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<blockquote data-quote="wawazat" data-source="post: 3794914" data-attributes="member: 35603">Which is the foundation for my aversion to party labels altogether.&nbsp; Humans have a natural draw to choose a team and root against all other teams because of a different jersey.&nbsp; Whether it is college/professional sports, auto manufacturers, beer brand, 1911 maker, etc, we love to pit our &quot;team&quot; against all others regardless of the merit or specific topic at hand.&nbsp; We do the same thing with politics.My biggest pet peeve every time I fill out a ballot is the party line vote to check one box and vote that party all the way down the ballot.&nbsp; We need to get rid of that crap.&nbsp; If someone wants to vote party line, that is their prerogative, but they should have to fill in every single vote instead of being encouraged to take the lazy way out.&nbsp; I am not above this tendency either, but I am on my team for what seems like a logical path to me.&nbsp; I am not as open minded as I would like to be, but I do try to always stay genuinely interested in why others believe differently on a given topic.&nbsp; Sticking a party label on something just creates a divide that none of us benefit from.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wawazat, post: 3794914, member: 35603"] Which is the foundation for my aversion to party labels altogether. Humans have a natural draw to choose a team and root against all other teams because of a different jersey. Whether it is college/professional sports, auto manufacturers, beer brand, 1911 maker, etc, we love to pit our "team" against all others regardless of the merit or specific topic at hand. We do the same thing with politics. My biggest pet peeve every time I fill out a ballot is the party line vote to check one box and vote that party all the way down the ballot. We need to get rid of that crap. If someone wants to vote party line, that is their prerogative, but they should have to fill in every single vote instead of being encouraged to take the lazy way out. I am not above this tendency either, but I am on my team for what seems like a logical path to me. I am not as open minded as I would like to be, but I do try to always stay genuinely interested in why others believe differently on a given topic. Sticking a party label on something just creates a divide that none of us benefit from. [/QUOTE]

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