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The Wrong Side Absolutely Must Not Win - Reason.com

This is all I hear when otherwise reasonable people discuss politics.

5:18 AM Aug 23 2012

Which side is the right side? :)

6:32 PM Aug 23 2012

not the other side! :-P

7:25 PM Aug 23 2012

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And not the left side, either.

11:12 PM Aug 23 2012

7:25 PM Aug 23 2012

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Dupes are cool. PandaWhale is more like Twitter than Reddit. :)

11:11 PM Aug 23 2012

When we perceive someone as politically different from us, we don't give a crap about them:

http://www.thejuryexpert.com/2012/07/polar-opposites-empathy-does-not-extend-across-the-political-aisle/

7:28 AM Aug 24 2012

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I would be interested in this study being done in other countries, particularly countries where party affiliation is a bit more fluid.

7:02 PM Aug 25 2012

Yeah, me too.

Indifference feels like an American reaction to difference.

8:02 PM Aug 25 2012

Agreed. A binary is the worst. Us vs Them really lets people turns their brains off. Partisanship causes me physical pain.

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9:13 PM Aug 25 2012

Haven't American politics always been about partisanship?

Or is it somehow worse now than it used to be?

9:28 PM Aug 25 2012

"As Americans head to the polls this November, their values and basic beliefs are more polarized along partisan lines than at any point in the past 25 years."

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2277/republicans-democrats-partisanship-partisan-divide-polarization-social-safety-net-environmental-protection-government-regulation-independents

4:53 AM Aug 26 2012

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