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Filthy

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Merriam-Webster has 5 definitions of "Politics".
None of them involve elections.
Definition of politics

1a: the art or science of government
b: the art or science concerned with guiding or influencing governmental policy
c: the art or science concerned with winning and holding control over a government
2: political actions, practices, or policies
3a: political affairs or business, especially : competition between competing interest groups or individuals for power and leadership (as in a government)
b: political life especially as a principal activity or profession
c: political activities characterized by artful and often dishonest practices
4: the political opinions or sympathies of a person
5a: the total complex of relations between people living in society
b: relations or conduct in a particular area of experience especially as seen or dealt with from a political point of view
 

BeardOfKnowledge

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Merriam-Webster has 5 definitions of "Politics".
None of them involve elections.
Definition of politics

1a: the art or science of government
b: the art or science concerned with guiding or influencing governmental policy
c: the art or science concerned with winning and holding control over a government
2: political actions, practices, or policies
3a: political affairs or business, especially : competition between competing interest groups or individuals for power and leadership (as in a government)
b: political life especially as a principal activity or profession
c: political activities characterized by artful and often dishonest practices
4: the political opinions or sympathies of a person
5a: the total complex of relations between people living in society
b: relations or conduct in a particular area of experience especially as seen or dealt with from a political point of view
Politics =/= Politicians
 

Filthy

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Politics =/= Politicians
LoL - who could have seen that reply coming?


Definition of politician

1: a person experienced in the art or science of government,especially : one actively engaged in conducting the business of a government
2a: a person engaged in party politics as a profession
b: often disparaging : a person primarily interested in political office for selfish or other narrow usually short-sighted reasons
 

BeardOfKnowledge

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you don't get to give words whatever meaning you want.
Read the definition. An unelected bureaucrat doesn't meet it. Policy has to be mandated by elected officials. But I'll tell you what, for the sake of conversation I'll say he's an unelected politician. What does that change?
 

Filthy

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Read the definition. An unelected bureaucrat doesn't meet it. Policy has to be mandated by elected officials. But I'll tell you what, for the sake of conversation I'll say he's an unelected politician. What does that change?
lol wut? pick a definition and I'll explain how Anthony Fauci, PhD or any other bureaucrat meets it
 

Filthy

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"Policy has to be mandated by elected officials."

a new level of naivety.
today is really your day.
 

Filthy

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"Bureaucrats don't make policy."
- not the IMF, World Bank, BATFE, etc
 

Filthy

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wut are you going on about?

Definition of politician

1: a person experienced in the art or science of government, especially : one actively engaged in conducting the business of a government


if the general public isn't experienced in the art or science of gov't (they're not) then they're not politicians. Maybe they're politicians in their role at work or at home, but not in the context of public policy.

Tony Fauci, PhD IS a politician.
 

BeardOfKnowledge

The Most Consistent Motherfucker You Know
Jul 22, 2015
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wut are you going on about?

Definition of politician

1: a person experienced in the art or science of government, especially : one actively engaged in conducting the business of a government


if the general public isn't experienced in the art or science of gov't (they're not) then they're not politicians. Maybe they're politicians in their role at work or at home, but not in the context of public policy.

Tony Fauci, PhD IS a politician.
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You're cherry picking which parts of the definition you want to apply so you can cast a large net and catch your target but also omit others that would demonstrate how ridiculous you're being. Ultimately whether or not he meets the definition of politician is completely irrelevant to anything but you seem hung up on it for some ideological reason.
 

ThatOneDude

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wut are you going on about?

Definition of politician

1: a person experienced in the art or science of government, especially : one actively engaged in conducting the business of a government


if the general public isn't experienced in the art or science of gov't (they're not) then they're not politicians. Maybe they're politicians in their role at work or at home, but not in the context of public policy.

Tony Fauci, PhD IS a politician.
You're cherry picking which parts of the definition you want to apply so you can cast a large net and catch your target but also omit others that would demonstrate how ridiculous you're being. Ultimately whether or not he meets the definition of politician is completely irrelevant to anything but you seem hung up on it for some ideological reason.
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Please fix your post.
 

BeardOfKnowledge

The Most Consistent Motherfucker You Know
Jul 22, 2015
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You're cherry picking which parts of the definition you want to apply so you can cast a large net and catch your target but also omit others that would demonstrate how ridiculous you're being. Ultimately whether or not he meets the definition of politician is completely irrelevant to anything but you seem hung up on it for some ideological reason.
Please fix your post.
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No.