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> There is no difference between the two parties. None. The rhetoric is different but the actual voting records show they are the same animal.

Er, no, actual voting records of Congress and regulatory agencies like the FCC show a whole host of issues on which the parties are very different.

Including, relevant to this discussion, the consistent absolute partisan split on net neutrality at the FCC.

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How much of that do you believe is simply taking the other side by democracy’s because they hate republicans? Versus if the dems has the WH and both houses they would appoint another telecom shill and have done exactly the same thing?

That’s the party that tried to bring us the Clipper chip my friend. Think about that.

> How much of that do you believe is simply taking the other side by democracy’s because they hate republicans?

Approximately zero; the areas of partisan difference, and the details of disagreement in those areas, have drifted a bit over time, but were largely similar 25-30 years ago, when, despite campaigns being hard-fought, relations were much more collegial then today. It's not personal hatred driving the policy differences.

One of the two parties thinks my gay and trans friends should have human rights, and the other party has fought tooth and nail against it, so "they're exactly the same" is bullshit for that alone. The Democrats aren't nearly good enough, but they're by far the lesser of two evils.

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