Hot, Bad & Unpopular Takes

[TheLeftwardTide]

You don't have to agree with a political party's practices in order to be a member of it. Entryism is one hell of a good long-term political strategy.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

The Requirement for VRA Districts should be waived if the data shows that the area with a substantial minority population has a non-minority population that has either evenly divided or identical overall partisan leanings as the minorities.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

I don't have a problem with Guy Ritchie using brownface for his extras in the Aladdin remake.

[Dr. MB]

The Requirement for VRA Districts should be waived if the data shows that the area with a substantial minority population has a non-minority population that has either evenly divided or identical overall partisan leanings as the minorities.

I agree, but I think VRA districts should be eliminated in a perfectly non-gerrymandered world.

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

Black Lives Matter is a hate group and a domestic terrorist organization.  Same goes for Antifa and the various alt-right groups.

By extension, that leads to another unpopular opinion of mine: there is not only an alt right, but an alt left as well.

dude black people just don't want to be shot for no reason

like christ it's garbage opinions like this that started to make me leave the gop back in 2015.

[💥💥 brandon bro (he/him/his)]

Black Lives Matter is a hate group and a domestic terrorist organization.  Same goes for Antifa and the various alt-right groups.

By extension, that leads to another unpopular opinion of mine: there is not only an alt right, but an alt left as well.

I would like to congratulate you for posting that here, because that is both an unpopular and a bad opinion. A twofer!

[MAINEiac4434]

I've kinda already outed myself as an anti-constitutionalist but might as well repeat it here:

the Constitution is bad. It's archaic, it's poorly written, it includes downright horrendous ideas like the electoral college and age minimums for members of Congress, and it's not malleable enough to govern a modern nation.

[ASPN]

I've kinda already outed myself as an anti-constitutionalist but might as well repeat it here:

the Constitution is bad. It's archaic, it's poorly written, it includes downright horrendous ideas like the electoral college and age minimums for members of Congress, and it's not malleable enough to govern a modern nation.

I don't know if I'd scrap all of it, but I differently agree with the general assessment. I'd argue even the founding fathers agreed with that. Thats why we have the ability to make amendments, cause they knew they couldn't just leave it like it was and never change it.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Black Lives Matter is a hate group and a domestic terrorist organization.  Same goes for Antifa and the various alt-right groups.

By extension, that leads to another unpopular opinion of mine: there is not only an alt right, but an alt left as well.

Basically no one describes themselves as "Alt-left", so I'd say the alt-right is much more of a real thing for that reason alone. 

Alt-left might be a good descriptor for uber fringe Famous Mortimer-types who normally manifest themselves as Twitter eggs.  It could also be synonymous with tankies and North Korea sympathizers.

[TheSaint250]

Black Lives Matter is a hate group and a domestic terrorist organization.  Same goes for Antifa and the various alt-right groups.

By extension, that leads to another unpopular opinion of mine: there is not only an alt right, but an alt left as well.

Basically no one describes themselves as "Alt-left", so I'd say the alt-right is much more of a real thing for that reason alone. 

Alt-left might be a good descriptor for uber fringe Famous Mortimer-types who normally manifest themselves as Twitter eggs.  It could also be synonymous with tankies and North Korea sympathizers.

The “revolutionary” Antifa fit too

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Not only is refusing to stand for the national anthem (or similar protests) acceptable, not participating in these protests is the real un-patriotic thing to do since the national anthem was very poorly picked to the point where it becomes a national embarrassment.

The anthem is basically a celebration of events in an extremely pointless war that the United States never should have gotten itself involved in (the participation in which ran directly counter to the contemporary interests of the United States).

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Black Lives Matter is a hate group and a domestic terrorist organization.  Same goes for Antifa and the various alt-right groups.

By extension, that leads to another unpopular opinion of mine: there is not only an alt right, but an alt left as well.

Basically no one describes themselves as "Alt-left", so I'd say the alt-right is much more of a real thing for that reason alone. 

They may not call themselves alt left, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.  Groups like Occupy Wall Street, BLM, Antifa, etc. are basically the left-wing equivalent of the alt right.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Black Lives Matter is a hate group and a domestic terrorist organization.  Same goes for Antifa and the various alt-right groups.

By extension, that leads to another unpopular opinion of mine: there is not only an alt right, but an alt left as well.

Basically no one describes themselves as "Alt-left", so I'd say the alt-right is much more of a real thing for that reason alone. 

They may not call themselves alt left, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.  Groups like Occupy Wall Street, BLM, Antifa, etc. are basically the left-wing equivalent of the alt right.

That's dumb.  You're dumb.

[Fight for Trump]

Black Lives Matter is a hate group and a domestic terrorist organization.  Same goes for Antifa and the various alt-right groups.

By extension, that leads to another unpopular opinion of mine: there is not only an alt right, but an alt left as well.

Basically no one describes themselves as "Alt-left", so I'd say the alt-right is much more of a real thing for that reason alone. 

They may not call themselves alt left, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.  Groups like Occupy Wall Street, BLM, Antifa, etc. are basically the left-wing equivalent of the alt right.

That's dumb.  You're dumb.

You're right, they're worse.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I can't help but admire Lee Kuen Yew.

