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maxpkmf posted...

I don't vote down party lines. I vote policy. I didn't run. You don't conversate in good faith, why should I continue talking to you?

Gladius didn't speak in good faith? She's like the most sincere person I've seen on this board, arguably this entire site.

It's absurd to call their good faith into question here.

(And, I can't help but notice, a convenient way to not answer the question.)

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Nah, he's a full on chud. He's survived because he refuses to try and defend any of his positions by elaborating on them because he knows if he does he'll get modded, since racist and homophobic.

Let me know when someone is suspended. I have a reaction video for it.

the_real_Naruto posted...

is it like that where you are from? I am always curious on politics from countries foreign for ours.

We also have our political issues for sure.
The big two ones are Ukraine (and Russia) and Immigration.

At least that's the big political topic here these days.

But the big advantage of a multiparty system is that I can talk shit about any party, and if someone asks "well, who you gonna vote for?" you can geniuly say "honestly, no idea so far".

We also have an election in half a year, and currently our federal government is conservative/green coalition. People are extremly unsatisfied with everything these days, so sadly the far right is making some ground.

We buy too much gas from Russia and one of our big banks is also still "active" there (well, they got fucked because they can't pull out anymore).

But the biggest political topic is, without a doubt, immigration and refugees, mostly because they are not evenly distributed within the EU, and not even within the country, but cluster in single cities or districts.

To put it in numbers: 80% of kids in middle schools in Vienna (capital of Austria) don't speak german as their primary language. We have issues teaching kids the native language, because the population grows faster than we get new teacher and new class rooms.

This year some schools had to start setting up container class rooms in their school yard, because they have no rooms available anymore, but this doesn't solve the problem of a lack of teachers.

Yet if we are looking within Austria at the countryside it's not so extreme, and if we look at eastern europe, there is nearly no such immigration at all.

At this point, the discussion isn't even about left vs. right anymore here, it's mostly some infighting between federal government vs. local government, and sometimes even within the same party.

It turned into a very big blame game, and because our far right party is currently in no office at all, everyone gets blamed but them (allowing them to grow at least in the polls so far).

And ofc we have our own usual corruption scandals, but we already grew numb to them.

But be aware that every nation in europe has a different discussion. Different government, different issues, different blame game.

What is the top political topic here in Austria, wont be the top political topic in Czech Republic or Slovakia, even if their border is only ~60km away from my place.

Well, I'm sure the Ukraine topic is also big for them (especially for Slovakia, bordering Ukraine directly).

Sufferedphoenix posted...

If I'm not mistaken they invented the conical bullet we still use.

The Mini ball wasn't even the first conical bullet, and even it had been in use for 15 years by the time the American Civil War started

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Have fun then

Dunno how you could possibly counter 'but the conical bullet!' but good luck with that uh, super strong point

Also

Umbreon posted...

Gladius didn't speak in good faith? She's like the most sincere person I've seen on this board, arguably this entire site.

It's absurd to call their good faith into question here.

(And, I can't help but notice, a convenient way to not answer the question.)

If there was ever a megaphone for having trash opinions, it's that

Edit: As in saying Gladius is a bad faith poster

Karovorak posted...

We also have our political issues for sure.
The big two ones are Ukraine (and Russia) and Immigration.

At least that's the big political topic here these days.

But the big advantage of a multiparty system is that I can talk shit about any party, and if someone asks "well, who you gonna vote for?" you can geniuly say "honestly, no idea so far".

We also have an election in half a year, and currently our federal government is conservative/green coalition. People are extremly unsatisfied with everything these days, so sadly the far right is making some ground.

We buy too much gas from Russia and one of our big banks is also still "active" there (well, they got fucked because they can't pull out anymore).

But the biggest political topic is, without a doubt, immigration and refugees, mostly because they are not evenly distributed within the EU, and not even within the country, but cluster in single cities or districts.

To put it in numbers: 80% of kids in middle schools in Vienna (capital of Austria) don't speak german as their primary language. We have issues teaching kids the native language, because the population grows faster than we get new teacher and new class rooms.

This year some schools had to start setting up container class rooms in their school yard, because they have no rooms available anymore, but this doesn't solve the problem of a lack of teachers.

Yet if we are looking within Austria at the countryside it's not so extreme, and if we look at eastern europe, there is nearly no such immigration at all.

At this point, the discussion isn't even about left vs. right anymore here, it's mostly some infighting between federal government vs. local government, and sometimes even within the same party.

It turned into a very big blame game, and because our far right party is currently in no office at all, everyone gets blamed but them (allowing them to grow at least in the polls so far).

And ofc we have our own usual corruption scandals, but we already grew numb to them.

But be aware that every nation in europe has a different discussion. Different government, different issues, different blame game.

What is the top political topic here in Austria, wont be the top political topic in Czech Republic or Slovakia, even if their border is only ~60km away from my place.

Well, I'm sure the Ukraine topic is also big for them (especially for Slovakia, bordering Ukraine directly).

