# Have you ever opposed an idea from someone based purely on their political affiliation? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 7, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-opposed-an-idea-from-someone-based-purely-on-their-political-affiliation/788367 "2017-06-07T16:52:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-opposed-an-idea-from-someone-based-purely-on-their-political-affiliation/788367/21 "2017-06-08T02:33:14Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I’ll cop to a related charge. In California we have all these budget initiatives that are often worded to mean the opposite of what they are, and it’s nearly impossible to figure out what they intend to do. I tend to default to voting no on them, but the voter’s booklet includes major groups who are in favor or opposed to a measure, and if I can’t figure out what the damned thing does, but I see that conservative groups favor it, I think it’s likely that I want to vote no on it. I do this with certain voter issues too. In my state they ask if judges should be kept on, since I can’t find anything on a particular state judge’s record I just look at the governor who appointed the judge and what their leaning was. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-opposed-an-idea-from-someone-based-purely-on-their-political-affiliation/788367/22 "2017-06-08T04:02:02Z")
I’ve been very open in my opposition to Trump. But on the two occasions he took positions I agreed with, I publicly acknowledged it. (The two positions were infrastructure and the space program.) ---
**Author:** ![igor\_frankensteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@igor\_frankensteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/igor_frankensteen)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-opposed-an-idea-from-someone-based-purely-on-their-political-affiliation/788367/23 "2017-06-08T04:17:03Z")
No, I don’t think so. I did try to be a fanatic, back when I was a twenteen, but it never worked out for me. I kept running into people who proved conclusively that whatever side I was trying to be on, was full of liars and hypocrites. Left, right, centrist, anarchist, you name the label. So I switched entirely over to analyzing particular VERSIONS of ideas. Particular executions of plans. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-opposed-an-idea-from-someone-based-purely-on-their-political-affiliation/788367/24 "2017-06-08T05:17:40Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’ve been very open in my opposition to Trump. But on the two occasions he took positions I agreed with, I publicly acknowledged it. (The two positions were infrastructure and the space program.) The rub is in the details not the actual policy. Someone might have a policy which says, I will cure your headache, well that’s a fine policy, one I can get behind, regardless of who proposed it.However the opposing sides detail too often seems to be “cure, by beheading”. It will cure that, true, but on balance I’ll stick with the headaches. And roll my eyes at their claim that I “oppose cures for headaches”. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-opposed-an-idea-from-someone-based-purely-on-their-political-affiliation/788367/25 "2017-06-08T07:25:39Z")
In the last decade or so, republicans have been on the wrong side of virtually every issue. It’s as if they’ve been governing from the Bizarro universe. It’s only natural that I would then see republican policy proposals with extreme skepticism - if it looks good, my first thought is, “What are you planning with this, and where’s the catch?” If it doesn’t look good, I won’t even bother going that far - policy is complex, but “republican policies are pretty fucking awful” is not, and it’s pretty darn obvious to boot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-opposed-an-idea-from-someone-based-purely-on-their-political-affiliation/788367.md?page=1)