2016-03-01, 04:41 PM
[MENTION=4235]KhainiWest[/MENTION]; It's not quite so surprising when you recall the full political history of the US. We've had similar groups before like the Southern Democrats. Our two party system creates some really weird fringe groups that have more in common with the other party. It's far too early to tell, but I'm intrigued by the possibility of the political parties actually swapping places or at least re-configuring the platforms heavily. If we can jump the media hurdle, there may actually be enough overlap to get some bipartisanship but that's probably overly optimistic.
In the US, anti-PC and really anything anti- is pretty popular. Sanders and Trump are both proof positive of that.
You've fallen into the trap of oversimplification by calling the Republicans anti-science while presuming the Democrats are then pro-science. Sure they (in general) believe in global warming, funding medical research, public medicine, and are (marginally?) in favor of funding NASA, but what they choose to believe is largely just as nonsensical and partisan as the Republicans. Both sides use, abuse, and discard statistics and studies as they please in order to advance their particular agenda. The wage "gap" is a great example since it allows Hillary to fire up her supporters and ensure women voter turn out. The global warming studies are all over the place and it seems like only Richard Feynman is willing to call out some of it as really terrible science. We have tons of "green" initiatives which promote highly inefficient hybrid/electric vehicles like the Prius which actually have a net increase in global emissions because the batteries are so damn toxic. There's an argument to be made for fostering innovation and advancement, but that doesn't excuse the false/misleading advertising.
Yea I was really disappointed when I found out about Chick Fillet. They have pretty good food and better fruit/veggie options than most fast food. My family now jokes that we only eat there on Sundays. I think there's a definite middle ground that encourages personal acts like withholding business while spreading the message by informing your friends and family of the situation and why it's deplorable. In light of the success of the Civil Rights movement, I think it would be hard to say that large scale protest and disruption isn't sometimes merited. The trick is being able to identify the real problems and solutions with such complex issues.
In the US, anti-PC and really anything anti- is pretty popular. Sanders and Trump are both proof positive of that.
You've fallen into the trap of oversimplification by calling the Republicans anti-science while presuming the Democrats are then pro-science. Sure they (in general) believe in global warming, funding medical research, public medicine, and are (marginally?) in favor of funding NASA, but what they choose to believe is largely just as nonsensical and partisan as the Republicans. Both sides use, abuse, and discard statistics and studies as they please in order to advance their particular agenda. The wage "gap" is a great example since it allows Hillary to fire up her supporters and ensure women voter turn out. The global warming studies are all over the place and it seems like only Richard Feynman is willing to call out some of it as really terrible science. We have tons of "green" initiatives which promote highly inefficient hybrid/electric vehicles like the Prius which actually have a net increase in global emissions because the batteries are so damn toxic. There's an argument to be made for fostering innovation and advancement, but that doesn't excuse the false/misleading advertising.
Yea I was really disappointed when I found out about Chick Fillet. They have pretty good food and better fruit/veggie options than most fast food. My family now jokes that we only eat there on Sundays. I think there's a definite middle ground that encourages personal acts like withholding business while spreading the message by informing your friends and family of the situation and why it's deplorable. In light of the success of the Civil Rights movement, I think it would be hard to say that large scale protest and disruption isn't sometimes merited. The trick is being able to identify the real problems and solutions with such complex issues.