I only see a small percentage of the country's population where I live. But, based on who I listen to, I have these stereotypes in my head:
Republicans - think for themselves; choose for themselves; don't blindly trust large corporations or government; like the laws benefitting entrepreneurs; don't want the vaccine; like religion and hate abortion; don't attack others for their views; lower middle class
Democrats - hive mentality and often all have the same opinion; often based on what sports stars/movie stars/Youtubers do; dislike benefits given to the rich; don't mind giving $billions to Amazon and Google; are the first to go out and buy the newest cars or gadgets; non-religious and like abortion; group together to attack those with opposition views; upper middle class
Me (neither) - think for myself; trust no big company in anything other than maximizing their profits (this might/might not co-align with my goals); spend as little money as possible with companies who are close to monopolies (Google, FB, Microsoft, Apple, Tesla); liked Trump 10 years ago but not really anymore (keep in mind he was never a republican: read The America We Deserve); called an "anti-vaxxer" until July now I'm vaxinated thus "normal"; non-religious; like abortion; like laws benefitting entrepreneurs; dislike the legality of government lobbying and politicians working for companies they've given tax breaks too and vice versa
From this list you can see that in my experience republicans are more pleasant to deal with. Most of my friends are democrats and in the past few years, thanks to Trump, I feel like I've lost some friends. It's hard to see eye-to-eye when they, for example, bitch about Musk/Bezos paying too little in taxes yet they advocate buying Telsa/shopping Amazon. Locally they get pissed at small business owners who claim tax deductions for their stand at the flea market. And they are the first to try to convince me that I need to buy a Rivian Truck or the newest iPhone. Once, at work, an Asian-American female asked a gay black male associate the following: "So, John, who are we voting for in the election?" Very odd. If I don't know the person I leave it blank (though I used to just vote all democrat).
Anyway, I know I'm going to get bashed for even having stereotypes, especially since I say that republicans are more pleasant and democrats are more likely to bash others. But, I guess that's okay because my goal here is find where my observations netted incorrect stereotypes so I can learn. I'm trying to get this straight in my head. Recently, I can guess within 2-3 min of talking to someone if they're either A) democrat or B) republican/neither. I don't like being able to do that!
EDIT: it would be cool to see how others stand on some of the topics I mentioned above. But let's not argue about those topics. Let's save the Youtube comments for that. MJ doesn't want to host pages of arguing
Republicans - think for themselves; choose for themselves; don't blindly trust large corporations or government; like the laws benefitting entrepreneurs; don't want the vaccine; like religion and hate abortion; don't attack others for their views; lower middle class
Democrats - hive mentality and often all have the same opinion; often based on what sports stars/movie stars/Youtubers do; dislike benefits given to the rich; don't mind giving $billions to Amazon and Google; are the first to go out and buy the newest cars or gadgets; non-religious and like abortion; group together to attack those with opposition views; upper middle class
Me (neither) - think for myself; trust no big company in anything other than maximizing their profits (this might/might not co-align with my goals); spend as little money as possible with companies who are close to monopolies (Google, FB, Microsoft, Apple, Tesla); liked Trump 10 years ago but not really anymore (keep in mind he was never a republican: read The America We Deserve); called an "anti-vaxxer" until July now I'm vaxinated thus "normal"; non-religious; like abortion; like laws benefitting entrepreneurs; dislike the legality of government lobbying and politicians working for companies they've given tax breaks too and vice versa
From this list you can see that in my experience republicans are more pleasant to deal with. Most of my friends are democrats and in the past few years, thanks to Trump, I feel like I've lost some friends. It's hard to see eye-to-eye when they, for example, bitch about Musk/Bezos paying too little in taxes yet they advocate buying Telsa/shopping Amazon. Locally they get pissed at small business owners who claim tax deductions for their stand at the flea market. And they are the first to try to convince me that I need to buy a Rivian Truck or the newest iPhone. Once, at work, an Asian-American female asked a gay black male associate the following: "So, John, who are we voting for in the election?" Very odd. If I don't know the person I leave it blank (though I used to just vote all democrat).
Anyway, I know I'm going to get bashed for even having stereotypes, especially since I say that republicans are more pleasant and democrats are more likely to bash others. But, I guess that's okay because my goal here is find where my observations netted incorrect stereotypes so I can learn. I'm trying to get this straight in my head. Recently, I can guess within 2-3 min of talking to someone if they're either A) democrat or B) republican/neither. I don't like being able to do that!
EDIT: it would be cool to see how others stand on some of the topics I mentioned above. But let's not argue about those topics. Let's save the Youtube comments for that. MJ doesn't want to host pages of arguing
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