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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:49 AM
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Is there a word for people with no political party?
I mean people who don't vote and don't know a thing about the world of government. And no the word idoit will not suffice.
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Against ME Donating Member (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:51 AM
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1. The word is "American"
you know it's true.
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:52 AM
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2. Apolitical
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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:52 AM
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3. Apolitical, cynical, apathetic, disenfranchised, take your pick. nt
Edited on Thu Jul-31-03 12:53 AM by Wonk
nt
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:52 AM
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4. Apathetic?
Non-political? Non-partisan?

Don't know where you're going with this, so I'm not sure what word would fit.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:53 AM
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7. RE:
You know, the kind of people who say, "I don't follow politics" is there a word designated just for them?
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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:55 AM
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10. Apolitical is the word you're looking for then. nt
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:56 AM
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11. Thanks
That's good enough for me! :-)
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:58 AM
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12. Okay...well then you're back to
'idiot' I'm afraid.

The kind of people I usually scream at because politics affects everything they do everyday, and they're never fricking paying attention.

PS...I would have said 'alienated', but generally they aren't even that, just uninterested. Don't think it affects them. Idiots....
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jenk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:52 AM
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5. apatheticindependent
.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:53 AM
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6. I don't like it, but "sheeple" is used...
a lot here...
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Clete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:54 AM
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8. Yes, my in-laws.
:shrug:
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:55 AM
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9. non-participating members of the democratic process
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:01 AM
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13. COWARD.
"Those who walk down the middle of the road have a yellow stripe running down the middle of their back."
— President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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DagmarK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:03 AM
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14. Undeclared.
Edited on Thu Jul-31-03 01:04 AM by DagmarK
there are plenty of people who have a political party.....and don't vote and don't know what the heck is going on.....
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Lexingtonian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:12 AM
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15. Hmmm

The Greens have a party but no politics and the Libertarians have a politics but no party. Neither group knows about governing, check, and the word idiot is insufficient to describe them, half a check.

:D
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GregW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:13 AM
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16. Greens?
Just kidding :bounce:
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 03:07 AM
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17. Classic line...............
I heard the other day. "I'll leave voting to the informed". :wtf: There seems to be more than a few with this attitude. They just can't be bothered informing themselves, I mean it's only their country and future we're talking about here, not like it's something important such as that new restaurant everyone is talking about.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 05:24 AM
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18. The word you're looking for is "Slaves"
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friendofbenn Donating Member (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 06:00 AM
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19. i dont vote and i know many things about the world of government
enough to know that currently i cant change a thing. its democracy jim but not as we know it.
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Atlant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 07:18 AM
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20. Two words: "Republican enablers" (NT)
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