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One party is okay with nuclear war. One isn't.
One party wants to purge voter rolls. One doesn't.
One wants to end Medicare. One doesn't.
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One party wants to purge voter rolls. One doesn't.
One wants to end Medicare. One doesn't.
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One party wants to end Social Security. The other wants to expand it.
One party doesn't believe in climate change. One does.
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One party doesn't believe in climate change. One does.
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One party wants to end public education. One wants to save it.
One party doesn't want to fund infrastructure. One does.
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One party doesn't want to fund infrastructure. One does.
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One party wants more coal mines. One wants to end reliance on coal.
One wants to end all abortions. One wants to keep them legal.
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One wants to end all abortions. One wants to keep them legal.
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One party wants to make healthcare more expensive. One sees healthcare as a right.
One wants to end same-sex marriages. One doesn't.
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One wants to end same-sex marriages. One doesn't.
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One party wants to keep transgender people out of public bathrooms. The other wants to protect them.
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One party wants tax cuts for the rich. The other would raise taxes on the rich.
One wants to end internet neutrality. The other doesn't.
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One wants to end internet neutrality. The other doesn't.
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One party wants to sell federal parks to oil companies. The other doesn't.
One party has actual Nazis as senior advisers. Really.
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One party has actual Nazis as senior advisers. Really.
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One party wants to remove all campaign finance laws. The other wants them expanded.
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One party wants to repeal all financial regulations. The other gave us the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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One party caused the Great Depression and the Great Recession. The other got us out of both of those. Over the first party' objections.
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This is just a sampling.
DO NOT FUCKING TELL ME BOTH PARTIES ARE THE SAME.
If you do, you're a damned idiot.
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DO NOT FUCKING TELL ME BOTH PARTIES ARE THE SAME.
If you do, you're a damned idiot.
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PS. If you say it's a choice of "the lesser of two evils," you're an even bigger idiot, and probably have an IQ smaller than your shoe size.
One party wants to eliminate the minimum wage. The other wants to raise it.
One wants to increase punishment for use of pot. The other wants pot legalized.
One party likes for-profit prisons. The other wants to eliminate them.
One party wants the Ten Commandments posed in courtrooms. The other believes in a separation of church and state.
One party wants to limit immigration. The other wants comprehensive immigration reform including a path to citizenship for undocumented ppl.
One party has pushed for a Constitutional Amendment to outlaw flagburning. The other believes in free speech.
One party wants to jail reporters. The other wants a free press.
One party thinks it's okay for elected officials (even, and especially, POTUS) to profit off their office. The other doesn't.
One party wants to increase military spending. The other thinks we spend plenty on war toys already.
One party refuses to recognize terrorist actions against Muslims, minorities, and women. The other wants to class these as "terrorism."
One party wants absolutely no limits on the purchase and ownership of handguns and ammunition. The other wants sane gun safety legislation.
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One is the party of vote suppression (Crosscheck, voter ID, limiting polling places and times...). The other wants to expand voting rights.
One party wants to repeal the 17th Amendment so state legislators choose Senators. The other wants Senators to remain elected by the people.
One party wants to end the EPA and the Post Office(!). The other wants these to continue.
One wants to eliminate unions and workers' rights legislation. The other wants these to expand.
Then there's this.
