My story
As a kid I was apolitical about Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. In 1992 I supported Bill Clinton because George HW Bush sucked. In 1996 I endorsed Bob Dole for President, in 2000 I supported Bill Bradley and when he dropped out I supported George W Bush. I was apolitical to politics in the 1980s and 1990s.
I became a Liberal Democrat in 2003 due to me turning against the Iraq War and becoming anti war and me seeing the Dixie Chicks being bullied for being anti war by warhawks like Denis Leary etc. For the rest of the 2000s I was anti war (which I still am today but for the reasons Mark Twain was against war not for the Lenin reasons I was against war then), hated George W Bush and his neocon Republican allies, supported John Kerry and Barack Obama, had a lot of liberal views etc.
As a liberal in the 2000s, whenever a pastor or a conservative commentator came on TV and said something that went against my liberal beliefs, I would go nuts and throw my remote at the TV so to speak. So I would mostly find liberal 'safe spaces' to hear like minded liberal narratives like MSNBC (Keith Olbermann, Ed Schultz, Chris Matthews), CNN, Democratic Underground etc. Despite this I still wasn't overtly political in the 2000s.
At the 2004 DNC, I heard Barack Obama and further got into policies. He also talked about unity among both political parties (this isn't the DUSA or RUSA but the United States of America) which made me for the first time in years, agree that maybe the Republicans aren't as bad as I thought.
Little by little I became more and more moderate/centrist and dealigned. First it was me seeing how kids have it too easy nowadays via a inthe80s.com post, then it was me seeing the SJW nonsense in early 2007 about some sports thing and me joining a Christian community, then it was me reading some conservative forums in 2009. I further was poed by liberalness when Ashton Kutcher was attacked in 2011 for defending Joe Paterno (my first exposure to cancel culture).
Then the radicalness of the lean left in the 2010s cemented me as a Dealigned/Moderate Centrist. I rooted for both Hilary and Donald Trump in the 2016 election but I rooted harder for Donald Trump because I was BernieorBust. In 2020, I didn't follow politics because I was worried about seeing negative coverage of Trump.
For the rest of the 2010s, I'd fight against SJWism, cancel culture and warmongers.
I am a something that blurs the line of being a NeverTrumper/Lincoln Projecter and being a Cruzite. I am a former Donald Trump supporter. Trump is not my ideal of a President. He lost control of himself and allowed himself to be petty. I agree with a lot of Trump's policies, I like his strength and how direct he is (the latter of which is a blessing and a curse). But any support I had for him (and for anyone who still supports him) is in spite of his toxic behavior not because of it.
I agree with some things that the Bulwark and Republican Accountability Project says about Donald Trump and the far right (mostly and or ecspecially things about Trump's character, a lot of the things they said about him in 2020 and possibly as early as 2017 etc). I also agee with some things that Doug Ehmets said about Donald Trump at the 2016 DNC.
I used to like what wealthy fiscal conservative-social moderates liked about Donald Trump, but now I see the negatives in Donald Trump that they now see in him. I also now see the positives in Donald Trump that many Latino voters see in him
I don't like the Right Wing but I strongly dislike the Left Center, Center Left and RINOs more than I dislike Right Wingers.
The liberals have become so radical, they would probably confront the 2000s liberal version of me. like they did to Krysten Sinema in ASU in 2021 about her vote. However since I use to be one of them, I know exactly how liberals think and act better than most dealigned centrists and moderates and do
I don't care about the success or failure of any political party. I am a dealigned, centrist, moderate Independent
In 2024, I am BernieorBust
I don't care about politics. I am apolitical. I have no perceivable political principles whatsoever. In the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s (mostly) and 2010s (mostly) I stayed away from politics (which not only do I want to get back to but I think others should be as apolitical in the future as I was back then). But since I got into political video games I decided to expand that into real life political 'games'.
I prefer a full anarchism and a self governing society with no government (or at worse a Night Watchmen state like the UK in the 19th century), radical localism, Isolationism and people follwing the 2 rules (for hardened heart non Judeo Christians have them replace God with humanity, whatever God they serve, higher power, or whatever motivates them to live secular lives that are Christian like)
If I sound too conservative on some issues, its somewhat because I am a dealigned, centrist, moderate Independent, so my views aren’t beholden to either ‘side’s’ ideology
Take every thing I write in this blog with a grain of salt. Also anything I write has a chance to be tongue and cheek or irony
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