Love Thy Neighbor

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... or not...

Pew just released a short report (as part of a larger study) showing what Republicans and Democrats would like/dislike in potential neighbours:



Source: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/20 ... neighbors/

The above illustration is somewhat self-explanatory, but the difference comparison is only based on the "easier" response. If we look at the "harder" response, we see that Republicans seem to be particularly averse to non-religious community members while Democrats are averse to gun owners.

In fact, these two questions elicit more negative responses from either group than specific political convictions (Conservative/Republican vs. Democrat/Liberal).

Please discuss.

It seems to me everything Republicans hold as an opinion is derivative of mental illness, predominantly religion... everything else seems average and almost similar, but religion is killing people in the name of the second amendment and plain irrationality destroying the environment. One would think a single party in a single part of the world wouldn't do so much damage... but, Nazis existed, and several shades of irrationality exist...

Conflating all Republicans with mental illness and Nazism is grossly ignorant and insulting. You seem to be unusually determined to offend other members here, and I wonder if disseminating hate speech is your way of trying to experience power over others.

Somehow I doubt it B19.

Look at the numbers on having a gay/lesbian neighbor. This alone is enough to cause massive rage in some people and for a very understandable reason. Same exact thing with religion and even gun rights (although I'm on the left of this issue).

I don't actually think it's possible to be bigoted against Republicans or Democrats. It's not a skin color. Choosing to be a Republican or a Democrat is actually a choice unlike skin color or sexual orientation. I don't like the values that Republicans stand for. There are differences among each individual Republican which I respect but as a party I don't really respect the values of Repulicans in general. I don't think this makes me a bigot.

It seems like most Americans don't care what their neighbor does(as neither is by far the most largest answer on almost all those)

Republicans/conservatives and Democrats/liberals show a preference to living around each other

Republicans are more religious, like guns, show more reverence to the military

it seems like Democrats don't like other Democrats as much Republicans do other Republicans

don't think there really is a ton of difference besides partisan teampicking which usually can be predicted on background

Sorry to take this off topic, but I see statements like the one in bold all the time, and they drive me batshit crazy.

Racial bigotry is wrong NOT because "skin color is not a choice" but because it is a sh***y indicator of what a person might be like.

However, political affiliation is a pretty great indicator of what a person is probably like, so, there you go...

http://www.people-press.org/2013/06/10/majority-views-nsa-phone-tracking-as-acceptable-anti-terror-tactic/
my opinion on PEW is like predicting weather . Have to be right sometimes. But really if Pew is THAT reliable then 'pretty much ALL Americans don't mind NSA spying . -_- It is all in what questions and areas they ask and what "experts" they hire to add a name on report.


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That said? I don't care about my neighbor for most part. I will hate them for horrid music past hours, a cat that s**ts in my yard, being DV theater and vandalous kids more than what candidate sticker is on their vehicle or the gender of the couple that kisses when one goes to work. Their yard is clean ? They are considerate? I am good. And better if they are the type you can BBQ with while discussing calmly opinions on recent event while heating some brats with beer. That is typical day in base housing (well except gender mix in my day)

Thank you, it's posts like that that make it hard to stay civil in here sometimes.

Understandably. I am tired of the smearing generalisations posted in this forum (and others) - whichever group is being slurred in this way. All women, all men, all republicans, all muslims or whatever..these gross slurs on all members of any group are just not acceptable, in any forum, and I heartily wish members would all get with the program and the rules. It's really gone too far lately.

I don't care if my neighbors want to sit on their front porch dressed up as squirrels.As long as they respect my privacy and don't show up without calling ahead they are fine with me.

In each case the majority really aren't that bothered who lives next door to them.