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This is a thread to not blame or point fingers, but rather to listen and learn.
I am curious as to why people have their political alignments.
Me personally, I identify more with the Democrats probably because both of my parents were. But now that I am an adult (20), I see more and more of the Republican side.
Democrat positions I align well with are on national health care, green energy, oppose the death penalty, vegetarian, larger social safety net. I see a lot of these positions as loving and serving our fellow humans.
However, I also like some Republican positions more such as on abortion, no strict covid mandates, not going along with woke bigotry as much and funding the police. I see a lot of these positions as common sense or promoting good order and freedom.
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I don't have one. I am a registered Libertarian because neither of the two major parties support my interests.
I am fiscally conservative, socially progressive. Which puts me at odds with nearly everyone on CD.
I support unrestricted gun rights, I don't think anybody needs nukes. I support women's rights to their bodies, but not the "mah body, mah choice" covid crowd. I support universal health care, but lately I'm not happy with the covid deniers clogging up the hospitals.
I think natural resources, oil, gas, lumber, gold, water, should belong to everyone, with the producers receiving reasonable compensation for their work. But in my town a massive Canadian gold mine is stripping our resources and sending the profits home. That is OUR gold!
I think we need massive criminal justice reform. And even more massive restructuring of the government.
I oppose illegal immigration.
And I think the republican party has morphed into an extremist, fascist organization, bordering on state sponsored terrorism. (I'm terrified of what happens if they reelect their despotic leader.)
Anyway, it doesn't really matter. As of today I have devoted 11 years and nearly 7,000 posts to CD, without achieving any result but to drive my blood pressure up and aggravate the mods. I'm not leaving, so you can withhold the don't let the door hit you jokes, but I'm going to take an extended break from social media starting tonight. Which I'm sure will please many folks here. So keep your powder dry and I'll see ya at the Front!
I am a party of one. I have my own thing going on. Common sense.
But whatever. I will admit that I loathe commies/liberals so much that I’m often mistaken for, or assumed to be a conservative/Republican. But I’m not.
I’m a Hotkarlian.
I don't have a political alignment, I have a philosophical/ideological alignment. Those philosophies tend to align with conservative ideology more so than modern liberalism.
To put it another way, I don't form a belief because a political party tells me to. The beliefs come first and I then decide which party best aligns with those beliefs. None do exactly, but one is 180 degrees out of phase with my beliefs on nearly every issue (and that would be the modern leftist wing democrat party, aka authoritarian collectivists).
And I’ll admit, I loathe commies/liberals so much that I get a kick out of trolling them sometimes. They’ll say something really off the wall ridiculous and I can’t help myself but to respond with something that’ll trigger them. It’s mostly light hearted and in good fun, but most of them are boring stiffs with no soul or sense of humor so they more often than not do not understand the jesting/humor in it, thus becoming triggered and going off the deep end.
I’m sure I’m on many an ignore list.
Modern/Commercial liberalism is unbelievably obnoxious, smug, shallow, hypocritical, delusional, backwards and dreary; and does nothing but serve corporate/oligarchical interests.
Because of the actions of the Democrats over the last dozen years. They drove me to becoming a conservative after over 40 years of being a liberal.
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I'm not leaving, so you can withhold the don't let the door hit you jokes, but I'm going to take an extended break from social media starting tonight. Which I'm sure will please many folks here. So keep your powder dry and I'll see ya at the Front! 
