wishboner
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
In most states now, they publicly display voter information online, like your name and address and political affiliation. I remember reading about some guy down south killing his neighbor because he was a Democrat. ?
What is your political affiliation? (US politics)
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Miss_Rachel
Citizen of Zooville
I wonder how @Red_Neptune can work out @Kristy is playing the "victim"? Possibly his catty remark highlights his own frailties? I don't know, but I can say this, I'm not sure the right to free speech means you can call out anyone. Like Kristy, I keep my own political leanings to myself and have no reason to share them here.
On another note, in what way is political affiliation anything to do with zoo? I think this entire thread ought to be confined to the DF, now.
On another note, in what way is political affiliation anything to do with zoo? I think this entire thread ought to be confined to the DF, now.
Red_Neptune
Citizen of Zooville
I simply pointed out how ridiculous it is to willingly go online to an anonymous forum and declare you're NOT going to be sharing information to an anonymous poll that you didn't have to participate in the first place AND THEN dress it up as American patriotism.
I didn't ask her to share her political leanings, nor do I care.
Then she decides to respond to me by talking shit about how tough she is and talking down to me calling me "boy".
And now here you are defending that behavior.
Honestly yall should just get a grip
Anyways yes in case you missed it... That is how free speech works. I am allowed to say whatever. Of course, there's limits on a forum like this but I am allowed to say what I want to a respectable degree.
Red_Neptune
Citizen of Zooville
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SovetskiyKozel
Guest
Im So Far Left that I ended up on the right
anon021590
Tourist
Bit of a rant here, so TLDR:
Ranked choice voting would make the biggest step towards fixing our current state of political affairs and would likely bring about the end of the "two party system" that, statistically, the vast majority of Americans dislike (actual Democrats and Republicans only make up about 25-30% of the US population)
Tbh, the whole "first past the post" election style that has lead to the 2 party system we have is the biggest reason why American Politics is so FUBAR atm.
As it is, both Republicans and Democrats are largely disliked by the VAST majority of the US. So how do they keep getting elected? Fear. Progressives fear what will happen if the republicans take power, so they vote democrat, and the conservatives fear what will happen if democrats are elected, so they vote Republican. In the end, we're all voting for the one we think is the lesser of two evils.
As such, Democrats and Republicans alike don't have to put that much effort in to having strong policies, they just have to have policies that appeal to more people than the other guy.
How do we fix it?
Instant Runoff/ranked choice voting. You get to vote for any/all the candidates you like, and none of the ones you don't, in order of favorite to least favorite. Once all votes are in, the one with the least votes gets eliminated, and everyone who voted for them has their ballots shift to their second choice. Then they eliminate the new person with the lowest votes, and all of their votes go to the 2nd or 3rd pick, rinse repeat until there is one candidate who has the most votes.
This would all but eliminate attack ads (which I have yet to hear anyone say they like), because when you have more competition, it becomes more about running on your own solid platform rather than trying to shake your opponents. A single opponent is an easy target, but 6 or more opponents becomes much more difficult to slander, so rather than taking other candidates down in ads, they need to focus more on building themselves up.
It would also help curb gerrymandering, as when you're trying to get specific percentages of voters, it's significantly harder to lump demographics when there are 5/6/7/8 potential candidates the voters could be voting for.
It would break us of the headlock the two party system has us in and would incentivize disenfranchised voters to actually turn out and vote. As it is, we will never see a libertarian, a green party, or any other "3rd party" candidate win the election because people would rather use their one vote to vote for the 2nd worst option rather than the best option, because 2nd worst is still better than the worst.
Ranked choice voting would make the biggest step towards fixing our current state of political affairs and would likely bring about the end of the "two party system" that, statistically, the vast majority of Americans dislike (actual Democrats and Republicans only make up about 25-30% of the US population)
Tbh, the whole "first past the post" election style that has lead to the 2 party system we have is the biggest reason why American Politics is so FUBAR atm.
As it is, both Republicans and Democrats are largely disliked by the VAST majority of the US. So how do they keep getting elected? Fear. Progressives fear what will happen if the republicans take power, so they vote democrat, and the conservatives fear what will happen if democrats are elected, so they vote Republican. In the end, we're all voting for the one we think is the lesser of two evils.
As such, Democrats and Republicans alike don't have to put that much effort in to having strong policies, they just have to have policies that appeal to more people than the other guy.
How do we fix it?
Instant Runoff/ranked choice voting. You get to vote for any/all the candidates you like, and none of the ones you don't, in order of favorite to least favorite. Once all votes are in, the one with the least votes gets eliminated, and everyone who voted for them has their ballots shift to their second choice. Then they eliminate the new person with the lowest votes, and all of their votes go to the 2nd or 3rd pick, rinse repeat until there is one candidate who has the most votes.
This would all but eliminate attack ads (which I have yet to hear anyone say they like), because when you have more competition, it becomes more about running on your own solid platform rather than trying to shake your opponents. A single opponent is an easy target, but 6 or more opponents becomes much more difficult to slander, so rather than taking other candidates down in ads, they need to focus more on building themselves up.
It would also help curb gerrymandering, as when you're trying to get specific percentages of voters, it's significantly harder to lump demographics when there are 5/6/7/8 potential candidates the voters could be voting for.
It would break us of the headlock the two party system has us in and would incentivize disenfranchised voters to actually turn out and vote. As it is, we will never see a libertarian, a green party, or any other "3rd party" candidate win the election because people would rather use their one vote to vote for the 2nd worst option rather than the best option, because 2nd worst is still better than the worst.
