For any/all moderates out there.. By Jean-Marie Valheur Are you a liberal or a conservative? Why? It fluctuates. My beliefs are neither 100% this nor 100% that and I dislike the...

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

By Jean-Marie Valheur

Are you a liberal or a conservative? Why?

It fluctuates. My beliefs are neither 100% this nor 100% that and I dislike the cult-like approach people seem to have to their group. You have to either walk the line and agree with wh**ever the hive-mind says or you’re not a “true liberal” or “regressive” or “Republican in name only” or wh**ever… it’s so damn tiresome.

In some things, I am a right-wing hawk. In other things, I am a borderline socialist. In some aspects, I am a puritan conservative traditionalist. In other ways a complete liberal. I can be progressive in one thing, yet critical of aspects of said thing. I can support people and their rights 100% yet still ask questions that uncomfortable enough for me to be quickly labeled a [insert any group]phobe.

It’s funny, how everyone has to fit in one group, then fall in line. It’s so claustrophobic at times. Like, let me breathe, people! Don’t try to box and label everyone and everything. The world isn’t black or white…

Like, someone could support B*M for example and still think l**ting and violence are bad and the movement has attracted some bad people. Someone could, for instance, support the L**T and still think there’s too many damn g****rs and some of it’s just plain old attention seeking. Someone could support #MeToo and yet also acknowledge it sometimes completely misses the mark. Someone could support cancelling someone awful while still thinking #cancelculture is too trigger-happy and makes a lot of innocent casualties that are too quickly tossed aside for minor remarks, or unearthed comments from years ago…

Can I actually be a liberal if I believe A****a attracts a lot of people who are merely scum looking to l**t and burn? Would I be a proper Republican if I said that Netanyahu is a thug and a gangster and the American alliance with the Saudi royals is immoral as hell? If I called out the hypocrisy of left-wing media, would I be a bad left-winger, and if I said right-wing media was no better, would I be a bad right-winger? I mean, hell, this is hard work, man.

I abhor r****m on the one hand, but I also — oh shock of shocks! — don’t feel guilty for being white, nor do I think I owe anyone an apology over something my ancestors may or may not have done. I believe there are a lot of cops who abuse their power and use too much violence, but I also think abolishing the police is r****ded. I believe people don’t need to be able to freely buy assault rifles without background checks, but I also think people who do manage to provide a ‘declaration of good conduct’ of sorts should be able to buy basic arms, there just needs to be a bit more regulation and licenses should be harder to obtain. Oh, and I’m not a big fan of late term a******n, but all in favor of giving people the right to choose and abort a child that is deformed or end a pregnancy that would endanger the mother’s life.

If you ask me, no one should have to die for being unable to pay for a medicine, insulin should be free and the best medical care should not be given to only those who can afford it. But at the same time, I don’t also want some violent revolution, I don’t wish to “eat the rich” and put Jeff Bezos underneath a guillotine — I want to tax certain people a bit higher, and maybe others a little less. I like fairness. I h**e oppression. I love freedom of speech and h**e censorship.

So, where do I fall? What on earth am I? I’ve tried many times to figure it out. Figure out who I am, where I am, what my stance is and where that puts me. And I cannot quite put my finger on it, you know? I just don’t like dogma very much. I don’t like being required to be pro-this or anti-that, lest I be a “bad liberal” or “not really conservative”.

Usually when people ask me what I am, I say I’m a moderate. But moderate doesn’t even begin to cover what I am. I’m neither this, nor that. I am a million things rolled into one and I h**e the mentality of having to 100% conform to wh**ever the group thinks or feels lest I be cast out of it.

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

slatten49 wrote:

By Jean-Marie Valheur

Are you a liberal or a conservative? Why?

It fluctuates. My beliefs are neither 100% this nor 100% that and I dislike the cult-like approach people seem to have to their group. You have to either walk the line and agree with wh**ever the hive-mind says or you’re not a “true liberal” or “regressive” or “Republican in name only” or wh**ever… it’s so damn tiresome.

