Grifman wrote:So you can get off your high horse right now.
I like it up here.
In my mind, Democrats push an agenda of acceptance, inclusion, and generally improved welfare for as many people as they can. While I don't agree with some things they chase, I agree with them more overall than I do with Republicans. I think they can be too soft on some issues. I think they often reach too far, but with "generally" good intent (as good as any politician's motivations can be). Call them "Liberal" and it just seems like an insulting way to say "Inclusive". I'm actually fine with paying a higher tax burden to improve the welfare of our country as a whole.
Again, based on how I interpret what I see, Republicans tend to be self-serving and shortsighted - trying hard to create policies that fit antiquated theories instead of pushing for people to evolve. Mostly they seem concerned with either money or power, or envy those with money and power. I will never for the life of me be able to explain why someone who needs the programs and services Democrats put into place would register as a Republican. Call them "Conservative" but that just seems a nice way of saying "Selfish"
In my limited experience, Republicans seem to be more openly religious and seem to want to force others to follow the arbitrary guidelines established by their own personal Flying Spaghetti Monsters. As an atheist, I've always thought religion originated as a tool of those that wanted power over the less educated and informed - and I assume that at some point in history, it will become a minority movement and eventually a footnote of human evolution.
Pence is very much the worst of everything I can imagine at the helm of politics - and I'd rather have him there than Trump.