Quote (Juanderful @ Oct 12 2012 02:47am)

You will almost never hear of an ex-Libertarian supporter,

Quote (sir_lance_bb @ 12 Oct 2012 02:30)

Let's see. Obamaphone video analysis. We got a women who seems to be happy she is getting a phone and is unaware this program has been in place for years. Doesn't seem like the most intelligent person but that must mean all supporters of Obama are like that.

Obama is a commie video we got a women saying obama is a communist and won't say what a communist is and says he isn't an american because she thinks he is a communist. And apparently now you can not be an American when you are born in the US. So we got ignorance and bigotry here coupled with some snide type of superiority.

I'll have to call this one a tie. People are stupid on both sides.

Quote (Juanderful @ Oct 12 2012 05:48am)

"Both sides"? Are you implying that there are only 2 parties in the political playground?

False dichotomy is false.

Quote (Juanderful @ Oct 12 2012 05:47am)

In no way is the following a scientific experiment of any sort, but just do the following =

1) Search "Obama supporter" and "Romney supporter" on YouTube. If you notice, nearly all of the videos are of Obama/Romney supporters acting like complete idiots in front of camera, having absolutely no clue what they're spouting nor why they have chosen to support their candidate-of-choice.

2) Now do the same with "Ron Paul supporter" or "Gary Johnson supporter", then proceed to scroll through as many pages as you wish and take a look at the videos that turn up. Mostly all videos are of well-spoken Ron Paul supporters being interviewed on talk shows, and/or videos of law-abiding Ron Paul supporters being unfairly bullied by the opposition.

This should give you a rough idea of what the intellectual demographic is like, and what type of people are attracted to Obama/Romney compared to those that are attracted to Libertarian candidates like Ron Paul/Gary Johnson. Accuse me of cherrypicking? Well again, this isn't supposed to be a scientific experiment, but it has repeatedly been brought to my attention that Libertarian-minded people, on average, are a lot more politically-informed than those of the Democrat or Republican mindset.

You will almost never hear of an ex-Libertarian supporter, while Democrat or Republican supporters seem to jump ship more often than they change their underwear.

Quote (Juanderful @ Oct 12 2012 05:48am)

"Both sides"? Are you implying that there are only 2 parties in the political playground?

False dichotomy is false.

Quote (Ylem122 @ 12 Oct 2012 02:49)

well theres the left and the right....what else is there?

Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ 12 Oct 2012 02:51)

...goodness gracious , enough of the Ron Paul tears please 

Quote (sir_lance_bb @ 12 Oct 2012 02:52)

Well most of the other stupid people for other parties and independents talk about the fluoride is killing us. I don't feel the need to include them.

Quote (Juanderful @ Oct 12 2012 05:54am)

You... serious? lol.

There's everything in between, as shown in these diagrams of the political spectrum =

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/European-political-spectrum.png/372px-European-political-spectrum.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Political_chart.svg/250px-Political_chart.svg.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum

You're only thinking of the two extremes, when in actuality you're forgetting that Democrats and Republicans don't represent anywhere close to all of the ideologies that exist.