03-23-2016, 05:31 PM
I don't appreciate being made into a straw man. Never once did I say that the issues on which Republicans and Democrats disagree were meaningless, nor did I ever say that they were exactly the same. What I did say was that there are a host of extremely important issues(more than just pet causes-verifiably important issues) where both parties have identical or seemingly very similar stances. For instance, neither party seems to want to take action on the archaic electoral college system that allowed George W. to be elected, counter to the will of the people. I listed out a host of other issues on which the two parties seem to be comfortable ignoring in my first post. I don't see how wanting a greater variety of opinions being expressed in the American political scene has anything to do with re-defining reality or declaring anything else to be "meaningless." I feel that we are simply going to have to agree to disagree about how significant the policy differences between the two parties are at this point, but I don't see how anyone can completely deny that both parties share certain traits such as hawkishness, subservience to business, and anti-democratic traditions(see: Democrat super delegates and the GOP methodology for selecting a candidate).
