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Originally Posted by JumpinJesus
One thing I don't think I'll ever understand is the amount of fervent support I often see from both sides. It seems that we are all too willing to support our party regardless of action. This also sickens me for it makes me believe that ideology is more important that integrity.
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i think such a response is inherent in this medium. for a post to make it to thread it takes a long string of events. a TFP'er must first care enough about politics to enter this forum, he/she must find a current thread of interest, read all the responses (hopefully), form his/her own opinion, craft a response, and submit it and put themselves "out there" for all to rip to shreds. the nature of a online board such as this dictates only persons with strong opinions will do this on a consistent basis. only fervently held opinions will provide the motivation for going to all that trouble. there are a lot of people with very moderate opinions... however, those people simply pull a lever every other november and don't make much noise otherwise, much less cause a ruckus on TFP.
and i think you're crossing lines on the party/ideology discussion. i see very little support for parties in and of themselves, usually only as far as personal ideology will take them. i do perceive strong connections with personal ideology and political stances... but that does not (and cannot) trump integrity. if you believe a principle to be true (or right) then it will become a part of your ideology. you must defend such principles (that make up your ideology) or risk your integrity. to go against your ideology would be to betrary your integrity... the two are rarely at odds.