What's Your Top Reason For Voting Republican?

[What Would Jesus Do?]

This is a fun list. #2 is my favorite. What's yours?

2. You like eating, drinking and breathing poison.

Many Republicans are calling for or voting for shrinking or eliminating agencies that protect us against poison. They seem to think that the corporations will do the right thing, without any pressure from the government.

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/25/1020037/-Top-10-reasons-to-vote-Republican

 

[KitingHigh]

That list could just as easily apply to either major party.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

That list could just as easily apply to either major party.

Some of them definitely tarnish both parties. Not all, but some.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

I'm not a republican, but this is a retarded thread.

 

[HawkMD]

I'm not a republican, but this is a retarded thread.

Thr "r" word is offensive. You can do better.

 

[TexMichFan]

Hillary Clinton is a Democrat pretty much does not leave much of a choice.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Thr "r" word is offensive. You can do better.

I don't care that you want to get rid of certain words. F*** off.

 

[IMCC965]

Such a fun list…….

 

[shank hawk]

My top - and only - reason for voting Republican, should I choose to do so, would be the exact same reason for voting Democrat: someone is holding a gun to my head and intends to use it.

 

[moral_victory]

I don't care that you want to get rid of certain words. F*** off.

Don't cut yourself on all that edge.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Don't cut yourself on all that edge.

Not sure what you're tying to imply...that I'm trying to be edgy? It isn't really my style.

Whatever term they're using for the word "retarded" now will be offensive in 30 years. I have zero will to play this PC game.

 

[dbq hawk 32]

Not sure what you're tying to imply...that I'm trying to be edgy? It isn't really my style.

Whatever term they're using for the word "retarded" now will be offensive in 30 years. I have zero will to play this PC game.

Oh, so you actually meant this thread has a learning disability. That makes sense.

 

[moral_victory]

Not sure what you're tying to imply...that I'm trying to be edgy? It isn't really my style.

Whatever term they're using for the word "retarded" now will be offensive in 30 years. I have zero will to play this PC game.

Any other PC games you won't play? I won't play WoW or League of Legends.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Joking around is great, especially when you don't have anything to add. I can appreciate jokes!

 

[22*43*51]

Math.

Dems can't do it.

 

[dbq hawk 32]

Joking around is great, especially when you don't have anything to add. I can appreciate jokes!

I only come to HROT for the really serious discussions too.

 

[HawkMD]

I don't care that you want to get rid of certain words. F*** off.

This tells me all I need to know about your character.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

This tells me all I need to know about your character.

Yeah, I don't get bent out of shape over words. Go ahead and be mad. It doesn't affect me at all.

 

[moral_victory]

Yeah, I don't get bent out of shape over words. Go ahead and be mad. It doesn't affect me at all.

 

[HawkMD]

Yeah, I don't get bent out of shape over words. Go ahead and be mad. It doesn't affect me at all.

What have I said that sounds mad? I'm just giving you some advice. I happen to have a special needs grandson. This just reminds me that there are cruel people in this world who are willing to toss that demeaning word around uncaringly.

 

[22*43*51]

You are all Ritards.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

What have I said that sounds mad? I'm just giving you some advice. I happen to have a special needs grandson. This just reminds me that there are cruel people in this world who are willing to toss that demeaning word around uncaringly.

Like I said earlier, In thirty years, whatever term you are using now will be considered obscene to you. There will never be a finite word that will be used for all times. Easily offended people are easily offended.

 

[naturalmwa]

Yeah, I don't get bent out of shape over words. Go ahead and be mad. It doesn't affect me at all.

I swear you must be related to Strumm. Have you guys met? You two need to hook up. It would be all moon beams and soft lighting and you could finish each others sentences.

 

[dbq hawk 32]

I swear you must be related to Strumm. Have you guys met? You two need to hook up. It would be all moon beams and soft lighting and you could finish each others sentences.

Pretty sure everyone south of the mason-dixon is related.

 

[naturalmwa]

What have I said that sounds mad? I'm just giving you some advice. I happen to have a special needs grandson. This just reminds me that there are cruel people in this world who are willing to toss that demeaning word around uncaringly.

Honest question. If the word isn't directed at a special needs person, why do you find it hurtful? Like the word queer can be a derogatory term for a homosexual but can also just mean odd. If you typed the sentence "that was a queer call to make on 3rd and one" I wouldn't assume you were calling me out. Retarded can just mean under developed. Wouldn't you grant that soup's use of the word to describe this thread would fit that use?

 

[strummingram]

Special needs? Hey, guess what? EVERYONE has "special needs." Or, one of my favorites is "differently-abled." Again, every one of us is differently abled! If you have a special need to soften the language referring to conditions like that, so that maybe it will somehow make the condition less dramatic to you, then great. By all means, use the softer words. But, not everyone has special needs like that.

