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Originally Posted by 33girl
AND THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. The Republican Party was not founded to politicize abortion, gay rights, etc....it was founded on the concept that less government = better. But nowadays way too many people take DS's attitude because the nuts (who are probably 5% of registered Republicans) have taken over the party and made themselves the spokespeople. Same with feminism.
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I agree. As a Democrat, I don't think it's my job to fix the Republican party (I'll let them implode on their own), but when they turned away from government and economy and toward invading your personal life, it was the beginning of the end for them. The good news (for them) is that the 2 major political parties swing in a pendulum. Most of what Democrats believe today is what Republicans of 30 years ago believed. They'll come around and the Democrats will end up having to find a way to re-define themselves.
I think "feminists" (in quotes because I am guessing what many people mean by the word) are having to shout from the mountain tops because basic rights that many of us thought was a done deal YEARS ago are back in play. I mean seriously, birth control? What else are they going to want to take back? Oh wait, voting rights is back in play too, so who knows what other basic freedoms are at risk.
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