This is just a fancier way of saying “If you’re not with me you’re against me”
Separately, not opposing the status quo is more like accepting it than supporting it, and these are all different.
Your lack of nuance rather proves the point of the great grandparent post.
> You could also be apolitical because you find all available options to be unacceptable
Is this apolitical, or is it having a politics that is not well represented? It seems more like the latter to me.
Being apolitical is implying that you think that it's good enough as it is to not care.
I think being apolitical is more about having an objective view and judging opinions based on merit rather than the political spectrum they originated from. Could also mean you're either are against all political views, or have none, but this last one seems less likely to happen in practice. People tend to have an opinion, more or less informed or objective as it may be.
Exactly. Anybody who earnestly tries to be informed will realize that there are limits to what they know and subjects for which they are not [yet] informed. There needs to be room for people to say "I'm not informed on that issue, so I don't have an opinion."
Their response was "I get paid per signature, will you sign it so I can make more money?"
My response, "That's an even worse reason, are you telling me someone buying this prop its way into the ballot?" He left at this point.
It is completely reasonable for someone to say they don't like the status quo but also are uncertain about whether a policy improves on the status quo due to their limited knowledge. If that isn't being apolitical we may as well strike the word from the dictionary. It is technically a political stance, but it is not forceful enough to be called support of anything.
I should add, this goes in both directions and I see it from both sides of the political spectrum. I consider myself an independent. I try to judge all issues individually and fall into different camps depending on what we're talking about, but political dialogue has become so toxic that I've gotten to the point where I just cast my vote and move on.