Talk:Apoliticism
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Pejorative, Biased
[edit]The first paragraph needs to be rewritten.
"According to some theories this is most common among individuals from the lower and middle classes in relatively affluent societies such as the United States since the 1950s, and especially since the 1980s, who often lack retention of the subject matter of their educations. Or, they may simply disagree with all political viewpoints presented to them by their educations, which often severely limit or else gloss over all but the most general stereotypes of political opinions."
According to some theories? Needs citation! This doesn't belong as the second line either. This whole stub implies that anyone taking an apolitical stance is uneducated. People who delve into political philosophy often arrive at an apolitical stance through erudition. What does being apolitical have to do with the US specifically? I can imagine people from the 20s and 30s who were apolitical. In fact, I could imagine people from ancient Greece to be apolitical. Being apolitical can be a logical educated position.
Love-shyness and apoliticality
[edit]The article on Love-shyness mentioned that love-shy people are more likely to be apolitical. Why isn't that mentioned here?
- Because it is original research. скоморохъ 19:50, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Citation
[edit]I'm removing the Citation Needed thing. The pages at the bottom are all this article, in its current state, needs. Stormchaser (talk) 20:59, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- I re-added the tags but will change the unreferenced one to the "Inline citations needed" tag.Spylab (talk) 21:51, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Libertarians can be considered apolitical
[edit]The last sentence states: "Libertarians can be considered apolitical." Does that actually need to be here? I consider myself to be a Libertarian, but nowhere near being apolitical. If your are political enough to declare a party affiliation or align with an ideology, then you are not apolitical. Malagent (talk) 09:47, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Apolitical is a noun; Apoliticism is another (different) noun
[edit]Apoliticism is stance taken or a a form of political activism. This is a different thing to being an Apolitical (one who engages in politics as an independent or one who objects to party politics). Apolitical is a noun in its own right. See for example The Decline of American Political Parties, 1952-1996 by Martin P. Wattenberg [1] I propose a change back and a separation of both terms or the creation of a new entry to reflect the difference. Zen Cyfarwydd (talk) 21:29, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
References
Unless language has been changed again to improve equity...
[edit]...there is no apostrophe in the possessive “its.” 209.65.150.114 (talk) 10:34, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
Leftist bias against perceived "centrism"
[edit]It's quite possible to be 100% apolitical and still rebel against injustice and inequality. For me, it's just that I've examined the available ideologies and found them all wanting. Or rather, I have examined "ideology" and found the very concept unappealing. I reject all of the major ideologies, but I'm not "neutral". Religions provide a near perfect analogy. I reject all of the religions too, but as an agnostic atheist, I'm far from neutral. Neither am I some kind of fence sitter. And I am very aware of the dangers of false balance.
Yeah, yeah, I know. NOTAFORUM. But if the article really, really needs to keep this ridiculous bias, at LEAST use WP:RS. Please. 95.198.23.205 (talk) 08:18, 12 April 2022 (UTC)