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* high level of tribalism (draw sharp line between "us" and "them"; expect unquestioning loyalty to "us") | * high level of tribalism (draw sharp line between "us" and "them"; expect unquestioning loyalty to "us") | ||
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| + | * '''2014-11-10''' [https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/531834493922189313 Tweet]: ""Net Neutrality" is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government." Implies that Obamacare is slow and inefficient; implies that net neutrality will slow down the internet. False on both counts (although lack of net neutrality would make it possible for elites to purchase faster speed for their sites -- which would be consistent with the Republican view that {{l/sub|only elites matter}}.) | ||
* '''2014-11-09''' [http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/11/09/3590606/senators-suggest-they-could-block-attorney-general-nominee-over-immigration-fight/ Ted Cruz Threatens To Block Attorney General Nominee]: Republicans threaten to block Attorney General nominee over non-existent problem | * '''2014-11-09''' [http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/11/09/3590606/senators-suggest-they-could-block-attorney-general-nominee-over-immigration-fight/ Ted Cruz Threatens To Block Attorney General Nominee]: Republicans threaten to block Attorney General nominee over non-existent problem | ||
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==Positives== | ==Positives== | ||
Revision as of 20:57, 10 November 2014
Negatives
- anti-science
- support global warming denial
- endorse religion as a basis for governance
- against sex education
- against easy access to contraceptives
- against bodily autonomy for women
- pro-patriarchy
- favor authoritarian, top-down society with high inequality
- favor racial profiling over more accurate methods of identifying criminals
- originated and support the "war on terror"
- originated and support the "war on drugs"
- unsympathetic to those in need, believing they deserve their situation
- high level of tribalism (draw sharp line between "us" and "them"; expect unquestioning loyalty to "us")
News Items
- 2014-11-10 Tweet: ""Net Neutrality" is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government." Implies that Obamacare is slow and inefficient; implies that net neutrality will slow down the internet. False on both counts (although lack of net neutrality would make it possible for elites to purchase faster speed for their sites -- which would be consistent with the Republican view that only elites matter.)
- 2014-11-09 Ted Cruz Threatens To Block Attorney General Nominee: Republicans threaten to block Attorney General nominee over non-existent problem