@ETpro Oh, come on. I don’t believe in Heaven either, but that bit of the Jefferson quote has very little to do with the overall sentiment. Will you be complaining about the minor grammatical error in Adams’ quote next? The point is just that political parties—inevitable or not—are bad for the country and not worth joining. That we cannot stop them from emerging doesn’t mean that I have to join one.
You don’t have to be a Democrat to vote for a Democrat, and you don’t have to be a Republican to vote for a Republican. At best, what you have given are reasons to vote Democratic. You have given me no reason to register with the party or affix myself with a label I do not accept. So thanks, but no thanks. I reject the “with us or against us” mentality implicit in your response.
I also find it laughable that you think this is about sounding cool on the internet. Are you really unable to imagine any other reason that someone might not join a political party than so they could someday talk about it online? My father isn’t a member of any political party either, nor has he ever been. You think he made that choice in order to look cool on the internet? If so, he must have had incredible foresight.
Ultimately, all you seem to have accomplished here is cementing the Democrats’ reputation of elitism. If you really think that sneering at me and bullying a teenage girl are good strategies, it’s no wonder that the party you came to defend is a floundering mess. It’s particularly ironic given that you are the one who clearly doesn’t know what anarchy is. Anarchy ≠ chaos. It means lack of government, not lack of order. No thoughtful anarchist sees the current troubles facing the US as their favored outcome. Nice straw man, though. Very intellectually respectable of you.