Just Because I Mock One Politician Doesn’t Mean I Endorse the Other Side

[YoursTruly]

How true is this? So many times if you call out a politician for something, supporters of said politician will claim you lean the other way. But that's not even close to accurate when it comes to political independents. We mock both sides, regularly.
This article is pro libertarian. A political party I also mock for certain things.

Just Because I Mock One Politician Doesn’t Mean I Endorse the Other Side​

In today’s hyper-polarized climate, being a libertarian comes with a strange curse: no matter which politician I criticize, people automatically assume I must be carrying water for the other side. If I mock a Democrat, the Left calls me a secret Republican. If I call out a Republican, the Right insists I must be a closet progressive. It’s like the political equivalent of two kids demanding that each gets the same size cookie—both sides are so obsessed with “teams” that they cannot imagine someone rejecting the whole game.

But here’s the ........

 

[Samofvt]

How true is this? So many times if you call out a politician for something, supporters of said politician will claim you lean the other way. But that's not even close to accurate when it comes to political independents. We mock both sides, regularly.
This article is pro libertarian. A political party I also mock for certain things.

Just Because I Mock One Politician Doesn’t Mean I Endorse the Other Side​

In today’s hyper-polarized climate, being a libertarian comes with a strange curse: no matter which politician I criticize, people automatically assume I must be carrying water for the other side. If I mock a Democrat, the Left calls me a secret Republican. If I call out a Republican, the Right insists I must be a closet progressive. It’s like the political equivalent of two kids demanding that each gets the same size cookie—both sides are so obsessed with “teams” that they cannot imagine someone rejecting the whole game.

But here’s the ........

"But here's the ......"

Thing is, people are really that stupid. No, really.

99% of people (probably more) are just so bone-headed stupid, logic and rationality just do not matter. They are trained that way. They can not make their own independent decisions without being told by experts how they should feel.

And that's the way it SHOULD be. Who has time these days to look at all the information from different sources? The e-news source I subscribe to is just fine, and I will believe everything they tell me.

 

[YoursTruly]

 

[Mack The Finger]

I didn't vote for Trump but LIBs here insist on calling me a MAGA HAT.

WTF is up with that ?

 

[Concerned American]

How true is this? So many times if you call out a politician for something, supporters of said politician will claim you lean the other way. But that's not even close to accurate when it comes to political independents. We mock both sides, regularly.
This article is pro libertarian. A political party I also mock for certain things.

Just Because I Mock One Politician Doesn’t Mean I Endorse the Other Side​

In today’s hyper-polarized climate, being a libertarian comes with a strange curse: no matter which politician I criticize, people automatically assume I must be carrying water for the other side. If I mock a Democrat, the Left calls me a secret Republican. If I call out a Republican, the Right insists I must be a closet progressive. It’s like the political equivalent of two kids demanding that each gets the same size cookie—both sides are so obsessed with “teams” that they cannot imagine someone rejecting the whole game.

But here’s the ........

Yeah, I think they call that a fence straddler. Nice to know.

 

[gtopa1]

Yeah, I think they call that a fence straddler. Nice to know.

Here we say they're walking both sides of a barbed wire fence at the same time.

Greg

 

[JWBooth]

**** ‘em both.

 

[martybegan]

Here we say they're walking both sides of a barbed wire fence at the same time.

Greg

I always like to say "walking on the yellow double line in the middle of the road is a good way to get hit by traffic going in both directions"

 

[Independent thinker]

How true is this? So many times if you call out a politician for something, supporters of said politician will claim you lean the other way. But that's not even close to accurate when it comes to political independents. We mock both sides, regularly.
This article is pro libertarian. A political party I also mock for certain things.

Just Because I Mock One Politician Doesn’t Mean I Endorse the Other Side​

In today’s hyper-polarized climate, being a libertarian comes with a strange curse: no matter which politician I criticize, people automatically assume I must be carrying water for the other side. If I mock a Democrat, the Left calls me a secret Republican. If I call out a Republican, the Right insists I must be a closet progressive. It’s like the political equivalent of two kids demanding that each gets the same size cookie—both sides are so obsessed with “teams” that they cannot imagine someone rejecting the whole game.

But here’s the ........

Being a Libertarian means you are very skilled at being a loser. You don't know anything else but losing. It used to be that your side strived for 10% of the vote. Your party has gotten so bad that even Chase Oliver claimed he'd be happy to get 2% of the vote and wound up getting 1%. How does it feel to be so bad that you aren't even close to achieving the abismal 19% approval rating of democrats? Why mock others when your very own party is that bad itself?

 

[initforme]

Mocking our political system is a form of patriotism.

 

[hadit]

My tribe is better than your tribe!!!

 

[Couchpotato]

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Because it's only "MAGA" who does this.....

You couldn't have proved your OP's point any better if you tried.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

There's a few on here claiming to be libertarian, all of them screech TDS and ignore Democrat failure. Every single one

 

[Mac1958]

Tribalists don't like those who choose not to be slave to a tribe.

They'd rather deal with someone from the other tribe than with someone who doesn't play the game.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Tribalists don't like those who choose not to be slave to a tribe.

They'd rather deal with someone from the other tribe than with someone who doesn't play the game.

Oh the irony

 

[YoursTruly]

Because it's only "MAGA" who does this.....

You couldn't have proved your OP's point any better if you tried.

Oh no. It's not just them. I've been a called a Trump supporter by a LOT of people on the left.

 

[YoursTruly]

Yeah, I think they call that a fence straddler. Nice to know.

Those on either side of this, might call it a fence straddler. But I think it's more like this.

 

[YoursTruly]

Tribalists don't like those who choose not to be slave to a tribe.

They'd rather deal with someone from the other tribe than with someone who doesn't play the game.

Funny thing about tribalist. They brag hard about supporting a party or politicians. But when you point out the flaws of the party or politician and say it's tribalist, they get offended.

 

[Couchpotato]

Yeah, I think they call that a fence straddler. Nice to know.

Or someone who isnt ideologically captured by one party or the other....

Details....

 

[OldFlame]

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State what your beliefs are on the major conservative and liberal viewpoints?

It's all subjective, it depends on what you're criticizing Trump for, don't you think? If you're criticizing his crack down on illegal immigration as an example, and you support people coming here illegally, then your view is liberal on that topic. How many of those areas are you liberal vs conservative? That's what determines where you are.

If you're criticizing Trump on everything he does just because of who he is, then you're just another TDS fool.