In some things, I am a right-wing hawk. In other things, I am a borderline socialist. In some aspects, I am a puritan conservative traditionalist. In other ways a complete liberal. I can be progressive in one thing, yet critical of aspects of said thing. I can support people and their rights 100% yet still ask questions that uncomfortable enough for me to be quickly labeled a [insert any group]phobe.

It’s funny, how everyone has to fit in one group, then fall in line. It’s so claustrophobic at times. Like, let me breathe, people! Don’t try to box and label everyone and everything. The world isn’t black or white…

Like, someone could support B*M for example and still think l**ting and violence are bad and the movement has attracted some bad people. Someone could, for instance, support the L**T and still think there’s too many damn g****rs and some of it’s just plain old attention seeking. Someone could support #MeToo and yet also acknowledge it sometimes completely misses the mark. Someone could support cancelling someone awful while still thinking #cancelculture is too trigger-happy and makes a lot of innocent casualties that are too quickly tossed aside for minor remarks, or unearthed comments from years ago…

Can I actually be a liberal if I believe A****a attracts a lot of people who are merely scum looking to l**t and burn? Would I be a proper Republican if I said that Netanyahu is a thug and a gangster and the American alliance with the Saudi royals is immoral as hell? If I called out the hypocrisy of left-wing media, would I be a bad left-winger, and if I said right-wing media was no better, would I be a bad right-winger? I mean, hell, this is hard work, man.

I abhor r****m on the one hand, but I also — oh shock of shocks! — don’t feel guilty for being white, nor do I think I owe anyone an apology over something my ancestors may or may not have done. I believe there are a lot of cops who abuse their power and use too much violence, but I also think abolishing the police is r****ded. I believe people don’t need to be able to freely buy assault rifles without background checks, but I also think people who do manage to provide a ‘declaration of good conduct’ of sorts should be able to buy basic arms, there just needs to be a bit more regulation and licenses should be harder to obtain. Oh, and I’m not a big fan of late term a******n, but all in favor of giving people the right to choose and abort a child that is deformed or end a pregnancy that would endanger the mother’s life.

If you ask me, no one should have to die for being unable to pay for a medicine, insulin should be free and the best medical care should not be given to only those who can afford it. But at the same time, I don’t also want some violent revolution, I don’t wish to “eat the rich” and put Jeff Bezos underneath a guillotine — I want to tax certain people a bit higher, and maybe others a little less. I like fairness. I h**e oppression. I love freedom of speech and h**e censorship.

So, where do I fall? What on earth am I? I’ve tried many times to figure it out. Figure out who I am, where I am, what my stance is and where that puts me. And I cannot quite put my finger on it, you know? I just don’t like dogma very much. I don’t like being required to be pro-this or anti-that, lest I be a “bad liberal” or “not really conservative”.

Usually when people ask me what I am, I say I’m a moderate. But moderate doesn’t even begin to cover what I am. I’m neither this, nor that. I am a million things rolled into one and I h**e the mentality of having to 100% conform to wh**ever the group thinks or feels lest I be cast out of it.

By Jean-Marie Valheur br br Are you a liberal or ... (show quote)

A person after my own heart!

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

slatten49 wrote:

By Jean-Marie Valheur

Are you a liberal or a conservative? Why?

It fluctuates. My beliefs are neither 100% this nor 100% that and I dislike the cult-like approach people seem to have to their group. You have to either walk the line and agree with wh**ever the hive-mind says or you’re not a “true liberal” or “regressive” or “Republican in name only” or wh**ever… it’s so damn tiresome.

In some things, I am a right-wing hawk. In other things, I am a borderline socialist. In some aspects, I am a puritan conservative traditionalist. In other ways a complete liberal. I can be progressive in one thing, yet critical of aspects of said thing. I can support people and their rights 100% yet still ask questions that uncomfortable enough for me to be quickly labeled a [insert any group]phobe.

