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Originally posted by Rudey
Why do pigs fly? They don't. The media doesn't encourage anything and people vote for a candidate/party that represents them just like they do in elections around the world.
Trying to say there is fanatical partisanship in the US is bashing the US. If anything, people may be divided in their beliefs.
-Rudey
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I'm not trying to bash the US by saying there is a perception of fanatical partisanship evident in the run-up to elections. I'm just trying to understand why is seems that there is such a strong identification with one party or another.
For example look on this board, where people so strigently identify with what political party they support... or how posters seem to go out of their way to confront or insult posters that support the other party. Some good examples could be your posts... or the more inflamitory ones by IowaStatePhiPs.
Look I'm coming from a perspective that your political choices are as private as your religious choices... it is extemely rare for someone to indentify themselves as supporters of a political party. I'm just trying to understand impitus behind this aspect of American politics, and to a lesser extent culture.