Jameson Quinn wrote:
Mostly I agree with what Kristofer says. Where I don't agree, I still
think that Kristofer is a living example of why there are both
principled and pragmatic reasons why "everyone shut up and support my
method" won't work; or at least won't work today, not until we start out
by broadening consensus and deepening trust with honest agreement like
the Statement.
One pet peeve I can't let pass, though:
Yes. If I'm a Green voter, IRV is the Democrat party:
Please: both grammar and most party-members would tell you it's the
Democratic party. The name "Democrat party" is essentially a puerile
provocation invented by Fox News.
Sorry about that. Wikipedia seems to say that this phrasing has been
used in a non-pejorative manner in certain areas of the US (and fits
with a pattern of nouns-as-adjectives, e.g. "the Iraq war"), but there's
still no need to offend others, so I'll grant what you're saying.
"IRV is the Democratic party", then. I'll try to remember it next time :-)
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