in employing such a service, private option is available. Competition between the two would likely yield a favorable result for citizens.

[msc545]

Fuck you, moron.

[Opinion Owner]

How typical.

[DaveToo]

I don't look down on Republicans. I look down on those people, regardless of their political stance, that wishes to dominate, harm, or control other people.

[Anonymous]

my life is great. it is your life and your transgender girlfriends life which I do not wish to pay for. pay for your own sex change. pay your fair share for insurance based upon the risk that your lifestyle adds to the pool of insureds

[anylolone]

The cultural war is imperative to reduce crime, increase wages relative to inflation, reduce loans, increase integration and co-operation, etc...

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure your opinion matches what I've evidenced in the last few years.

[Anonymous]

Republicans hate America, or so it seems.

[NorthwestRider]

Also a lot of them are poor. But they care more about stupid issues than fixing their own lives

[Avicenna]

I see, heaven forbid that they decide for themselves how to live their lives. How do you know they aren't striving anyway? The complete and utter arrogance. And it's not as if there aren't a lot of poor Democrats- what's their excuse? After all, they're already enlightened, aren't they?

And Anonymous, one would have to be pretty dense to actually believe that nonsense. When you hear the ritual denunciations of the US, they usually come from leftists.

[crmoore]

Then why is it Republicans who are constantly waving the American flag? Why are they the ones who're regarded as patriots?

Why do Democrats always regard America as racist and deplorable? Why is it that CNN can have a segment where they say the American flag makes them uncomfortable, as the host expresses agreement? Why is it the Democrats who are advocating for authoritarianism when America was founded on libertarianism (the literal opposite)? Why is it that Democrats so firmly oppose the right to free speech, or the right to bear arms? Make no mistake about it. If we're going to generalize the parties, it's the Democrats who hate America.

Though to be clear, I'm not a fan of generalizing like this. I personally believe that most Republicans and Democrats are fairly normal, not extreme people. But if we are to generalize, it's not Republicans who hate America. It's quite the opposite and with all due respect it's particularly ridiculous for you to claim otherwise.

[joeldalton]

You’re a spectacular idiot.

[NorthwestRider]

Do successful people such as LeBron James, Nelly, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Tom Brady, etc really care if a woman gets an abortion or if a transwoman use the women restroom

[joeldalton]

Do those successful people care if you use the right pronouns?

[kyleelyn199723]

@NorthwestRider you think rich people don’t have opinions? How many celebrities were telling people to stay home during the pandemic meanwhile saying that from their 50 bedroom home

[NorthwestRider]

@kyleelyn199723 Rich people care about making $$$ and be successful. They can care less about abortions or if a trans woman use the restroom or play sports

[kyleelyn199723]

@NorthwestRider don’t most people care about $$ and being successful? Your argument above about what people should focus on involve money and success. Everyone in life has opinions

[DrHobama]

I mean are you really going to pretend that’s not almost exclusively all republicans talk about?

[NorthwestRider]

@kyleelyn199723 Nah Republicans care more about abortions and trans women in restrooms than getting higher in life

[kyleelyn199723]

@DrHobama most things democrats talk about are unrealistic as hell, aside from health care which I think should be offered to everyone

[kyleelyn199723]

@NorthwestRider then why are republicans statically more successful than democrats?

[NorthwestRider]

@kyleelyn199723 Many Republicans are plain poor. Just look at the red states such as West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, etc are among the poorest states while the blue Northeast states are among the richest

[DrHobama]

What do democrats talk about in your opinion?

[kyleelyn199723]

@northsestrider that doesn’t account for every single republican and every single democrat though. I am taking a class on this right now called sociology and statically , democrats are typically not as successful as republicans

[kyleelyn199723]

Many democrats can’t even vote

[DrHobama]

Generationally inherited wealth and better job opportunities going back a generation have a lot to do with it.

