protectionist
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This thread could as well have been entitled >> "Liberals Ruin a Good Thing". Wow. Does this mean that I, protectionist, actually agree with some policies of liberals ? Well, yes it does. There are a few. As a conservative who was a liberal for 40 years, before becoming an independent in 2003 (and still voting for Kerry in 2004, and then Obama in 2008), and then a conservative in 2009, I still have a few liberal preferences.
Some friends of mine say >> "If you think that, you should be a Democrat." Well, I'm not. I'm a registered Republican, and a very conservative one, as well. So what is that keeps me firmly entrenched on the right, despite having some left issue preferences ?
It is the crazyiness of the left that keeps me away from it. The problem with the left is that it goes waaaay too far in some of the things it stands for. It is so bad that I have to abandon some of my rather lefty policies, which I still firmly support, and go to the right, and vote for Donald Trump (twice). I also voted for Virgil Goode in 2012, because I thought Romney wasn't conservative enough.
I doubt that this will even make a dent in liberals' mindsets and political persuasions, but here are the reasons I could go never back to them again, and how they ruin their own polity, making it unacceptable >>
1. Being globalist, advocating open borders, and flooding the US with millions of people from 3rd world hellholes.
2. Accepting Islam as a religion, and its imposition of immoral and illegal practices upon Americans, even including terrorism in some cases.
3. Pandering to blacks to the point of discriminating against whites in Affirmative Action, and engaging in lawlessness.
4. Disrespecting the 2nd amendment and infringing on the right to carry a gun for self-defense.
5. Support of crazy sexual orientation policies.
There are more but I guess these are the basics. What a shame. To ruin good policies, and a whole political party, just to support these crazy ones.
Some friends of mine say >> "If you think that, you should be a Democrat." Well, I'm not. I'm a registered Republican, and a very conservative one, as well. So what is that keeps me firmly entrenched on the right, despite having some left issue preferences ?
It is the crazyiness of the left that keeps me away from it. The problem with the left is that it goes waaaay too far in some of the things it stands for. It is so bad that I have to abandon some of my rather lefty policies, which I still firmly support, and go to the right, and vote for Donald Trump (twice). I also voted for Virgil Goode in 2012, because I thought Romney wasn't conservative enough.
I doubt that this will even make a dent in liberals' mindsets and political persuasions, but here are the reasons I could go never back to them again, and how they ruin their own polity, making it unacceptable >>
1. Being globalist, advocating open borders, and flooding the US with millions of people from 3rd world hellholes.
2. Accepting Islam as a religion, and its imposition of immoral and illegal practices upon Americans, even including terrorism in some cases.
3. Pandering to blacks to the point of discriminating against whites in Affirmative Action, and engaging in lawlessness.
4. Disrespecting the 2nd amendment and infringing on the right to carry a gun for self-defense.
5. Support of crazy sexual orientation policies.
There are more but I guess these are the basics. What a shame. To ruin good policies, and a whole political party, just to support these crazy ones.