I love my mother, and she is a very intelligent woman, but sometimes the :brainworms: really do go that far

  • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    in Bad Communist Country the people are forced to vote for the same party every election.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    I'm really excited for when the dems nominate Christine Pelosi for her late mother's seat and she wins on name recognition alone

  • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    In a real political party, that'd probably be a requirement made by the party, not a legal requirement tho

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Sort of a moot point in a secret ballot.

      Like, if you're a sitting member of Congress and you vote against your party's nominee to leadership, that's a problem. And, I guess, if you're a sitting member of Party A who routinely votes in the Party B primary, that looks fucking weird.

      But if your Joe Shitkicker, you're not really involved in the party operations. The party you caucus with in the primary is incidental to its operation. Your general election vote even more so.

  • HoChiMaxh [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The idea that someone somehow convinced citizens in the US that they have should have to fill out a registration form in order to vote is completely wild to me

  • kfc [any]
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    2 years ago

    hate to break it to you but she is not a very intelligent woman

    • AllCatsAreBeautiful [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      I'm pretty sure she was confusing the rules of closed primaries with all elections, but in her mind that was perfectly reasonable. She's a Marianne Williamson lib whose politics mostly focus on self help books and the democratic party line.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        2 years ago

        Looking under the hood of my car, trying to figure out how it all works, and an amateur car hobbyist who mostly just posts on car blogs nugs you on the shoulder to tell you that you're a fucking moron.

    • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      We know nothing about this woman beyond

      A. She has a child B. She asked a dumb question once

      It is EXTREMELY presumptuous to call someone "unintelligent" when that's all we know. Like any of us here haven't asked something stupid at one point in our lives?

      • kfc [any]
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        2 years ago

        sir I have never asked a dumb question in my life

    • Lydia [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      why are you saying this after hearing 1 silly question, god damn people are hostile

      • kfc [any]
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        2 years ago

        I wasn't being serious with my post but rest assured I feel p bad now