AllyKatt001
Tourist
If I had to pick one it'd be democrat but honestly I hate Democrats ? ?. Truly I'm a far left anarchist. Really into the work of people like Bakunin, marx, kropotkin, and Huey newton
TNheathen35
Tourist
Hmm I'd say I'm a Constitutionalist for the most part. But strangely enough I can respect & get behind the idea of a Monarchy/Dictatorship. The reason being is that the greatest & most flourishing empires in the history of the world were Monarchy's/Dictatorships. And yes I get that both of these ideologies contradict each other lol.
unsure
Tourist
Vote for sale on Cloud 9. Trump will pay cash.
fayefrances
Tourist
Far enough left to get my guns back, but registered dem for that dang primary vote 
fistkicker22
Tourist
Clearly the right answer is vermin supreme, one of his core campaign promises is a free pony for every American! He is our guy! 
Vermin's an OK dude and all, but I really don't NEED another pony - I've got plenty of 'em already :")Clearly the right answer is vermin supreme, one of his core campaign promises is a free pony for every American! He is our guy!
K_9River_rat
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
Where the fuck have you been?
I'll be happy to take yours, I actually need another pony
petshoplust
Tourist
26 years retired military. Conservative! Just a thought, I spent 26 years fighting communism throughout the world. Only to find out the Commues are/were running our government. So if you are on the left, make sure there are NO commies/Marxist in your group.
Dealing with a cancer diagnosis. Yes, I'm serious. Everybody done cheering? Too bad, you wasted the effort. It's painless (it was found by accident while looking for something totally unrelated) slow-moving (enough so that the fellow who's probably going to be doing the carving in a few weeks says I could safely go on a 2 year sabbatical to the depths of the Amazon, and it would be a 90% chance that when I got back, it wouldn't have changed enough to care about, other than shooting new pictures in the cat-scanner to be certain the edges are still where they think they are before going in for the surgery) and based on what they're telling me they found and what and where it is, I'm not likely going anywhere for a long time unless something VERY unexpected happens. 5 year survival rate on this type/location/tumor stage is above 98%. In a study involving 1847 patients diagnosed with it at the stage mine is, 1 died of it after refusing treatment for 11 years, and "death from all causes other than the cancer" five years after the study started was 113 - 43 of which went out as the result of crashing their car.
daedelus
Tourist
I voted Dem for the first 25 years of my voting life. Voted for Obama's first term and quickly saw we'd all been duped. Went independent for a couple of terms. Could not stand Trump and refused to vote for him, Same with Killery and Biden, all obvious frauds. I'm horrified by the current state our country and know for near certainty, something radical needs to change fast and hard. I personally believe you should not only be a citizen to vote, but you should have to serve a minimum tour of active duty to qualify, both males and females. You don't necessarily change you party when in the military, but it tends to shake delusions of Marxist utopias out of your head.
K_9River_rat
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
Damn man, no cheering here...
You may be a rough old cuss, but you ain't as bad as you try to appear! lol
Sorry to hear that and my best wishes for you@
Don't tell anybody - I've got a reputation to uphold
Sorry to hear you're having to go through this but I'm glad it sounds like it shouldn't be a serious issue.
Yeah, it was one of those "OH SHIT! Run in circles, scream and shout, walk right up so close to the edge of a full-blown mental meltdown that your toes are hanging over the edge, try to decide what kind of coffin you want" things for about a week, but... <shrug>
(the diagnosis got dropped on me as a phone call from the doc's PA, the content of which wasn't much beyond "Your cat scan results came back - bad news: Looks like you've got cancer. Suggest you schedule an appointment with a specialist at ###-####. Check your "MyChart" page for the details - Have a nice weekend!<click>" - at about 4:55 PM on a friday... I'm still trying to decide if I want to go to the effort to try to file a malpractice lawsuit - That's absolutely no fucking way to give somebody news like that...
petshoplust
Tourist
Best place to go for a cancer treatment is MD Anderson in Texas. They may not need to cut you open. Radiation may fix you up.
How do I know? Wife had cancer, doc cut her open took some things out. Operation cost Medicare and Tricare for life $150,000.00. We drove 1400 miles to MD Anderson in Houston, TX. Docs said they could have fixed it with radiation only.
Our doc in Reno,Nv had her undergo 6 weeks of Chemo, followed by 3 radiation treatmens. Some things are not the same after cutting, Chemo and Radiation.
How do I know? Wife had cancer, doc cut her open took some things out. Operation cost Medicare and Tricare for life $150,000.00. We drove 1400 miles to MD Anderson in Houston, TX. Docs said they could have fixed it with radiation only.
Our doc in Reno,Nv had her undergo 6 weeks of Chemo, followed by 3 radiation treatmens. Some things are not the same after cutting, Chemo and Radiation.
For this particular flavor, keyhole surgery and a cryoprobe are the favored treatment. No rads, no chemo, just give it (and a couple mm of surroundings, just to be sure) the world's worst case of frostbite, then take some pictures in a few months to make sure things went as planned.
Expectation is that once I've had my turn in the O.R., I should be back to my normal routine within 3 days, max, possibly only one or two if I'm careful and don't do something stupid like trying to shot-put hay bales or grain bags across the barn. Worst case post-op scenario is I do something stupid such as I just mentioned, and in the process, blow out a cauterized blood vesel and they have to go back in and clamp it/recauterize/otherwise deal with it.
OffgridK9lover
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
glad they caught it.
Qui3t
Tourist
That makes two of us...