Opinion Is it possible to be apolitical?

[IanEdwards]

. I had to choose between my gun rights and whatever trump is doing to our country currently. It’s like choosing to cut off your finger or slam your testicles in a car door

genuine question dude- which gun rights specifically do you think would have been taken away by Kamala? I certainly wasn't getting a 'total gun ban vibe' from them, though I wasn't following the policy around that issue specifically. best i recall they were talking about banning assault weapons (maybe) and doing enhanced/mandatory background checks for handguns? what else was there?

 

[UberHere]

Take any one you perceive as apolitical and explain to them, as simply as possible, how left wing or right wing governance works.

They'll naturally gravitate to one over the other almost every time.

Some people are even simpler than that. They look at a time that was materially/culturally better and they just subscribe to that ideology. I've seen this work on both extreme ends of the spectrum. I've seen people who thought certain places were better under a monarchy and others who grew up under the Soviet Union who related that to better times.

Prior to smart phones and social media, most registered voters were one or two issue voters. Now everyone is a partisan (online anyway)

 

[panamaican]

of course, most women who are significantly attractive do not care one lick about politics of any kind

Weirdly irrelevant take, lol.

 

[payton]

I don’t consider myself apolitical, but I have been accused as such (like it’s a negative thing) and according to the definition, I am apolitical. I consider myself a centrist with views that align with either side depending on the issue but never so much that I would consider myself dem or rep.

lol. Just realized whose thread this was and it’s the cunt that called me a spineless weasel for being apolitical. In fact, I am solely responsible for trump getting into office because I refused to vote for either candidate because they both sucked. I had to choose between my gun rights and whatever trump is doing to our country currently. It’s like choosing to cut off your finger or slam your testicles in a car door

Piggy is still hurt I see. Being Apolitical is not a negative thing but MAGA fascists like you who are too ashamed to admit they are conservative
give Apoliticalism a bad name.

 

[SKYNET]

Is it possible to be affiliated with one of the two US political parties without being a total shameless hack?

 

[Rob Battisti]

But that doesn't include you, you're a trump supporter.


It does include @nhbbear though, but not for the reasons that @WklySportsMemes wants it to.

Wow

 

[Satsui Ryu]

Not 100%. Everyone has an opinion, but not everyone obsesses about politics, makes it a part of their personality, or in general gets highly emotional about it.

For a while there it seemed people were less up in arms about politics. Opinions tended to be on a more case by case basis rather than strictly based on ideology and people weren't ridiculously emotionally involved. Now with online media where everything is presented based on an ideology and doom and gloom is shoved down our throats for clicks those days are pretty much gone.

 

[Yehudim]

unless I have somehow completely misread the OP, I think the *real* problem is that nobody among the first several replies even bothered reading what he said.

He used apolitical but what he meant was not biased, centrist, or something else.

 

[nhbbear]

Piggy is still hurt I see. Being Apolitical is not a negative thing but MAGA fascists like you who are too ashamed to admit they are conservative
give Apoliticalism a bad name.

Ok, twat goblin.

 

[payton]

Ok, twat goblin.

 

[nhbbear]

genuine question dude- which gun rights specifically do you think would have been taken away by Kamala? I certainly wasn't getting a 'total gun ban vibe' from them, though I wasn't following the policy around that issue specifically. best i recall they were talking about banning assault weapons (maybe) and doing enhanced/mandatory background checks for handguns? what else was there?

I am not buying anymore guns, so that is not my concern. I am more worried about a Cali type of law where there is a limit on magazine capacity and having to register every gun which would be a huge pain in the ass. And the ar ban is also an issue for me. Basically, had she won and had a majority, I think we would have seen lots of gun legislation already-that would have been the first action imo.

 

[UberHere]

I am not buying anymore guns, so that is not my concern. I am more worried about a Cali type of law where there is a limit on magazine capacity and having to register every gun which would be a huge pain in the ass. And the ar ban is also an issue for me. Basically, had she won and had a majority, I think we would have seen lots of gun legislation already-that would have been the first action imo.

Without a doubt.

 

[WklySportsMemes]

But that doesn't include you, you're a trump supporter.


It does include @nhbbear though, but not for the reasons that @WklySportsMemes wants it to.

I dont think you're qualified to address his callout on being sane & mentally stable.
@nhbbear for sure comes off more sane than you do despite me not agreeing with some of his views. Proof is your weak troll attempts to tag people who hurt your feels obsessively.

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

Progressives are the true deplorables. They’re non religious but they use religiosity in their politics to instill a sense of moral superiority and justify their own evil intentions. See the TS as a prime example of this.

I’m not sure how I’d classify @KAZSoliloquy politically. He’s certainly on the far left, but he sees that for what it is. Socialist?
Either way, you see people as people and not infidels that need to be converted to your side.

i would say i am a democratic socialist yes. the governing power should be in the hands of the people, and collectively, our lives are better when use that power to take care of each other.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Prior to smart phones and social media, most registered voters were one or two issue voters. Now everyone is a partisan (online anyway)

I was actually thinking something along those lines not too long ago. I voted for a far left party in Canada (NDP) when I was 18 and basically a-political because I heard they wanted to increase the police presence. That's the only policy that resonated with me at the time.

It was my first time voting and I was being encouraged to go out and cast a ballot. So that's how I chose.

Meanwhile....20 years later.......

 

[avenue94]

In the sense that we live in a society and all have a small role to play with action or inaction, no, it's not possible to be apolitical. Indifference, yes, but that has downstream effects.

 

[koquerelle]

i think the average person, at least here in america, feels like their input doesn't matter and they're getting fucked either way so why bother? and i can't say they're wrong for feeling that way.

But that doesn't translate into being apolitical, which is incredibly hard to be with the barrage of info and polarizing figures.

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

But that doesn't translate into being apolitical, which is incredibly hard to be with the barrage of info and polarizing figures.

i would describe political apathy and dejection as being apolitical.

 

[koquerelle]

i would describe political apathy and dejection as being apolitical.

fair enough

 

[nhbbear]

Without a doubt.

But I am a spineless weasel for not picking a side because they both sucked hardcore. These two candidates sucked harder than stormy Daniel’s on a deadline