[kyleelyn199723]

@DrHobama generational wealth needs to be kept up with. There’s a lot of broke people that came from a wealthy family

[NorthwestRider]

@kyleelyn199723 Then why 13 out of the 15 richest states went for Biden

https://usabynumbers.com/richest-states-in-the-us/

[kyleelyn199723]

@norhwestrider, I just answered that question.

[DrHobama]

There’s a lot more who didn’t go broke. It’s far easier to make money when you already have it, that’s not disputable.

[kyleelyn199723]

@DrHobama obviously , but that doesn’t really mean anything in that sense. There are rich democrats. They’re just more rich republicans

[DrHobama]

Yeah but again, those rich republicans tend to be older and come from a generation that had a lot more wealth to hand down. It’s not really the case that one side wants to be successful and the other doesn’t.

[kyleelyn199723]

@DrHobama and what about the self made republicans? I personally know a ton of self made republicans. My family being one. Actually it’s interesting , my father is a republican and built his business from the bottom up and my mother is a democrat and she had to file bankruptcy

[NorthwestRider]

Also red states get more federal aid than blue states

www.politicscentral.org/.../

[NorthwestRider]

@kyleelyn199723 Lol Trump filled for bankruptcies six times

[kyleelyn199723]

@NorthwestRider and I’m sure trump still had money coming in. Many blue states have democrats in them that literally can’t access federal aid, voting etc.

[kyleelyn199723]

Personally I don’t think my immigrant black professor is going to lie to me about a topic that he has a Doctorate degree in 😊

[DrHobama]

No ones saying they don’t exist I’m just saying it’s not a majority and your personal anecdote doesn’t really mean anything.

[kyleelyn199723]

Yes it is a majority. Majority of democrats are on the poor spectrum which is why they vote for more freebies and benefits. A rich person will vote republican because they don’t want to pay for another persons stuff

[NorthwestRider]

@kyleelyn199723 You saw the link where almost all of the richest states vote blue

[kyleelyn199723]

@borthwestrider, that doesn’t account for all democrats. Many many democrats can’t even vote.

[DrHobama]

That’s not true at all kyleelyn

[DrHobama]

So I decided to do what you don’t and actually did some research, among high income earners (100000 per year or more) the number of Democrats and Republicans are roughly identical (per 2012). Since 1980, however, Democrats have made significantly more money than republicans. Why? Because most republicans were born into their wealth.

[kyleelyn199723]

@DrHobama many many democrats can’t vote. Also Hispanic is starting to become the native language for a reason. They’re many many unaccounted people in stats online. Born into wealth , you need to be able to keep up the wealth. My dad is a self made business owner and a republican, my boyfriend is a self made business owner and a republican , my exes father and mother are self made business owners and republican.

[DrHobama]

If they can’t vote how exactly are they a member of any political party?

[DrHobama]

Kylee I don’t care how many republicans you know who started businesses it doesn’t change facts.

[kyleelyn199723]

@DrHobama because political views have made it to social media which everyone has access to. And why don’t you care? I don’t know one business owner in my life that is a democrat. Not a single one.

[DrHobama]

Ok well I know several. Does that now make all business owners Democrats by your logic?

[DrHobama]

Also what is it about owning a business that you republicans fetishize so much?

[kyleelyn199723]

@DrHobama did I say all business owners are democrat? And who doesn’t dream about owning a business? Sounds like you are jealous of business owners

[DrHobama]

Well as the son of a business owner I sure hope not. No you didn’t, you said they were all republican because you only knew republican business owners, so I turned that logic around. Not the brightest bulb in the pack are you?

[kyleelyn199723]

Where did I say they all were business owners? Hun there’s tons of businesses that fly the gay pride flag and Black Lives Matter flag, I never said that. I said majority of business owners are republican, not all.

[kyleelyn199723]

Also many many many corporate businesses will pretend like they move in a democratic manner to bring in more business since I’ve noticed democrats are definitely more hostile than republicans

[KrakenAttackin]

**Yawn**.

[White_Boy_506]

I can’t.

[White_Boy_506]

We’re the ones still working