It’s funny, how everyone has to fit in one group, then fall in line. It’s so claustrophobic at times. Like, let me breathe, people! Don’t try to box and label everyone and everything. The world isn’t black or white…

Like, someone could support B*M for example and still think l**ting and violence are bad and the movement has attracted some bad people. Someone could, for instance, support the L**T and still think there’s too many damn g****rs and some of it’s just plain old attention seeking. Someone could support #MeToo and yet also acknowledge it sometimes completely misses the mark. Someone could support cancelling someone awful while still thinking #cancelculture is too trigger-happy and makes a lot of innocent casualties that are too quickly tossed aside for minor remarks, or unearthed comments from years ago…

Can I actually be a liberal if I believe A****a attracts a lot of people who are merely scum looking to l**t and burn? Would I be a proper Republican if I said that Netanyahu is a thug and a gangster and the American alliance with the Saudi royals is immoral as hell? If I called out the hypocrisy of left-wing media, would I be a bad left-winger, and if I said right-wing media was no better, would I be a bad right-winger? I mean, hell, this is hard work, man.

I abhor r****m on the one hand, but I also — oh shock of shocks! — don’t feel guilty for being white, nor do I think I owe anyone an apology over something my ancestors may or may not have done. I believe there are a lot of cops who abuse their power and use too much violence, but I also think abolishing the police is r****ded. I believe people don’t need to be able to freely buy assault rifles without background checks, but I also think people who do manage to provide a ‘declaration of good conduct’ of sorts should be able to buy basic arms, there just needs to be a bit more regulation and licenses should be harder to obtain. Oh, and I’m not a big fan of late term a******n, but all in favor of giving people the right to choose and abort a child that is deformed or end a pregnancy that would endanger the mother’s life.

If you ask me, no one should have to die for being unable to pay for a medicine, insulin should be free and the best medical care should not be given to only those who can afford it. But at the same time, I don’t also want some violent revolution, I don’t wish to “eat the rich” and put Jeff Bezos underneath a guillotine — I want to tax certain people a bit higher, and maybe others a little less. I like fairness. I h**e oppression. I love freedom of speech and h**e censorship.

So, where do I fall? What on earth am I? I’ve tried many times to figure it out. Figure out who I am, where I am, what my stance is and where that puts me. And I cannot quite put my finger on it, you know? I just don’t like dogma very much. I don’t like being required to be pro-this or anti-that, lest I be a “bad liberal” or “not really conservative”.

Usually when people ask me what I am, I say I’m a moderate. But moderate doesn’t even begin to cover what I am. I’m neither this, nor that. I am a million things rolled into one and I h**e the mentality of having to 100% conform to wh**ever the group thinks or feels lest I be cast out of it.

By Jean-Marie Valheur br br Are you a liberal or ... (show quote)

Im simply me, don’t need or want “ group association or affiliation” to simply be just me...Like you I’m 1 million things rolled into one and they can change at any given moment depending on the situation at hand.

Be kind, be happy, be safe and by all means love living by living in love... We only get to do this one time, we may as well enjoy every single bit of it while we move along with all of our “individuality” in full display. The secret, individuality my friend.

Great article by the way.✨👏🏻✨

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

lpnmajor wrote:

A person after my own heart!

He does have a way of growing on you like that doesn’t he???

Liberty Tree

lindajoy wrote:

Im simply me, don’t need or want “ group associati... (show quote)

LJ, You will find most who claim to be moderates are really liberals. When it comes down to major issues they always v**e and support the liberal.position.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Liberty Tree wrote:

LJ, You will find most who claim to be moderates are really liberals. When it comes down to major issues they always v**e and support the liberal.position.

You are correct, Liberty, just a wolf in disguise... Much like a few in here..

bggamers Loc: georgia

slatten49 wrote:

By Jean-Marie Valheur

Are you a liberal or a conservative? Why?

It fluctuates. My beliefs are neither 100% this nor 100% that and I dislike the cult-like approach people seem to have to their group. You have to either walk the line and agree with wh**ever the hive-mind says or you’re not a “true liberal” or “regressive” or “Republican in name only” or wh**ever… it’s so damn tiresome.

In some things, I am a right-wing hawk. In other things, I am a borderline socialist. In some aspects, I am a puritan conservative traditionalist. In other ways a complete liberal. I can be progressive in one thing, yet critical of aspects of said thing. I can support people and their rights 100% yet still ask questions that uncomfortable enough for me to be quickly labeled a [insert any group]phobe.

