I’m a centralist, but I have to politically take a side. I have always felt I’m a progressive conservative in both economic and social aspects, but most tests I do online say I’m a liberal. I hate the liberal community. What am I?
There's no law that says you have to belong to a political party; in fact, independents are the largest political group in America currently. The only things saying you have to take a side are the (very human!) desire to belong to a group, and the polarizing political climate that sets up an "us vs them" mentality, rather than a "let's work together" one. If you feel like you cannot pick a side without ignoring values that are important to you, you don't have to choose either side, and being a centrist is fine!However, if you have opinions on issues you find to be more important than others, and you feel that your opinions concerning these topics overrule your other opinions, it's fine to choose a side based off of those opinions. Just make sure you've done your research and that you don't ignore candidates or ideas that you agree with on all other issues except your primary ones.(Also, if your values end up being more liberal than conservative, but you still don't want to be associated with the "liberal community," don't fret! There are many liberal communities, as well as conservative ones. You just have to interact with the people (regardless of their political beliefs) who you can have fair, honest discussions with, and debate that is more fun and informative than exhausting.)
Why are some liberals so condescending toward Trump supporters? Do they really feel they are superior?
They can’t believe anyone voted for someone who has spouted so much hate speech, who has so few coherent ideas, and whose tendencies seem too patently autocratic.It’s not about liberals feeling “superior”: it’s about us being morally aghast that you guys got behind a demi-man who called Mexicans “rapists” in his campaign announcement, has degraded women, attacked anyone who dares criticize him, waged a systematic war on the very free press whose constant attention to him probably factored in his victory, attacked a Gold Star family and compared his “sacrifices” as real-estate billionaire to those of the young and dead Muslim-American soldier Humayun Khan, who besmirched John McCain’s status as a war hero — when was Trump ever in Vietnam?, who wants to create a registry for Muslims (much as Hitler did for Jews — bad precedent), who has the zealous support of the KKK, who cozied up to Putin (whose government interfered in the election — in the country whose security the president is supposed to ensure), who has been nominating plutocrats and alt-right loons to very lofty and powerful positions, who promises to deport millions and break up families, to “build a Wall and make Mexico pay for it” (good luck), who will lead us into trade wars and likely encourage fiscal policy that will lead to another huge financial meltdown, calls climate change a hoax propagated by China (and therefore embraces destructive industries and deregulation, and has no agenda to help mitigate the first anthropogenic extinction in our planet’s history), etc., etc., etc.We are disappointed to think we live in a country in which our fellow citizens think that these things are presidential, that they befit the leader of the free world. We are horrified to think that America elected its own image, and that image is this. The man’s affronts to common decency and infantile vulnerability to any provocation should have disqualified him in the minds of all decent and sane people.So what the fuck happened? I am no great fan of Hillary’s. I don’t think Washington is functioning properly. But electing this wholly selfish, power-hungry golem to our highest office was not a wise alternative.It’s not so much about superiority. The feeling is “This is America in the twenty-first century! How could you?”
History of barack obama?
Illinois right?