Do People Marry for Political Compatibility?

by Little Miss Attila on May 15, 2011

and should they?

Via Insty.

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Darrell May 15, 2011 at 4:45 am

They don’t, but they should.

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Roxeanne de Luca May 15, 2011 at 9:23 am

In my old age, I don’t date men who don’t respect the value of unborn human life – which does play into a lot of relationship issues. (That’s the delicate way to put it, I think.)

The other factor is that hard-core liberals and progressives honestly believe that we are stupid and evil. Not having huge self-esteem problems, I refuse to date people who would think that of me – even if they would date me, which is unlikely. The final factor, which also relates to church attendance, is charity and volunteerism. Conservatives give more of their time, money, and blood away than do liberals, and I am done being in relationships with people who are selfish, don’t understand why I give so much of my time away, or (worse yet) think that it all doesn’t matter because if I were really generous, I would vote for higher taxes on people who are not myself. To hell with that.

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Foxfier May 15, 2011 at 2:00 pm

Er… of course people marry people whose politics are compatible if politics are important.

Snickering at the post you link: they actually seem startled that the big three important subjects– sex, politics and religion– will intersect.

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Brett May 17, 2011 at 6:05 pm

Goodness, people limit their friends to those of like faction, so I imagine few allow political diversity into romance.

Forty years and more ago, people had a fuller idea of character which didn’t morally categorize others by their disagreement with one’s politics. Such anti-social narrow-mindedness was considered banal.

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Foxfier May 17, 2011 at 6:47 pm

Forty years ago and more, people had the manners to not inject their politics into every discussion. It was called “polite conversation,” where they recognized that such anti-social actions were to be shunned.

Such a grace has been lost– I seem to remember it was part of the tactics for a few generations of truly banal “radicals.”

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