I did not know by was a dem. His posts are always well thought out and intelligent. Hmmm
Ha ha... ok, I laughed out loud. A literal LOL...
* I'm a strict constructionist but not an isolationist.
* I don't trust the judgment of any politician.
* I have a heart . I'm a published poet and I see the human side.
* I'm a CPA and I see the business side.
* I don't trust religious zealots (see strict constructionist).
* I am in favor of gay marriage and wouldn't outlaw abortion outright but I am outraged over the way hard-core feminists equate a viable baby with a tonsil.
* I hate extremism of any sort.
* I am an environmentalist but not willing to buy into international treaties that transfer our wealth to corrupt UN bureaucrats and their "experts" along with the politicians of developing countries.
* I'm a vegetarian 75% of the time.
* I'm half-Cuban and the son of a Cuban immigrant.
* I see reparations, student loan forgiveness, benefits for illegals and socialism as a catch-all not as answers to our problems but instead platforms for the Liberal Industrial Patronage Complex which, in a quid pro quo manner, is a vote buying scheme in return for the psychological justification of the low ceiling of the welfare state and the absolution of blame for the personal choices made by the beneficiaries.
In short I'm a moderate and due to my religious leanings that seems to push me left of center. I have been abused by religious zealots of the right-wing variety (not a Roman Catholic Priest; just mental abuse including my ex-wife) and government power absolutely needs to be kept out of their hands.
In a clear shift from my own fear of an oligarchy or corporatism, I now believe that Liberal power is much more abusive than right-wing power because the mega-trend has been shifting our culture (socially speaking) to the left and the most obvious example is the complete acceptance, normalization and mainstreaming of homosexuality (I'm not going to get into all the letters; I'm just talking about your basic gay person). This is a huge cultural shift and I believe the vast majority of white Christians have accepted it. I know I have and I'm happy with that.
But the Left-wing power base is absolutely a threat to our freedoms. There is no doubt about it. Their virtue signaling, PC, value judgments are crushing us. They are militant, unreasonable and fascist.
There is no doubt about this in my mind.
I believe Donald Trump is the blow-back to all of this and regardless of policy (which I wish we are discussing instead of the coup), his manner and combativeness was the allure. At least that's my opinion. He is the anti-PC President and they are raging mad about his unapologetic attacks on their value system and manner. Well that is on them (Liberal extremists). Trump is here because people like Beto, AOC, Omar and Warren are out their spewing the most ridiculous pronouncements and we are being bludgeoned by a compliant media to normalize what would be a horrifying increase in government power, not only by the central government but by the apparent army of losers on the internet who call out anyone and everyone in the most vile, sickening manner if we do not speak in robotic Liberal-speak.
I hate that and that is the biggest threat to our freedom. Not Donald Trump; instead it's left-wing extremism.