Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Saturday, November 28, 2020

How to "fix" politics...

In response to Germaine’s OP, I have been brainstorming (with myself) about what it would take to fix our toxic U.S. politics.  I’m thinking, the only way to fix the whole is to identify and fix the constituent parts.  We can’t expect the machine to run smoothly on flawed parts.  So what are the (faulty) parts?  I can think of some.

I just knocked out this list below and, granted, it’s far from polished.  But what do you think?  What is wrong with my (pie-in-the-sky?) suggestions, when it comes to the problems associated with politics, here in the U.S.?  

Give your own solutions to the cited problems.  Feel free to add to, or correct, my ad hoc list.  Thanks!

And thanks for recommending.

Craziest gerrymandering
 

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