It’s funny, how everyone has to fit in one group, then fall in line. It’s so claustrophobic at times. Like, let me breathe, people! Don’t try to box and label everyone and everything. The world isn’t black or white…

Like, someone could support B*M for example and still think l**ting and violence are bad and the movement has attracted some bad people. Someone could, for instance, support the L**T and still think there’s too many damn g****rs and some of it’s just plain old attention seeking. Someone could support #MeToo and yet also acknowledge it sometimes completely misses the mark. Someone could support cancelling someone awful while still thinking #cancelculture is too trigger-happy and makes a lot of innocent casualties that are too quickly tossed aside for minor remarks, or unearthed comments from years ago…

Can I actually be a liberal if I believe A****a attracts a lot of people who are merely scum looking to l**t and burn? Would I be a proper Republican if I said that Netanyahu is a thug and a gangster and the American alliance with the Saudi royals is immoral as hell? If I called out the hypocrisy of left-wing media, would I be a bad left-winger, and if I said right-wing media was no better, would I be a bad right-winger? I mean, hell, this is hard work, man.

I abhor r****m on the one hand, but I also — oh shock of shocks! — don’t feel guilty for being white, nor do I think I owe anyone an apology over something my ancestors may or may not have done. I believe there are a lot of cops who abuse their power and use too much violence, but I also think abolishing the police is r****ded. I believe people don’t need to be able to freely buy assault rifles without background checks, but I also think people who do manage to provide a ‘declaration of good conduct’ of sorts should be able to buy basic arms, there just needs to be a bit more regulation and licenses should be harder to obtain. Oh, and I’m not a big fan of late term a******n, but all in favor of giving people the right to choose and abort a child that is deformed or end a pregnancy that would endanger the mother’s life.

If you ask me, no one should have to die for being unable to pay for a medicine, insulin should be free and the best medical care should not be given to only those who can afford it. But at the same time, I don’t also want some violent revolution, I don’t wish to “eat the rich” and put Jeff Bezos underneath a guillotine — I want to tax certain people a bit higher, and maybe others a little less. I like fairness. I h**e oppression. I love freedom of speech and h**e censorship.

So, where do I fall? What on earth am I? I’ve tried many times to figure it out. Figure out who I am, where I am, what my stance is and where that puts me. And I cannot quite put my finger on it, you know? I just don’t like dogma very much. I don’t like being required to be pro-this or anti-that, lest I be a “bad liberal” or “not really conservative”.

Usually when people ask me what I am, I say I’m a moderate. But moderate doesn’t even begin to cover what I am. I’m neither this, nor that. I am a million things rolled into one and I h**e the mentality of having to 100% conform to wh**ever the group thinks or feels lest I be cast out of it.

By Jean-Marie Valheur br br Are you a liberal or ... (show quote)

No slatt none of us are just one thing but for the most part I have come to be against the dems total disregard for what is best for the American people. Our country is free but the Americans people pay for it not in just taxes but in our blood lost brothers,sisters,etc.They disrespect anyone who apposes what they want they now are cleansing our military,all Christians are considered extremist and want them out of military all republicans are now considered d******c t*******t. In 2016 I became a deplorable THEY PAINTED ANY ONE WHO V**ED REPUBLICAN as t*****rs their politicians encouraged their followers to harass and terrorize . People were beaten, houses burned people murder by what we are suppose to except a group that doesn't exist and another that states their c*******t and are connected to ccp but hey thats OK. What happened to my country my rights when did it become alright to demonize half a country when did it become alright for the media to completely spoon feed the public information they think is OK. You might sit back and be ok with this I sure as hell am NOT

donho50

slatten49 wrote:

By Jean-Marie Valheur

Are you a liberal or a conservative? Why?

It fluctuates. My beliefs are neither 100% this nor 100% that and I dislike the cult-like approach people seem to have to their group. You have to either walk the line and agree with wh**ever the hive-mind says or you’re not a “true liberal” or “regressive” or “Republican in name only” or wh**ever… it’s so damn tiresome.

