For as long as I can remember my parents talked politics around the dinner table and when the family was together, so from a young age I was encouraged to be interested in politics. When I was young, in my early teens, I became a Republican - pretty much a mainstream Republican like my parents were. As I got older, in my late teens I started to realize that I was more of a libertarian. In college I shifted further away from the Republican party and to some degree, under Bush, the Republican party shifted away from me or at least seemed to. I became more solidly libertarian
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Do your beliefs conflict in any way with the scientific consensus that race is a cultural -not biological- construct? How do you determine racial "purity"? I mean, what makes someone white? Not debating at all, just wondering.
I would contend that there isn't a that strong of a consensus that its purely cultural. There are a large number of scientists who recognize and even study racial differences and and a lot of data that suggests there are differences. A variety of academics routinely encounter and account for these differences - from being able to identify someone's race by examining their bones to the medical establishment tailoring medications by race or organ donations. There is also a huge stigma against recognizing these differences, its possible for a scientist to lose funding, respect, or even his or her career for speaking about such differences. Likewise, a scientist can get greater funding along with the accolade of peers by trying to explain racial differences as cultural. So despite the ideal of science being absolute and objective, it still has its own institutional biases and and is also influenced by bias from the public in general
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"We could talk more about this, but since its such a controversial topic, I wonder if we should discuss it somewhere else. "
You guys could always start a post on the subject and if it gets long just lj-cut the rest of it, but that's up to you. I'm fine with it. Frankly, I think it's interesting.
My dad has always been into politics. When I was nine I had to deliver these Ralph Nader fliers- he had a naiive 9 year old canvassing. I've always been socially aware of injustices, and didn't realize until I got into middle school really how liberal that made me. Three years ago I idolized my step brother who is an anarchist. He's lived with us for about 2 and a half years now and at least a few times a week we'd have these huge political discussions- he's an expert and I was just getting interested again. The rest has been reading, and my politically active friends. In 9th grade I felt bisexual, which led me to the Straight And Gay Alliance, of which i've been president of for 3 years. Until just recently I was a blind Democrat. In my AP Psych class and AP Language class we're learning to critically think. Which has led to less mainstream ideals. And the environment- I've always loved the outdoors. I didn't have imaginary friends, I gave the trees personalities. I think that's why i'm so sensitive to the environment's destruction
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I'll send you a PM about some stuff that may interest you very much! I just have to finish this one little project first and then I can get back on LJ.
Well pleased to meet you. I was raised by a mother who didn`t really talk about her politics as such and a father who was very left wing socialist type of guy. I guess my mum taught me about politics from a personal view point. She taught me right from wrong you might say and my dad taught me about the struggles of poor and working class people
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but later, books. thought. life experience.
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You guys could always start a post on the subject and if it gets long just lj-cut the rest of it, but that's up to you. I'm fine with it. Frankly, I think it's interesting.
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