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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 05:44 AM Jun 2016

Why cats aren't Republican

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/27/1339526/-Why-cats-aren-t-Republican

Living with a cat for the first time, you quickly pick up on its behavioral quirks, many of which are common among other cats. What you soon find out is that cats aren't Republican. Here are 12 reasons why not:

1. Cats are curious about what you do in your bedroom, but they don't try to legislate away your freedom to do it.

2. Cats may take away your cushion, but they'll give it back to you with a gentle push.

3. Cats give you attention and sympathy when you're sick.

4. Females are treated with importance in the cat world.

5. Cats make use of solar power, often all day long.

6. Cats lick their own problems and take care of other cats too.

7. Cats don't blame black and brown cats for their troubles.

8. Cats know how to ration their resources.

9. Fat cats are not at the top of the cat hierarchy, are not cat role models, and have more trouble surviving and thriving, not less.

10. While Republicans blindly follow authority, it is said that getting Democrats to act in unison is like herding cats.

11. Cats don't foul their own nest.

12. Cats are popular and well-liked on the Internet and elsewhere.
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Why cats aren't Republican (Original Post) eridani Jun 2016 OP
must be why i have 1 MFM008 Jun 2016 #1
Cats are all Libertarians Scootaloo Jun 2016 #2
Dogs, hunh? Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #6
This deserves a hide awoke_in_2003 Jun 2016 #12
"...it is said that getting Democrats to act in unison is like herding cats." Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #3
Thanks! It's hilarious! lunatica Jun 2016 #11
haha! Else You Are Mad Jun 2016 #4
That was my favorite, too!! polmaven Jun 2016 #7
My favorite also. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #10
All true; brer cat Jun 2016 #5
... IronLionZion Jun 2016 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Archae Jun 2016 #9
That was great :) Aerows Jun 2016 #13
Unfortunately, cats are anti-immigrant... brooklynite Jun 2016 #14
Cats are NOT OPEN-minded about what you do in your bedroom... brooklynite Jun 2016 #15
True. roamer65 Jun 2016 #16
 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
2. Cats are all Libertarians
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 06:16 AM
Jun 2016

1) They yowl loudly at the worst items but contribute nothing to actually solving the problem

2) When they shit somewhere, they expect someone else to clean it up. They're very proud of this fact.

3) If you've ever seen cats screwing, you know what it must have been like for Ayn Rand and her lovers.

4) Cats are often extremely paranoid.

5) They make you think they're affectionate when they nuzzle you, but they're actually marking you as their personal property.

6) They love receiving affection, until they don't, and then they reward you with aggression.

7) They not-so-secretly think you stink.

8) Left to their own devices they will strip their environment of all exploitable natural resources... and then still expect you to give them free food.

9) They like to look collected and rational, but a shiny light sends them into instinctual paroxysms that they literally cannot help.

10) Catnip should be free and abundant but only for them you're not allowed to touch it.

11) They have no concept that other animals they encounter aren't just ugly and stupid versions of themselves.

12) They will bring live mice into your house because they expect you to be self-sufficient and will ruin your life to get you off whatever teat you're living off of.

13) The only beings they hate more than big stupid ugly cats (like you) are normal intelligent cats, with whom they will scream and fight constantly.

14) Toxoplasmosis. It explains a lot.

15) Desperately lonely people seem attracted to them despite all their terrible qualities.

16) When they get stuck in your furniture, they have no idea how or why and expect you to get them loose. If you get stuck in your furniture, they'll eat you.

17) They hate large gatherings. Mostly because they tend to not be the center of attention.

18) If you ever manage to teach them one thing, it's because they forgot something else in the 12mb hard drive that is their brain.

19) Cultures that enshrine them as gods tend to suffer painful collapses.

20) Everything say is "meeee! meeeee! meeeee!"

...I'm more of a dog person

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
3. "...it is said that getting Democrats to act in unison is like herding cats."
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 06:22 AM
Jun 2016

Reminds me of this hilarious ad:



Response to eridani (Original post)

brooklynite

(94,510 posts)
14. Unfortunately, cats are anti-immigrant...
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 12:49 AM
Jun 2016

I've seen the response when a neighbor ct comes into the yard.

brooklynite

(94,510 posts)
15. Cats are NOT OPEN-minded about what you do in your bedroom...
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 12:50 AM
Jun 2016

Last edited Sun Jun 26, 2016, 10:03 AM - Edit history (1)

...if what you're doing interferes with their ability to be fed or get pets.

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