In some things, I am a right-wing hawk. In other things, I am a borderline socialist. In some aspects, I am a puritan conservative traditionalist. In other ways a complete liberal. I can be progressive in one thing, yet critical of aspects of said thing. I can support people and their rights 100% yet still ask questions that uncomfortable enough for me to be quickly labeled a [insert any group]phobe.

It’s funny, how everyone has to fit in one group, then fall in line. It’s so claustrophobic at times. Like, let me breathe, people! Don’t try to box and label everyone and everything. The world isn’t black or white…

Like, someone could support B*M for example and still think l**ting and violence are bad and the movement has attracted some bad people. Someone could, for instance, support the L**T and still think there’s too many damn g****rs and some of it’s just plain old attention seeking. Someone could support #MeToo and yet also acknowledge it sometimes completely misses the mark. Someone could support cancelling someone awful while still thinking #cancelculture is too trigger-happy and makes a lot of innocent casualties that are too quickly tossed aside for minor remarks, or unearthed comments from years ago…

Can I actually be a liberal if I believe A****a attracts a lot of people who are merely scum looking to l**t and burn? Would I be a proper Republican if I said that Netanyahu is a thug and a gangster and the American alliance with the Saudi royals is immoral as hell? If I called out the hypocrisy of left-wing media, would I be a bad left-winger, and if I said right-wing media was no better, would I be a bad right-winger? I mean, hell, this is hard work, man.

I abhor r****m on the one hand, but I also — oh shock of shocks! — don’t feel guilty for being white, nor do I think I owe anyone an apology over something my ancestors may or may not have done. I believe there are a lot of cops who abuse their power and use too much violence, but I also think abolishing the police is r****ded. I believe people don’t need to be able to freely buy assault rifles without background checks, but I also think people who do manage to provide a ‘declaration of good conduct’ of sorts should be able to buy basic arms, there just needs to be a bit more regulation and licenses should be harder to obtain. Oh, and I’m not a big fan of late term a******n, but all in favor of giving people the right to choose and abort a child that is deformed or end a pregnancy that would endanger the mother’s life.

If you ask me, no one should have to die for being unable to pay for a medicine, insulin should be free and the best medical care should not be given to only those who can afford it. But at the same time, I don’t also want some violent revolution, I don’t wish to “eat the rich” and put Jeff Bezos underneath a guillotine — I want to tax certain people a bit higher, and maybe others a little less. I like fairness. I h**e oppression. I love freedom of speech and h**e censorship.

So, where do I fall? What on earth am I? I’ve tried many times to figure it out. Figure out who I am, where I am, what my stance is and where that puts me. And I cannot quite put my finger on it, you know? I just don’t like dogma very much. I don’t like being required to be pro-this or anti-that, lest I be a “bad liberal” or “not really conservative”.

Usually when people ask me what I am, I say I’m a moderate. But moderate doesn’t even begin to cover what I am. I’m neither this, nor that. I am a million things rolled into one and I h**e the mentality of having to 100% conform to wh**ever the group thinks or feels lest I be cast out of it.

By Jean-Marie Valheur br br Are you a liberal or ... (show quote)

The tripe of a simpleton.

Rose42

slatten49 wrote:

By Jean-Marie Valheur

Are you a liberal or a conservative? Why?

It fluctuates. My beliefs are neither 100% this nor 100% that and I dislike the cult-like approach people seem to have to their group. You have to either walk the line and agree with wh**ever the hive-mind says or you’re not a “true liberal” or “regressive” or “Republican in name only” or wh**ever… it’s so damn tiresome.

In some things, I am a right-wing hawk. In other things, I am a borderline socialist. In some aspects, I am a puritan conservative traditionalist. In other ways a complete liberal. I can be progressive in one thing, yet critical of aspects of said thing. I can support people and their rights 100% yet still ask questions that uncomfortable enough for me to be quickly labeled a [insert any group]phobe.

