Partisanship

I’m going to spend some time this weekend thinking about when and why I became such a political partisan, since people keep asking me about the partisan slant of my blog. I already know the answer, I think, but it’ll be nice to jot it all down here, especially since it’s bound to be an incredibly partisan answer that will alternatively enrage and amuse.

Keep in mind that I wasn’t a registered member of a political party until 2008, when I had to register as a Democrat in order to attend the first-ever presidential caucus in Nebraska (which was something that, as a political scientist, I really wanted to see).

But, also, while you’re watching this space for that exciting future post, here are a couple of questions for you: How would it be possible not to be partisan right now? And what’s so very problematic about partisanship anyhow?

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  1. cwspaley reblogged this from kohenari
  2. tiptoelightlypastmymind answered: Speaking as someone who is starting to realize they’re a partisan… The only problem I have with partisanship is it locks compromise.
  3. allquestions answered: Partisanship isn’t inherently problematic. But the inability to compromise is. Our government and laws are largely a series of compromises.
  4. kyle-miller-kkm answered: Partisanship isn’t a problem as long as you don’t put party over country as we’ve seen Congressional Republicans do.
  5. wateringgoodseeds answered: 1) Hard not to be a partisan right now. 2) But I’m beginning to worry that partisanship is turning into tribal warfare.
  6. fuckingold answered: there’s really no way to oppose the two sides we’re given so, i don’t know that it is possible
  7. addtodictionary answered: Partisanship forces individuals to examine their beliefs and decide which are “dealbreakers” or not. Enormously valuable.
  8. interruptions said: I’ve never understood what’s supposed to be problematic about partisanship
  9. musingsmerchant said: Just because the Democrats aren’t as outwardly terrible as Republicans doesn’t mean they deserve our support. Which is essentially what’s wrong with partisanship: we make politics into a zero-sum game. But governing is about increasing opportunities for everyone.
  10. climateadaptation answered: to the second, we’re forced into one of two parties (even as a registered independant in massachusetts)…
  11. teteroroma answered: Another question: why is being ‘non-partisan’ considered either realistic or even ideal?
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