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The older I get,, the more Liberal I get
This post mostly has to do with CC, but.. it's content...
I have a confession. Right now in my life, I'm feeling myself go more and more liberal. I have alot of disgust with the government as a whole and how broken it is (have been just HORRIBLY disgusted since a single senator was able to stop FEMA, unemployment and a few other things for a little while), and alot of disgust with the politics of the Republican Party as a whole, especially the Tea Party.
I realize that this puts me on the opposite spectrum from people who, if it weren't for political views, I share alot with.
I'm not, in general, particularly apologetic for speaking my mind and calling it like I see it. I'm not apologetic for telling people what I believe, even if it isn't what they want to hear.
If that makes me an asshole, so be it. As I'm reminded, however, the internet, the WORLD, even, is FULL of people who will tell you what they believe, whether you want to hear it or not.
If I am apologetic over something, it's simply that my passion can turn an otherwise friendly conversation into a huge bout of Drama.
I don't know when something clicked, but somewhere around the Obama Election, with so many lies running around about.. how Obama was the antichrist, how Obama was going to take people's gun rights away, how Obama was a Muslim, something clicked and I just got.. disgusted with the opposition.
Politics is dirty, I get that. But some of the things said, some of the things done (I'm looking at the violence and threats done against senator and congressmen offices recently during the health care debate), it's wrong. This isn't about an honest disagreement on how best to run the country. I WELCOME the debate from people who honestly disagree on how best to run the country. It's about the lies, the violence, the shenanigans, the preaching of fear. That's what's wrong.
That's what I'm seeing FAR MORE of from one party than the other and that's what leaves me snarky, angry and can leave me looking for fights from people I otherwise get along with who condone, through votes and opinions, the lies, the shenanigans, the violence.
Where are the Republicans saying "OK, I see what you mean about $topic, and we agree it needs to be addressed. Let's work across the aisles to come up with something we can both live with?" Heck, where's the honest debate about topics? It's amazing how many Republicans suddenly voted against measures they initially voted for, but changed their minds, apparently, because Obama and the Dems suggested it.
What *I* See is a Republican Party that is unified in opposition against Obama. They aren't really FOR anything, just AGAINST Obama. The party of No. That's not leadership. It's not even proper lawmaking.
I have a confession. Right now in my life, I'm feeling myself go more and more liberal. I have alot of disgust with the government as a whole and how broken it is (have been just HORRIBLY disgusted since a single senator was able to stop FEMA, unemployment and a few other things for a little while), and alot of disgust with the politics of the Republican Party as a whole, especially the Tea Party.
I realize that this puts me on the opposite spectrum from people who, if it weren't for political views, I share alot with.
I'm not, in general, particularly apologetic for speaking my mind and calling it like I see it. I'm not apologetic for telling people what I believe, even if it isn't what they want to hear.
If that makes me an asshole, so be it. As I'm reminded, however, the internet, the WORLD, even, is FULL of people who will tell you what they believe, whether you want to hear it or not.
If I am apologetic over something, it's simply that my passion can turn an otherwise friendly conversation into a huge bout of Drama.
I don't know when something clicked, but somewhere around the Obama Election, with so many lies running around about.. how Obama was the antichrist, how Obama was going to take people's gun rights away, how Obama was a Muslim, something clicked and I just got.. disgusted with the opposition.
Politics is dirty, I get that. But some of the things said, some of the things done (I'm looking at the violence and threats done against senator and congressmen offices recently during the health care debate), it's wrong. This isn't about an honest disagreement on how best to run the country. I WELCOME the debate from people who honestly disagree on how best to run the country. It's about the lies, the violence, the shenanigans, the preaching of fear. That's what's wrong.
That's what I'm seeing FAR MORE of from one party than the other and that's what leaves me snarky, angry and can leave me looking for fights from people I otherwise get along with who condone, through votes and opinions, the lies, the shenanigans, the violence.
Where are the Republicans saying "OK, I see what you mean about $topic, and we agree it needs to be addressed. Let's work across the aisles to come up with something we can both live with?" Heck, where's the honest debate about topics? It's amazing how many Republicans suddenly voted against measures they initially voted for, but changed their minds, apparently, because Obama and the Dems suggested it.
What *I* See is a Republican Party that is unified in opposition against Obama. They aren't really FOR anything, just AGAINST Obama. The party of No. That's not leadership. It's not even proper lawmaking.