It’s funny, how everyone has to fit in one group, then fall in line. It’s so claustrophobic at times. Like, let me breathe, people! Don’t try to box and label everyone and everything. The world isn’t black or white…

Like, someone could support B*M for example and still think l**ting and violence are bad and the movement has attracted some bad people. Someone could, for instance, support the L**T and still think there’s too many damn g****rs and some of it’s just plain old attention seeking. Someone could support #MeToo and yet also acknowledge it sometimes completely misses the mark. Someone could support cancelling someone awful while still thinking #cancelculture is too trigger-happy and makes a lot of innocent casualties that are too quickly tossed aside for minor remarks, or unearthed comments from years ago…

Can I actually be a liberal if I believe A****a attracts a lot of people who are merely scum looking to l**t and burn? Would I be a proper Republican if I said that Netanyahu is a thug and a gangster and the American alliance with the Saudi royals is immoral as hell? If I called out the hypocrisy of left-wing media, would I be a bad left-winger, and if I said right-wing media was no better, would I be a bad right-winger? I mean, hell, this is hard work, man.

I abhor r****m on the one hand, but I also — oh shock of shocks! — don’t feel guilty for being white, nor do I think I owe anyone an apology over something my ancestors may or may not have done. I believe there are a lot of cops who abuse their power and use too much violence, but I also think abolishing the police is r****ded. I believe people don’t need to be able to freely buy assault rifles without background checks, but I also think people who do manage to provide a ‘declaration of good conduct’ of sorts should be able to buy basic arms, there just needs to be a bit more regulation and licenses should be harder to obtain. Oh, and I’m not a big fan of late term a******n, but all in favor of giving people the right to choose and abort a child that is deformed or end a pregnancy that would endanger the mother’s life.

If you ask me, no one should have to die for being unable to pay for a medicine, insulin should be free and the best medical care should not be given to only those who can afford it. But at the same time, I don’t also want some violent revolution, I don’t wish to “eat the rich” and put Jeff Bezos underneath a guillotine — I want to tax certain people a bit higher, and maybe others a little less. I like fairness. I h**e oppression. I love freedom of speech and h**e censorship.

So, where do I fall? What on earth am I? I’ve tried many times to figure it out. Figure out who I am, where I am, what my stance is and where that puts me. And I cannot quite put my finger on it, you know? I just don’t like dogma very much. I don’t like being required to be pro-this or anti-that, lest I be a “bad liberal” or “not really conservative”.

Usually when people ask me what I am, I say I’m a moderate. But moderate doesn’t even begin to cover what I am. I’m neither this, nor that. I am a million things rolled into one and I h**e the mentality of having to 100% conform to wh**ever the group thinks or feels lest I be cast out of it.

By Jean-Marie Valheur br br Are you a liberal or ... (show quote)

I'm all over but I don't say I'm a moderate because my stances whether they be liberal, libertarian or conservative on various matters are not moderate.

This person is like many of us.

SWMBO

lindajoy wrote:

Im simply me, don’t need or want “ group associati... (show quote)

You are NOT just another person, nor are you in any way simple. You are a kind, thoughtful person whose presence on this forum is one of the reasons that NPP and I still read and post here.
Stay close, caring and always yourself, you are a bright spot in our world.

SWMBO

microphor Loc: Home is TN

slatten49 wrote:

By Jean-Marie Valheur

Are you a liberal or a conservative? Why?

It fluctuates. My beliefs are neither 100% this nor 100% that and I dislike the cult-like approach people seem to have to their group. You have to either walk the line and agree with wh**ever the hive-mind says or you’re not a “true liberal” or “regressive” or “Republican in name only” or wh**ever… it’s so damn tiresome.

In some things, I am a right-wing hawk. In other things, I am a borderline socialist. In some aspects, I am a puritan conservative traditionalist. In other ways a complete liberal. I can be progressive in one thing, yet critical of aspects of said thing. I can support people and their rights 100% yet still ask questions that uncomfortable enough for me to be quickly labeled a [insert any group]phobe.

