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You are bizarrely judging a human being based on that person’s political affiliations.  That suggest a lack of perspective, no?[/quote]

So bizarre! Judging someone based on their choice to use their political influence to make other people's lives worse!

What's next? Will we start judging people based on their actions? On the things they say? On the crimes they commit? Is nothing sacred anymore?![/quote]

The problem with your characterization is that it's wrong.

Whatever you may think about [b]Republicans or Democrats, their end goal is actually very similar: maximize the happiness of all humans[/b]. The disagreement isn't on the goal, but how to get there. Republicans mostly see this and this is why the general feeling of Republicans towards Democrats is that the later is misinformed. Democrats somehow think that Republicans have different end goals, that instead of maximizing the happiness of all humans, Republicans are for oppression and suffering - and in this light it's easy to agree then that people working towards such goals are indeed evil. [/quote]

I'm truly asking because I didn't get the memo...How are Republicans trying to maximize the happiness of LGBT, women, POC, and those who fall on hard times?[/quote]

Perhaps by not labeling various groups of people “victims” and expecting society to treat them as such?  How refreshing.
-DP[/quote]

+1.

And by focusing on the common good for the vast majority of problem, not just on the special interests of very narrow groups of people, as nice and worthy as they may be.[/quote]

Got it. “Majority” = white men.

Yes, screw those women, POC, etc.

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Well, yes, the whole point of Democracy is to govern for the Majority -- that's why it works.

If you prefer a Minority to rule over the Majority, you better move to a totalitarian system.[/quote]

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