[HillGoose]

i think the maximum speed limit everywhere in the entire country should be 25 MPH even on interstates

[Bojack Horseman]

Black Lives Matter is a hate group and a domestic terrorist organization.  Same goes for Antifa and the various alt-right groups.

By extension, that leads to another unpopular opinion of mine: there is not only an alt right, but an alt left as well.

Basically no one describes themselves as "Alt-left", so I'd say the alt-right is much more of a real thing for that reason alone. 

They may not call themselves alt left, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.  Groups like Occupy Wall Street, BLM, Antifa, etc. are basically the left-wing equivalent of the alt right.

Ummm no. The alt-right basically believes that all blacks, Jews, and other undesirables should be rounded together and killed. Antifa believes that those opinions should never go unconfronted and BLM believes that Blacks shouldn't be forced to the bottom of the social totem pole. If we'd taken the non-violent approach to fascism in the 1940s, WWII would have had a very different ending.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Democrats need to focus way more on economic issues than social issues in 2020.

I don't think that is particularly unpopular around here.

Except for that fact that campaigning on social issues has won them the popular vote in six of the last seven presidential elections, and the electoral vote in four of them.  (Trump was only the first Republican since Bush 1 to get over 300 EVs.)  Why would they give it up now, when it's worked so well for them thus far?  If anything, it's Republicans who need to drop the social issues, not Democrats.

I don't exactly agree with your conclusion: sure, Democrats have won 6 out of the last 7 popular votes in presidential elections but I think the focus on social issues has really hurt them down ballot and has prevented them from dominating the country politically. I'm no socialist (in Europe I support conservative parties all the time), but let's face it, the GOP's economic policies are ridiculous, social conservatism is the only thing that's saved the party. The GOP hasn't been reasonable on economics for at least 25 years now (the GOP's right wing basically turned on Bush Sr because he wanted to manage the deficit responsibly), if it weren't for the Democrats being so insistent on social issues, I suspect the GOP would have collapsed at least 10 years ago.

Oh and on this, a lot of my European friends originally thought that the Democratic Party was the reasonable conservative party and the GOP were just for crazy people, but after I told them about the Democrats' SJWness and support of open borders (no one here would support the Democrats' open border policy), they now understand why people vote GOP.

Do you really think Macron is some open borders nutjob? Have you read anything about his presidency?

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

Democrats need to focus way more on economic issues than social issues in 2020.

I don't think that is particularly unpopular around here.

Except for that fact that campaigning on social issues has won them the popular vote in six of the last seven presidential elections, and the electoral vote in four of them.  (Trump was only the first Republican since Bush 1 to get over 300 EVs.)  Why would they give it up now, when it's worked so well for them thus far?  If anything, it's Republicans who need to drop the social issues, not Democrats.

I don't exactly agree with your conclusion: sure, Democrats have won 6 out of the last 7 popular votes in presidential elections but I think the focus on social issues has really hurt them down ballot and has prevented them from dominating the country politically. I'm no socialist (in Europe I support conservative parties all the time), but let's face it, the GOP's economic policies are ridiculous, social conservatism is the only thing that's saved the party. The GOP hasn't been reasonable on economics for at least 25 years now (the GOP's right wing basically turned on Bush Sr because he wanted to manage the deficit responsibly), if it weren't for the Democrats being so insistent on social issues, I suspect the GOP would have collapsed at least 10 years ago.

Oh and on this, a lot of my European friends originally thought that the Democratic Party was the reasonable conservative party and the GOP were just for crazy people, but after I told them about the Democrats' SJWness and support of open borders (no one here would support the Democrats' open border policy), they now understand why people vote GOP.

Do you really think Macron is some open borders nutjob? Have you read anything about his presidency?

No, I don't... but in the US, Republicans would smear him as such.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Emigrating out of a jurisdiction where taxes are high, only because the taxes are high, is fundamentally unethical.

[TheSaint250]

Not really that unpopular but I like saying it:

Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Cornyn suck so hard. They are by far some of today's worst politicians and must never be allowed to come close to the White House or 10 Downing Street.

Seriously, I've never been more passionate in my dislike for any politicians as I have these two, especially Bernie.

Also:

There is no "Party of Trump."

[This account no longer in use.]

Ayy thanks for making me a thread to post all of my opinions

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

All Maryland State Government officials who took part in 2010 redistricting are complicit in all the horrible things Andy Harris does, since they had the opportunity to gerrymander him out of Congress, but chose not to.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Partisan gerrymandering and regional polarization are good things because they allow more people to be represented by people they agree with

[Dr. MB]

Partisan gerrymandering and regional polarization are good things because they allow more people to be represented by people they agree with

That kind of defeats the whole purpose of elections. Forcing everyone into their own little social safe space where everyone agrees only worsens every single divide that plagues America.

I'd prefer if most districts were inside of the R+5 to D+5 range, and as square-shaped as possible.

All Maryland State Government officials who took part in 2010 redistricting are complicit in all the horrible things Andy Harris does, since they had the opportunity to gerrymander him out of Congress, but chose not to.

I hate everyone who took part in that redistricting also, but for a completely different reason. See my post above.