Being politically active and non-partisan is lonely af because the vast majority of non-partisan people don't care about politics enough to organize and will not stand up for you when the left and right mobs come for you.
If I point out, for example, the GOP shouldn't nominate Trump if they really want a reckoning for COVID policy I get f-ing destroyed by MAGA for "attacking" Trump and Progressives for "attacking" Fauci.
If I say, "I'm 100% pro-life but we can't ban abortion because abortion drugs come in the mail and also meth is illegal and I can buy that in front of Wal Mart. Maybe we should focus our efforts on helping women keep and raise their babies?" I am both a cuck baby killer and a forced birth Nazi.
It's basically impossible to discuss anything political without adhering to one of the two idiot tribes with 100% fealty.
If you’re or anyone else is interested in finding more people who feel as you do, I recommend you check out Braver Angels (www.braverangels.org), a nationwide non-profit dedicated to bridging our political divide by enabling us to communicate across differences, so that we better understand each other, see the humanity in each other, and find common ground, if it exists. The purpose is not to change what we think or our political positions, but rather to change how we treat each other as fellow Americans.
Being politically active and non-partisan is lonely af because the vast majority of non-partisan people don't care about politics enough to organize and will not stand up for you when the left and right mobs come for you.
If I point out, for example, the GOP shouldn't nominate Trump if they really want a reckoning for COVID policy I get f-ing destroyed by MAGA for "attacking" Trump and Progressives for "attacking" Fauci.
If I say, "I'm 100% pro-life but we can't ban abortion because abortion drugs come in the mail and also meth is illegal and I can buy that in front of Wal Mart. Maybe we should focus our efforts on helping women keep and raise their babies?" I am both a cuck baby killer and a forced birth Nazi.
It's basically impossible to discuss anything political without adhering to one of the two idiot tribes with 100% fealty.
Anywho, great post.
-Kalian
If you’re or anyone else is interested in finding more people who feel as you do, I recommend you check out Braver Angels (www.braverangels.org), a nationwide non-profit dedicated to bridging our political divide by enabling us to communicate across differences, so that we better understand each other, see the humanity in each other, and find common ground, if it exists. The purpose is not to change what we think or our political positions, but rather to change how we treat each other as fellow Americans.