Vanguard 1998's definitions

disability facilitated romantic disadvantage effect

aka. D.F.R.D.E. A major social problem where people with disabilities often have a harder time getting into and maintaining romantic relationships compared to the average person. This happens for various reasons including that people with disabilities often have a harder time recognizing social cues that indicate someone likes them romantically due to lack of experience and the fact they are not taught about how recognize romantic cues from their parents, teachers, and friends, people assume that people with disabilities are not able to fulfill their expectations for romantic partners, and in school settings, they are often taught separately from kids who don't have disabilities, which prevents them from making friends who don't have disabilities who could teach them more about how to get into and maintain romantic relationships.

The disability facilitated romantic disadvantage effect is an issue where people with disabilities have a harder time getting into and maintaining romantic relationships compared to the average person. The best way to correct this problem is to remind people of all the things these people are capable of doing just as well as the average person. It is very unfortunate this issue is still very prevalent.

by Vanguard 1998 February 18, 2021

Political party

An organization made up of people who share similar views on certain political, social, and or economic issues. Its main purpose is to help people who want to run for office get the social and financial support they need to do so, but some of its other purposes include promoting effective policy changes to fix issues that affect various populations in society, promoting societal changes to get societal norms to be more consistent with their political beliefs, and provide a setting where like-minded people can discuss political issues without fear of being putdown and disrespected for having a different opinion on an issue. It is important to note that not all politicians are members of political parties.

What political party an individual supports depends on their beliefs. Here is a list of some political parties and their views:
Green Party
Supports ending the war on drugs; Supports giving the right to vote to prisoners; Supports gender equality; supports providing financial compensation to African Americans to repay for slavery; Supports abolishing the electoral college; supports establishing ranked choice voting
Libertarian Party
have the government take neutral stance on abortion; Supports ending marriage licenses from the government; Supports same-sex marriage; Supports the right to bear arms; Supports free trade; Supports protecting the environment and natural resources
Reform Party
Let local, county, and state governments provide solutions to issues; Use more renewable energy sources to generate power; supports making a rule to prevent any one political party from having more than one third representation within any government body
Citizen’s Party
Supports the right to bear arms; supports same sex marriage; have the government take a neutral stance on abortion; have nonviolent criminals work in community service programs while in prison; supports legalizing medical marijuana
Pirate Party
Opposes the government and corporations performing surveillance on people; reforming the patent systems; increase the use of renewable energy; Supports working to protect the environment and endangered species; ensure that everyone has equal access to education

by Vanguard 1998 May 31, 2021

multifaith parishioner

An individual who is an active member of two or more religious institutions ran by different religions.

Miguel has been an active member of a local Zoroastrian church and a Falun Gong group for years. They are a multifaith parishioner.

by Vanguard 1998 February 28, 2021

social justice two-way expectation rule

An ethical rule that states that before an individual can start calling out other people for making discriminatory comments or performing biased actions against minorities, the individual must first acknowledge and deal with their own implicit and explicit biases, as well as effectively manage their emotions, so they can lead by example. This includes recognizing biases that are not typically viewed as being part of social justice. (That means you must confront biases like Privilege of the Living and Political Identity Privilege.) It is recommended that when calling someone out over biased comments or behavior that you try to so in a calm and polite manner, so they are less likely to feel attacked, and to avoid supporting the stereotypes about social justice supporters spread by some far-right wing political commentators. Basically, if you expect other people to listen to you and change their behavior in order to be less biased, then you have to be willing to deal with your own biases and privilege and control your emotions.

The social justice two-way expectation rule is an important ethical responsibility for any person considering standing up to discrimination, because if you don’t deal with your own biases first, then a lot of people will ignore you due to the fact you don’t practice what you preach. Failing to deal with your biases prior to calling someone out can also negatively impact the views of social justice in other people as they may see the movement as being just being all talk, without producing any real results.

by Vanguard 1998 March 12, 2021

Romantic lens flare

A situation that arises when one or both partners in a romantic relationship are infatuated and distracted by each other that they become oblivious to what is happening in the world around them. It could be they just were not paying attention to their surroundings or they just don’t care. It is not usually done on purpose or to be intentionally mean as they are just distracted.

Luna: Hey Ivan. How are you doing today?
Ivan does not respond to her at all.

Luna: Ivan. How are you doing?
Ivan continues not to respond. Luna turns to Sergio.
Luna: Why is Ivan not responding to me?

Sergio: He is with his girlfriend right now, whom he is easily distracted by. He is probably suffering from a romantic lens flare. I think she will be leaving in a few minutes though, which hopefully he will listen once she leaves.

by Vanguard 1998 June 13, 2021

Political climate

The various political opinions and ideologies, as well as people’s overall opinion of the government and the numerous political parties that are active at the time, held by the numerous populations and subpopulations in a specific society in a specific geographical location, which can vary in terms of scale. Political climate can be observed on the local level, county level, state level, regional level, national level, and international level. Political climate can be impacted by various demographic factors such as the amount of ethnic diversity the population has, which religions are the most commonly practiced in that area, how densely populated the area is, the atmospheric climate the area they are in has, particularly what types of natural hazards are they most prone to have, the socioeconomic conditions like in that area, how well educated the people in that area are, etc.

The national political climate is moving to support more liberal policies, including police reform, increasing restrictions on guns, loosen restrictions on immigration, promote gender equality, and so on.

by Vanguard 1998 April 25, 2021

Politically homeless

An expression used to refer to an individual who don’t support a specific political party or ideology, but are active in politics

Terra: Diane seems to be very passionate about politics. I wonder what political party they support.
Luxord: If I’m recalling correctly, I thought they were politically homeless because I don’t ever recall them supporting any specific political party.

by Vanguard 1998 July 1, 2021