A Thoughtful Thread

[MiaBabe23]

So this is a thread for genuine reflection and debate about political issues - any topic, any challenge
But it’s dedicated to a genuine exchange of views without insults, so this one can stay focused on the issues themselves, rather than any ad hominem stuff
So
How to tackle disinformation?
What to do about Gaza?
Why has politics become so polarized, and is it improving?

 

[ll74]

How to tackle disinformation?

Call it out with corroborating sources.

What to do about Gaza?

Two state solution is my preference. It requires support from all parties, which it has never had and may never get

Why has politics become so polarized, and is it improving?

Primary voting has led to very few extremeist voters deciding on the candidates. Add to it that most of the debate on the floor is older show.

We should enact open primaries with ranked choice voting to combat it.

 

[deckardB26354]

So this is a thread for genuine reflection and debate about political issues - any topic, any challenge
But it’s dedicated to a genuine exchange of views without insults, so this one can stay focused on the issues themselves, rather than any ad hominem stuff

 

[MiaBabe23]

Call it out with corroborating sources.


Two state solution is my preference. It requires support from all parties, which it has never had and may never get


Primary voting has led to very few extremeist voters deciding on the candidates. Add to it that most of the debate on the floor is older show.

We should enact open primaries with ranked choice voting to combat it.

Yeah well said on each point - and ranked choice is such a good idea, it would make such a difference

 

[ll74]

Yeah well said on each point - and ranked choice is such a good idea, it would make such a difference

Combined with an open primary, it eliminates the stranglehold by the extremists. Unfortunately the technique is opposed by both parties because it removes quite a bit of their power. The weaker party would support it while the ones in power are likely to oppose.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Two state solution is my preference. It requires support from all parties, which it has never had and may never get

Most Zionists support a two-state solution. The problem is--and always has been--that Arabs refuse to accept anything other than the eradication of Israel.

 

[MiaBabe23]

Combined with an open primary, it eliminates the stranglehold by the extremists. Unfortunately the technique is opposed by both parties because it removes quite a bit of their power. The weaker party would support it while the ones in power are likely to oppose.

Yeah true. Though it works perfectly in Maine. And it’s got a bit of a presence locally. If it could become more normalized for voters, it could become difficult for the parties to resist

 

[MajorRewrite]

Combined with an open primary, it eliminates the stranglehold by the extremists. Unfortunately the technique is opposed by both parties because it removes quite a bit of their power. The weaker party would support it while the ones in power are likely to oppose.

Hopefully the people of Alaska will vote to retain their open primaries and ranked choice voting system. It’s under threat:

Alaska Supreme Court Keeps Anti-Ranked Choice Voting Measure on November Ballot

 

[ll74]

Hopefully the people of Alaska will vote to retain their open primaries and ranked choice voting system. It’s under threat:

Alaska Supreme Court Keeps Anti-Ranked Choice Voting Measure on November Ballot

Yah, that's what I meant ..parties are against it

 

[jaF0]

How many redundant threads do we need?

 

[ll74]

How many redundant threads do we need?

Lol....welcome to the politics forum. Can I offer you some mints?

 

[MiaBabe23]

How many redundant threads do we need?

So the point of the thread is to have political debate without comments like that that mock etc; would be really appreciated if you might resist please

 

[jaF0]

There are at least a dozen of these threads.

 

[MiaBabe23]

There are at least a dozen of these threads.

Which is the most active/ currently in use?

 

[Lazaran]

So this is a thread for genuine reflection and debate about political issues - any topic, any challenge
But it’s dedicated to a genuine exchange of views without insults, so this one can stay focused on the issues themselves, rather than any ad hominem stuff
So

How to tackle disinformation?

Here’s a few good reads that might help inform and instruct:

https://shs.cairn.info/revue-l-europe-en-formation-2023-1-page-11?lang=fr

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Services_Act

What to do about Gaza?

Something IS being / HAS been done about Gaza - both diplomatically and militarily. We have little choice but to see how things play out. The U.S. can’t (nor should we) command Israel and Hamas to stop fighting and return all hostages and prisoners.

Why has politics become so polarized, and is it improving?

Politics has ALWAYS been “so polarized”, and it’s really no better or worse today, imho:. The primary cause of the PERCEIVED increase in polarization, (imho) is due to Trump having given the sociopathic / psychopathic racists and fascists (Trump being one of them) permission to take off their hoods and openly wave their confederate flags and swastikas - and there has been a reaction by anti-racists and anti-fascists to that.

Does that ^ indicate an increase in political polarization, or simply an exposing of pre-existing political polarization???

 

[Comshaw]

How many redundant threads do we need?

The answer to that question: as many as people see fit to make. Does that bother the anal-attentive hall monitor in you?

Comshaw