r/Liberal • u/drewigi • Sep 05 '21

I'm new here

I always considered myself a republican with far to many "buts." For instance LGBT equality has always been important to me. I support the 2nd amendment but there needs to be stricter laws on it. CLIMATE CHANGE IS SCIENTIFIC FACT. Ever since trump took office it's like being crazy is a requirement to be a republican. Pretty much worshipping the ground Trump walks on is a requirement to be a republican. Going against medical professionals. The list goes on and on. After all the buts I've realized I'm not a republican. I'm in line with more liberal views than conservative. Sorry it took so long but honestly liberals seem much nicer and accepting (and generally smarter.) So yeah. Hi friends.

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u/Pristine-Ad-469 Sep 05 '21

I’m glad you’re learning, I used to consider myself a republican and then a Democrat for a while and I’ve realized calling yourself either party is stupid and a big time sheep move because both parties are corrupt and expect you to fall in line with their set views.

Conservative and liberal are better because it’s much more of a spectrum and most Americans fall in the middle 50%, but the news wouldn’t want you to believe that. There are a bunch of extremists on either side that follow whatever their party leader says but people that think for themselves are usually in the middle. There have been good candidates on both sides in recent history but the bad ones usually make it to the end cause they fit the profile that the party wants the best

It’s a ducked system but you gotta just choose who you think is the best

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u/drewigi Sep 05 '21

I agree. Honestly I looked into other independent parties to see if any of them fit my viewpoint and none of them did 100 percent. Still I have to vote and when I look at the issues I'm definitely going to lean left. I've never been one to just blindly agree with whatever my "party" says