I love politics
I love discussing them all the time. Whenever I meet someone, the mystery of their political affiliation burns in my head. I usually ask pretty soon. I talk politics at family gathering despite pleas from my mother that it is impolite. Is it? Are politics so taboo? How bad is it to ask someone who they voted for?
posted by Clupbert @ 12:32 AM
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4 Comments:
Hence the tension on this blog!
Seriously, though, I remember seeing a story on the news about a seniors' centre which was filled with happy people. The secret? "We don't talk politics."
In His Majesty's Army, there were four rules for officers around the dinner table:
No talking about women, religion, shop, or politics.
That should probably give you some idea.
Politics is like sex. Everyone engages in it, everyone has their own personal feelings and likes and dislikes... it's just that unless you're in a setting in which people are comfortable talking about it or engagning in it, it's best to avoid it for the sake of propriety and politeness' sake and so-on.
As for politics being polarized, I'm not so sure that's the case. There've always been polarized politics. I just think that when one side makes something a bigger deal, a comparable response is necessary from the opposition. You can see it in the US, in Canada, or in the UK, or anywhere else.
And as for finding common ground, yes, that's true. Any time two sides find common ground, it's like a security dilemma. The other side perpetually asks, "Okay, now why did they agree with me? What're they hiding?" and so on.
(If there were any spelling errors in this post, I apologize... I've had about 75% of a bottle of rum.)
politics: the '04 u.s. election was more entertaining that porn.
Well it's almost like some people have created this crazy paradigm of viewing the world that they don't even match up. The people in this new paradigm, mainly taught in sociology classes have to do nothing with the way the world works and is a logic circle of psychobabble. Studies show that people tend to hold the same political views before and after college. In college? Maybe they're swept up in it...
"politics: the '04 u.s. election was more entertaining that porn."
Really? What about that high-quality porn where they can afford a soundtrack and costumes and a "script" or "plot"?
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