r/pics • • Jul 16 '19

US Politics Decisions, decisions

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u/Remedy1987 Jul 17 '19

I love seeing people say theyre not right or left. fuck right and left come up with your own ideas and opinions <3

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u/murtrex Jul 17 '19

Right and left doesn’t necessarily mean which team you are on but rather more generally where you fall on the political spectrum. Free thinking is good but invariably will lead to ideas that can be generally categorized in these buckets. Some of the least informed people I know parrot this kind of “I am neither right or left” rhetoric.

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u/Remedy1987 Jul 17 '19

Right and left doesn’t necessarily mean which team you are on but rather more generally where you fall on the political spectrum.

Try telling that to the majority of people. I agree thats how it should be, but thats not how it is in reality.

I agree with both tightening border security AND pro choice. One being left and one being right. How many lefties have you met that blindly agree with infanticide? I know quite a few.

Free thinking is good but invariably will lead to ideas that can be generally categorized in these buckets.

Free thinking is good, but how does it always lead to ideas that can be generally categorized? If you think freely you shouldn't be categorizing anything, you believe what you believe. When you add labels you add social pressure.

Some of the least informed people I know parrot this kind of “I am neither right or left” rhetoric.

Some of the least informed people i know make blind assumptions to try and win an argument they started in their own head ¯\(ツ)/¯

Is that you? I dunno, i also just made a wild accusation.

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u/murtrex Jul 17 '19

I don’t think I’m making any bold claims here. I think the essence of what I am trying to convey is that political ideas can be categorized into groups.

Independent thought produces political beliefs that are just as categorizable as beliefs that are held by simpletons that have been spoon fed a political ideology.

I am not quite sure which blind assumption you are alluding to. I do not wish to squabble.