The Baha'i Studies Listserv Since when does "independent" mean that you can not tend toward the left or the Democratic party?
My political philosophy is libertarian left; that makes it very difficult to accept the views of most Republican candidates. The fact is that the mean political philosophy in the U.S. has moved significantly to the authoritarian right, even among most Democrats. 20-30 years ago, I routinely split my ballot. Today, I can find very few Republicans anywhere in the country that I could vote for. In fact, the number of Democrats that I find acceptable has also declined significantly. More and more, I find myself voting not for the best candidate, but for the least objectionable candidate. Don C On Nov 21, 2012, at 10:51 04AM, Stephen Kent Gray wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_rejection_of_politics > > http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/08/22/159588275/are-independents-just-partisans-in-disguise > > Saidri is an example of while Bahais are supposedly independent, but > generally have a a leftist or Democrat bias. > > Sent from my iPad ----------- It doesn't matter whether the sun shines if you never go outside. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-676135-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
