Political Parasite

Someone who makes politics their entire social identity, and won’t shut the fuck up about politics. Generally, they hate whoever espouses beliefs stemming from a party not of their own.

Don’t talk to Karen, she’s a political parasite, and will be fervently listening to every word you say, and will try to destroy your happiness based on that which she doesn’t agree. Tom is the same way, even though he’s on the opposite end of the political spectrum.

by MayneDeWayne May 27, 2021

Political dry zone

A place, often a private business or organization, where it is prohibited to discuss politics or issues related to it, with exceptions for certain social issues and or issues that may affect how that business or organization runs

Evan: Hey, did you hear about the debate last night? I hear it got really intense when the candidates fought over how to address crime and government reform.
Simone: I know, but we can’t talk about that right now because we are in a political dry zone.
Evan: I have never heard of it. What is that?
Simone: It means this restaurant expects the people eating inside it to not discuss politics. If you don’t follow that rule, they will refuse to serve you and kick you out. This type of rule is often done to reduce stress on other people dining here and the restaurant’s employees and to help prevent violence confrontations by eliminating opportunities for intense disagreements to arise.
Evan: Okay then I’ll stop.

by Vanguard 1998 May 30, 2021

Political party

An organization made up of people who share similar views on certain political, social, and or economic issues. Its main purpose is to help people who want to run for office get the social and financial support they need to do so, but some of its other purposes include promoting effective policy changes to fix issues that affect various populations in society, promoting societal changes to get societal norms to be more consistent with their political beliefs, and provide a setting where like-minded people can discuss political issues without fear of being putdown and disrespected for having a different opinion on an issue. It is important to note that not all politicians are members of political parties.

What political party an individual supports depends on their beliefs. Here is a list of some political parties and their views:
Green Party
Supports ending the war on drugs; Supports giving the right to vote to prisoners; Supports gender equality; supports providing financial compensation to African Americans to repay for slavery; Supports abolishing the electoral college; supports establishing ranked choice voting
Libertarian Party
have the government take neutral stance on abortion; Supports ending marriage licenses from the government; Supports same-sex marriage; Supports the right to bear arms; Supports free trade; Supports protecting the environment and natural resources
Reform Party
Let local, county, and state governments provide solutions to issues; Use more renewable energy sources to generate power; supports making a rule to prevent any one political party from having more than one third representation within any government body
Citizen’s Party
Supports the right to bear arms; supports same sex marriage; have the government take a neutral stance on abortion; have nonviolent criminals work in community service programs while in prison; supports legalizing medical marijuana
Pirate Party
Opposes the government and corporations performing surveillance on people; reforming the patent systems; increase the use of renewable energy; Supports working to protect the environment and endangered species; ensure that everyone has equal access to education

by Vanguard 1998 May 31, 2021

Social political sense

The ability of some individuals, because of certain experiences in their life and or the type of educational background they have, to be able to tell certain things about a person, including their social views, political beliefs, what motivates them, how the person views themselves and those around them, how they will likely handle themselves in certain situations, how to effectively counter their methods if necessary, etc., based on the individual’s attire and behavior in certain places compared to the societal norms about what type of attire people are expected to wear and how they should behave in those places, how they talk about certain topics, what type of public image they try to portray themselves as being, how they handle themselves in certain situations, especially in embarrassing situations, crises, and disagreements, and various other things. It is important to note that not everyone can do this; as these types of evaluations can be rendered inaccurate if the person who does this does not have a decent amount of control over their biases, expectations about how other people behave, is not attentive to detail, and or is not well educated on politics, social norms, and social issues.

Cisco: I wonder why James gets so aggressive when someone disagrees with his political views. He always asserts that he is right even when he is not.
Vulko: Based on what I have observed when I have had to deal with him, he seems to be rage driven because he seems to enjoy having disagreements with people on stuff like that. I also think he does tend to be quite arrogant. He likes to win fights as it boosts his ego, which might explain why he always asserts that he is right.
Cisco: What makes you think he is arrogant?
Vulko: I figured out based on how he dresses more formally when going to various events compared to the rest of his family, which suggests he does seem to have an arrogance streak.
Cisco: You seem to be good at figuring out drives people and what gets them to act in various ways.

Vulko: I have a strong social political sense, which is what allows me to read people.
Cisco: I see.

by Vanguard 1998 April 22, 2021

Political tightrope

A gesture to how difficult it can be to try to balance pursuing your own and your party’s goals with people with pleasing enough of your constituents to get reelected

Representative Titus is walking on a political tightrope when trying to support certain ideas being pushed by her party as it may make it difficult for to get reelected in future elections as she might lose support from some her constituents depending on what issues she supports.

by Vanguard 1998 April 27, 2021

Political nomenclature

A process where a politician, political commentator, and or government official is working on naming a new phenomenon or issue directly or indirectly related to politics in the hopes of raising awareness of that issue and or getting public opinion to shift in a certain way

Many politicians practice political nomenclature in order to push their agenda, address certain societal problems, and get the constituents from their district to reelect them.

by Vanguard 1998 April 30, 2021

Political denial syndrome

Aka. P.D.S.; A major social and political problem where an individual to identify as being a supporter of one political party and or ideology, but then changes their identity and or ideology done often times to better align with their values and beliefs. Rather than accept their identity as being part of who they are and move on, the individual will strenuously deny that they ever had that identity and will overtly take political stances and mobilize on issues that are consistent with what their new political identity; in order to make their new identity seem more legitimate to themselves and other people and or to help them deal with the fact they feel embarrassed and or guilty because of their former political identity. People with this often times endure a lot of fear that people will not see them as being a legitimate supporter of the new political party and or ideology they use, emotional and mental restlessness caused by their belief they have to actively work to make up for their former identity, and or intense guilt for having their previous identity.

Marvin: Why does Stacy always seem to talk about politics. I understand that she is passionate about her beliefs, but she does not need to talk about it constantly.

Janet: I think she has political denial syndrome. If I’m recalling correctly, she used to be a republican, but after having some issues related to Trump’s actions and the capital riots her beliefs shifted to strongly favoring the democrats. Because of all the things the republicans did and the fact she had backed them in the past, she may feel that she has to make up for having that identity because she may feel indirectly responsible for what happened because she voted some of the politicians responsible for it. It could also be that she could be embarrassed by her former identity and her actively discussing her views is one of the ways she deals with discomfort.
Marvin: No offense, but, in a way, it almost sounds like she could need counselor or a good friend to talk to help her deal with her discomfort and stress if that is the case.

Janet: Yes, I think your right about that.

by Vanguard 1998 May 5, 2021