Derived from the root word "poly" meaning "many" and "ticks" meaning "bloodsucking insects."

The art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly,and applying the wrong remedies

life in only two dimensions
it's when you are presented with no more than two choices ever as though there were only two sides or only two possible positions on all of life's most complex issues...
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both sides are really screwed up but one of them acts like it's never ever wrong and this works to tug at the heart strings of soccer moms and ignorant but well meaning kids and gain their sympathies

Promoting the lies of a particular group.

Poli: Many
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Tic(k)s: Bloodsucking creatures.
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= Many bloodsucking creatures.

"poli" meaning many and "tics" annoying blood sucking creatures.

Democrats: "Whales can fly"
Republicans: "Giraffes are purple"

normal person: "what the fuck?"

brainwashed citizen: "If you don't even vote then you don't have any right to talk about politics"