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Comment author: shminux 14 June 2013 03:21:03PM *  1 point [-]

I know Democrats whose sole intersectionality with Democrat politics is gay marriage; they have, for purposes of political -isms, exactly one political belief. That is too many?

Do you mean the single-issue voters who say "I'm a Democrat because I am pro-gay marriage, even though I support these mostly GOP or Libertarian economic policies, but they are not nearly as important to me as equal rights for all genders"?

The loudest voices on the Internet aren't necessarily the best representatives of the groups they claim to represent.

I have trouble understanding how this is related to the whole discussion. Are you replying to some implicit argument?

Comment author: OrphanWilde 14 June 2013 03:26:41PM 0 points [-]

Do you mean single-issue voters who say "I'm a Democrat because I am pro-gay marriage, even though I support these mostly GOP or Libertarian policies, but they are not nearly as important to me as equal rights for all genders"?

  • No. I mean single-issue voters who say "I'm a Democrat because I am pro-gay marriage." The "Even though" doesn't even need to enter into it.

I have trouble understanding how this is related to the whole discussion. Are you replying to some implicit argument?

  • I'm commenting on an implicit fact which may have a bearing on the argument. The loudest members of political groups tend to be those who believe in the political group itself, rather than its specific goals. (Which we should expect; somebody engaging in political signaling isn't likely to do so quietly, as that defeats a large part of the signaling to begin with.)
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