It’s funny, how everyone has to fit in one group, then fall in line. It’s so claustrophobic at times. Like, let me breathe, people! Don’t try to box and label everyone and everything. The world isn’t black or white…

Like, someone could support B*M for example and still think l**ting and violence are bad and the movement has attracted some bad people. Someone could, for instance, support the L**T and still think there’s too many damn g****rs and some of it’s just plain old attention seeking. Someone could support #MeToo and yet also acknowledge it sometimes completely misses the mark. Someone could support cancelling someone awful while still thinking #cancelculture is too trigger-happy and makes a lot of innocent casualties that are too quickly tossed aside for minor remarks, or unearthed comments from years ago…

Can I actually be a liberal if I believe A****a attracts a lot of people who are merely scum looking to l**t and burn? Would I be a proper Republican if I said that Netanyahu is a thug and a gangster and the American alliance with the Saudi royals is immoral as hell? If I called out the hypocrisy of left-wing media, would I be a bad left-winger, and if I said right-wing media was no better, would I be a bad right-winger? I mean, hell, this is hard work, man.

I abhor r****m on the one hand, but I also — oh shock of shocks! — don’t feel guilty for being white, nor do I think I owe anyone an apology over something my ancestors may or may not have done. I believe there are a lot of cops who abuse their power and use too much violence, but I also think abolishing the police is r****ded. I believe people don’t need to be able to freely buy assault rifles without background checks, but I also think people who do manage to provide a ‘declaration of good conduct’ of sorts should be able to buy basic arms, there just needs to be a bit more regulation and licenses should be harder to obtain. Oh, and I’m not a big fan of late term a******n, but all in favor of giving people the right to choose and abort a child that is deformed or end a pregnancy that would endanger the mother’s life.

If you ask me, no one should have to die for being unable to pay for a medicine, insulin should be free and the best medical care should not be given to only those who can afford it. But at the same time, I don’t also want some violent revolution, I don’t wish to “eat the rich” and put Jeff Bezos underneath a guillotine — I want to tax certain people a bit higher, and maybe others a little less. I like fairness. I h**e oppression. I love freedom of speech and h**e censorship.

So, where do I fall? What on earth am I? I’ve tried many times to figure it out. Figure out who I am, where I am, what my stance is and where that puts me. And I cannot quite put my finger on it, you know? I just don’t like dogma very much. I don’t like being required to be pro-this or anti-that, lest I be a “bad liberal” or “not really conservative”.

Usually when people ask me what I am, I say I’m a moderate. But moderate doesn’t even begin to cover what I am. I’m neither this, nor that. I am a million things rolled into one and I h**e the mentality of having to 100% conform to wh**ever the group thinks or feels lest I be cast out of it.

By Jean-Marie Valheur br br Are you a liberal or ... (show quote)

I have the same struggle when people ask. Although I seem to fit more in a Libertarian "box" supposedly! I certainly can be both conservative and progress. For example "I believe in helping others but not at someone else's expense". Most people automatically thing I'm talking about $ when I say expense. But my reality is this, if there are two hungry children sitting in front of me and I can only feed one-I will always feed the one I am responsible for first rather it's my own child or one I'm related to. Of course I would love it if we could feed every child in the world "but" we can't and I know this because even as we try to feed those outside our own community, we have starving, mal nutrition children living in our own back yards. I've visited the inner cities, grew up hungry in one, I've visited the Appalachians families, it's horrific! We are an empathetic people, but when we take on the responsibility of other governments, they don't have to be responsible. I absolutely believe we should help other countries "get on the feet" but I don't believe in sending other countries $ without seeing improvements or progress. If no evidence of progress, stop the $. I could go on but this is an example of one of my beliefs-We don't save people, We help them save themselves!

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

donho50 wrote:

The tripe of a simpleton.

It is likely that "The tripe of a simpleton" is tripe from a simpleton

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

microphor wrote:

I have the same struggle when people ask. Althoug... (show quote)

"Charity begins at home".

Good post

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

SWMBO wrote:

You are NOT just another person, nor are you in any way simple. You are a kind, thoughtful person whose presence on this forum is one of the reasons that NPP and I still read and post here.
Stay close, caring and always yourself, you are a bright spot in our world.

SWMBO

SWMBO, I 100% agree with your assessment.

donho50

microphor wrote:

I have the same struggle when people ask. Althoug... (show quote)

You've shared a most sincere viewpoint. I, too, cannot fathom the misplaced priorities of our policy makers. One of many that comes to mind: how we can arrange hotels and health care for i******s while so many of our military vets are homeless and neglected?