I should have elaborated(not to say that this information isn't a total gold mine for me) I meant how does your country handle politics socially. As you see there's a lot of back and forth which turns into downright degradation and I was curious on how people handle their political views with one another. For instance, i hear religion isn't as a big deal in the UK and sometimes even poked fun of without going nuclear by certain groups...

Damn this topic blew up lmao

tripleh213 posted...

Damn this topic blew up lmao

Max ran away

BunkerBoy posted...

Max ran away

Still here!

"Why do you support the party that wants to erase [insert minority group] from existence?"
"I don't know anything about that, I just think they have good policies."

ScazarMeltex posted...

Nah, he's a full on chud. He's survived because he refuses to try and defend any of his positions by elaborating on them because he knows if he does he'll get modded, since racist and homophobic.

100% this. I have him tagged after he dropped his mask to slurp the hell out of Trump a while back.

ReiRei89 posted...

100% this. I have him tagged after he dropped his mask to slurp the hell out of Trump a while back.

What did i do to "slurp" trump? I

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You just stole what I was going to say. Which was:

Sufferedphoenix posted...

So you are saying because one thing about what they did was absolutely horrible then everything they did was? I never understood this logic

I mean look at the opposite end we are no longer under British rule because some men decided to fight for their rights but they also did horrible things.

My dude you are one step away from saying "Well Hitler wasn't that bad, think of the medical advancements from the holocaust!" and no, that's not a good thing to say.

Not gonna read this topic but the nice thing about topics like this is they inevitably get people banned

maxpkmf posted...

Still here!

You ran away from actually responding though

It's kind of impossible to openly support the current Republican party/GOP/MAGA on this board and still follow the sites rules (and I don't mean no talking politics)

The stances and policies of the administration are openly against equal rights, freedom of speech/movement and are hostile to women and minorities.

So you have to go "I'm right leaning but disagree with what 99.5% of elected Republican officials are openly saying and calling for."

At which point , aren't you just a Democrat? Who are (mostly) right wing

the_real_Naruto posted...

I should have elaborated(not to say that this information isn't a total gold mine for me) I meant how does your country handle politics socially. As you see there's a lot of back and forth which turns into downright degradation and I was curious on how people handle their political views with one another. For instance, i hear religion isn't as a big deal in the UK and sometimes even poked fun of without going nuclear by certain groups...

Oh, the political discussion is mostly much more chill here.

We simply say "all our politicans are terrible", and then we complain more and more, and everyone nods in agreement.

Ofc we also have some trolls in the discussion here and there, and some unhinged opinions, and sometimes some bubble here and there, but if you say "actually, they all suck, I don't know who to vote for", the first reaction will be understanding, and the second will usually be something like "Well, I know, but I'm still going to vote for X because of Y".

Even with more than two parties, we still try to find the smallest evil, and we also still have to think about if the party is even able to get some seat in our parliament.

But the big advantage is that our "left" parties can't lean too much towards "right", because it would make room for the other left parties.

At the same time, we can have some conservatives being "moderate right", so the far right doesn't get all these votes either.

Divide and conquer works both ways.

The current GOP are fascists - straight up. And they aren't trying to hide it either - it's literally Trump's talking points that the rest of his goblins gobble up.

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The people that get banned in these topics were never gonna change their mind

Cobra1010 posted...

'you're either with me, or you're against me.'

That's more the Trumper ideology. If you don't kiss Trump's ass, you're viewed as a brainless, mainstream media watching (censored so as to not get a moderation).

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Is that what happens?

maxpkmf posted...

Im republican and im pro trans rights and lgtbq. Lot of us are.

And yet you'll never have the spine to answer this question or face the fact that your stances are inherently contradictory.

Umbreon posted...

Why do you vote for a party that keeps trying to hurt those people?

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Oh yeah he has no backbone, it's a common trait with these snowflakes.

He'll see himself out eventually, though.

Multiple users have claimed to be conservative while caring about things like abortion rights, trans rights, and lgbt rights.

When asked why they support the party that is literally trying to tear these rights apart, they always run away and refuse to answer. Its happening once again in this very topic

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There really isnt much to say. I already said i dont vote down party lines i vote policy. Im from ohio we are almost purple. I support trans and lgtbq. Im pro choice, pro weed. People are just making bad faith arguments and being rude and disrespectful.

Again reminder that this is max to a T
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maxpkmf posted...

Voting straight down party lines is ignorant. Informed people vote issues and policy. Vote blue no matter who or whatever repubs say is a being brainwashed.

And when republicans offer absolutely fuck all positivity?

maxpkmf posted...

There really isnt much to say. I already said i dont vote down party lines i vote policy. Im from ohio we are almost purple. I support trans and lgtbq. Im pro choice, pro weed. People are just making bad faith arguments and being rude and disrespectful.

Why do you vote for a party that is anti weed, anti-trans, and anti-lgbt then? Dont run away.

Answer the question.

Heineken14 posted...

And when republicans offer absolutely fuck all positivity?

they vote for whomever is less worse.