I am a Democrat. I grew up with a mother who is a Republican and a father who is a Democrat. I look at people individually and not as a group. I am conservative in many ways and liberal in other ways. I am not "party first" because I distrust most politicians. I am not a sheep.
I am a Democrat. I grew up with a mother who is a Republican and a father who is a Democrat. I look at people individually and not as a group. I am conservative in many ways and liberal in other ways. I am not "party first" because I distrust most politicians. I am not a sheep.
Not to repeat myself but again in agreement. I was raised by nice Reform Jewish parents who were of course politically liberal, though by no means the extreme version of same we see today. As a Christian and now a conservative (or moderate, or independent, or liberal depending on the topic) I think you've got to evaluate people individually.
If I say I am a conservative on social media platforms like Quora I am immediately attacked as if I'm a gun-toting MAGA Trump supporter, people who are as far from my position as wacko extremist Democrats are.
I think if we sat down w/the saner and more moderate Dems and all let our hair down we could come to some decent policy agreements. But the more polarizing rhetoric we use, the more we push those moderates into the extreme side of their camp.
People are just people anyway. As a Christian sometimes it helps to step back and say to myself "how would JESUS see this person". Grants me a bigger, quieter outlook.
Dan-- Interesting. I just returned to the church and maybe that's why I have a similar view. I see all kinds of people at church with a variety of political and social views.
Disagree. I trust Democrat politicians completely. They are all collectivist prostitutes so I know exactly what they are going to do every single time.
You sound exactly like my Democratic friends who excoriate the Republicans. That's why I'm fed up with both sides. "Sound and fury signifying nothing."
I am a Democrat. I grew up with a mother who is a Republican and a father who is a Democrat. I look at people individually and not as a group. I am conservative in many ways and liberal in other ways. I am not "party first" because I distrust most politicians. I am not a sheep.
Not to repeat myself but again in agreement. I was raised by nice Reform Jewish parents who were of course politically liberal, though by no means the extreme version of same we see today. As a Christian and now a conservative (or moderate, or independent, or liberal depending on the topic) I think you've got to evaluate people individually.
If I say I am a conservative on social media platforms like Quora I am immediately attacked as if I'm a gun-toting MAGA Trump supporter, people who are as far from my position as wacko extremist Democrats are.
I think if we sat down w/the saner and more moderate Dems and all let our hair down we could come to some decent policy agreements. But the more polarizing rhetoric we use, the more we push those moderates into the extreme side of their camp.
People are just people anyway. As a Christian sometimes it helps to step back and say to myself "how would JESUS see this person". Grants me a bigger, quieter outlook.
Dan-- Interesting. I just returned to the church and maybe that's why I have a similar view. I see all kinds of people at church with a variety of political and social views.
Sounds like You are a real human being and not just a tribal warrior. More people like You are needed.
Time for some anti-nausea medicine....
Go ahead.
Disagree. I trust Democrat politicians completely. They are all collectivist prostitutes so I know exactly what they are going to do every single time.
You sound exactly like my Democratic friends who excoriate the Republicans. That's why I'm fed up with both sides. "Sound and fury signifying nothing."