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Small town Republican thoughts on refuting the alt-right. In The Republican Journal:
I want to make one thing very clear: The Waldo County Republican Committee absolutely, unequivocally condemns Nazi and KKK ideologies and actions, as well as any other kind of bigotry, and we encourage all of our voters and the community at large to do the same.
For fellow Republicans out there, worry not, we don't like Antifa's ideology and actions either, but we need to clean our own house; we need to worry about our own responsibilities.
Such honesty, and clarity of thought!
The most dangerous part of politics today is identity politics, trolling, pathos and a severe lack of critical thinking. You cannot defeat the insidious hatred of bigoted politics with more hate. By doing so, you morph the conversation away from policy and ideology to silly label syntax, eventually devolving completely into back and forth verbal gymnastics. Make no mistake, these trolls are ready for you as you stoop to their level, and they beat you up with mountains of experience.
So what do we do? Very simple. Stay neighborly by controlling your reaction. Seek out those with whom you disagree, try to understand them first, and politely offer your counter argument.
And it looks like the Republicans in Maine, if not in Illinois, are rejecting the alt-right.
The way to defeat Mr. Kawczynski is not by attacking him, but by attacking his ideas. Here are some flaws in his thinking: His immigration ideas are antithetical to the Maine Republican party platform, a section of which states, "We support the assimilation of legal immigrants into Maine society."
Kawczynski's ideas stand in contrast to Maine history and culture; in fact, it is white folks with racist ideologies who pose the greatest threat to Maine's foundation, not other races of people.
Another brilliant tidbit:
Ultimately, all you have to do is walk outside with your eyes open in this state to see that Kawczynski's fearmongering about "white genocide" is completely laughable.
Entire guest column is well worth a read.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday February 09 2018, @04:37PM (2 children)
Last I heard it was 87 (or 89?) genders. Try to keep up.
Because you are not the only one confused; because this will require federal forms, and therefore software vendors to keep up with all of the new federally recognized gender codes, I propose the following.
Create a new Federal Department of Gender with an adequate budget. It will maintain and publish the updated list of federally recognized genders. Other federal agencies, and the public then have an official source for what the latest federally recognized gender codes will be, and when those updates will take effect. Software vendors will be able to update their software. Federal agencies, for example the IRS, will be able to update their forms. It will prevent chaos. An excellent use of your tax dollars.
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday February 09 2018, @04:55PM (1 child)
I urge you to write your congressman/woman/${gender-code-here} to support this proposal.
As a practical example of the benefit that the federal department of gender would provide, the department would be able to classify which groups of genders can be consolidated into a single restroom. In addition to the publication of the frequently updated gender codes, the department would also publish a list of restroom names into each of which various groupings of genders can use. Such consolidation of restrooms would result fewer restrooms being built. The savings from not over-building restrooms would be enormous.
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(Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Friday February 09 2018, @05:01PM
Given such a modest proposal, how can one say that SJWs can't be reasoned with?
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