Retarded, or mentally retarded is just a condition. I don't need a euphemism for it. If I see a person who's mentally retarded out in public, I just think "hey, he's retarded" and go about my business. I don't address them verbally with "Scuse me, retarded guy!" Mentally retarded is actually ideal for me, because it refers to a very specific mental distinction that is congenital. Nothing to be ashamed of or afraid of. The rest of us, who aren't mentally-retarded (the actual medical condition), know we're not retarded, and the retarded people don't give a sh*t that they're retarded, and care even less what word we use to refer to them amongst ourselves.

Here's one of my favorite prophets speaking on euphemisms:

"Some time during my life, Toilet Paper became BATHROOM TISSUE!"

 

[strummingram]

Honest question. If the word isn't directed at a special needs person, why do you find it hurtful? Like the word queer can be a derogatory term for a homosexual but can also just mean odd. If you typed the sentence "that was a queer call to make on 3rd and one" I wouldn't assume you were calling me out. Retarded can just mean under developed. Wouldn't you grant that soup's use of the word to describe this thread would fit that use?

There's hope for you.

 

[strummingram]

I only voted Republican in 2008 and 2012 in the GOP primaries for Ron Paul. Oh, and I voted for Tom Davis, as my State Senator. Other than that, I've never voted for a Republican. Ron Paul was the only peace candidate in both elections. It was an honor to vote for him.

 

[pablow]

The fact that the Republican's are a fractured party and the Democratics, on the other hand, are lockstep zombies, suggest that there might be a little more serious thinking on the political right. Never trust a large group of people that agree on anything - or worse yet, that agree on everything.

 

[strummingram]

The fact that the Republican's are a fractured party and the Democratics, on the other hand, are lockstep zombies, suggest that there might be a little more serious thinking on the political right. Never trust a large group of people that agree on anything - or worse yet, that agree on everything.

They are both exactly as you described in the last sentence.

 

[Tom Paris]

This is a fun list. #2 is my favorite. What's yours?

2. You like eating, drinking and breathing poison.

Many Republicans are calling for or voting for shrinking or eliminating agencies that protect us against poison. They seem to think that the corporations will do the right thing, without any pressure from the government.

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/25/1020037/-Top-10-reasons-to-vote-Republican

My favorite is the one being for big government, because that is one where the cons on here are completely hypocritical. Both parties love big government...just in their own ways.

 

[Tom Paris]

Math.

Dems can't do it.

And Cons can?

 

[jscott78]

I swear you must be related to Strumm. Have you guys met? You two need to hook up. It would be all moon beams and soft lighting and you could finish each others sentences.

Oh hell they'd make a porno and finish each other.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

I only voted Republican in 2008 and 2012 in the GOP primaries for Ron Paul. Oh, and I voted for Tom Davis, as my State Senator. Other than that, I've never voted for a Republican. Ron Paul was the only peace candidate in both elections. It was an honor to vote for him.

There were several peace candidates in the 2008 election. In the D primary you could choose Kucinch (my preference) or Edwards (one of the first Dems to repudiate his war vote) or Obama. In the general election Nader and the Green candidate (McKinney) were anti-war. I voted for Nader. Usually the Libertarian candidate is anti-war, too. Like Edwards, Barr voted to authorize the war, but later repudiated that vote (along with his vote for the PATRIOT Act). So if you believed him, he would have been an OK vote, too. I'm guessing the Socialist ticket was anti-war, too.

 

[strummingram]

There were several peace candidates in the 2008 election. In the D primary you could choose Kucinch (my preference) or Edwards (one of the first Dems to repudiate his war vote) or Obama. In the general election Nader and the Green candidate (McKinney) were anti-war. I voted for Nader. Usually the Libertarian candidate is anti-war, too. Like Edwards, Barr voted to authorize the war, but later repudiated that vote (along with his vote for the PATRIOT Act). So if you believed him, he would have been an OK vote, too. I'm guessing the Socialist ticket was anti-war, too.

I meant in the GOP field.

Kucinich seems less warlike, too.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

I meant in the GOP field.

Kucinich seems less warlike, too.

Kucinch wanted to have a Peace Department - arguing that our Defense, State and Commerce departments are all significantly or entirely focused on war and we ought to have at least one government agency that advocates for the other option.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

This guy would never vote R

 

[HawkMD]

Honest question. If the word isn't directed at a special needs person, why do you find it hurtful? Like the word queer can be a derogatory term for a homosexual but can also just mean odd. If you typed the sentence "that was a queer call to make on 3rd and one" I wouldn't assume you were calling me out. Retarded can just mean under developed. Wouldn't you grant that soup's use of the word to describe this thread would fit that use?

If the word is used in it's proper context, absolutely nothing is wrong with it's use. No, I would not say his use was proper. "I'm not a republican, but this is a retarded thread." It was meant to demean the thread, not talk about its lack of development. Later, Strumm suggested that people with special needs were not offended by the word "retard". (the retarded people don't give a sh*t that they're retarded, and care even less what word we use to refer to them amongst ourselves.) Many are very much able to understand and be offended.

 

[Todd Lickliter]

This guy would never vote R

How do we know this?

 

[moral_victory]

How do we know this?

We have faith it is so.