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ars | karma 27176 | avg karma 2.04 · 2017-03-29 03:11:23+00:00

> If you value things like privacy or the environment, then never vote Republican. Always vote Democrat.

I guess you are too young to remember SOPA/PIPA - that was voted for by Democrats, against by Republicans.

As you mature you'll realize Republican vs Democrat is not as simple as you make it out to be.

TillE | karma 15387 | avg karma 3.69 · 2017-03-29 03:21:07+00:00

It's not that the Democrats are pure good. Far from it. It's that the Republican party of the last few decades is horrifically awful in basically every possible way.

The choice is extremely clear. Activism plus voting against the worst option.

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vizeroth | karma 140 | avg karma 1.52 · 2017-03-29 04:11:05+00:00

SOPA/PIPA was not as clearly Republican vs. Democrat as you make it out to be, either. Whenever a law is dressed up as IP protections and backed by the entertainment industry, you will probably see a lot of support from CA's representatives, which means a lot of Democrats. However, there were a lot of people from both sides supporting (and eventually opposing) those bills. SOPA was introduced by a Republican, and 8 of its 12 sponsors were Republicans.

Of course, since I live in California, both of "my" senators are Democrats, one of which has been in office since I started high school (24 years ago); it would have been both if the younger of the two (Boxer) hadn't retired.

Somehow, "my" representative is a Republican, though I still think most of the people in this district don't realize that he replaced his father (who held the office from 1981-2009). Maybe the DoJ investigation into his use of campaign finances for personal expenses will open some eyes, but it seems more likely that, if he is removed from office, whoever gets on the ballot with the R next to their name will get the seat (or maybe we'll get multiple people with an R next to their name, like most of the local races).

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aanm1988 | karma 181 | avg karma 0.52 · 2017-03-29 19:02:14+00:00

SOPA was introduced by a republican. 8/12 of the initial sponsors were republican.

Not sure how you can hang this on the democrats. PIPA was introduced by Leahy. Still had some republican sponsors.

They didn't vote on either.

I'm really not sure why you had to be condescending about this. You could have made the same point by bringing up SOPA/PIPA. No need to start talking about other posters being young and immature.

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