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I think that this points to the problem with political labels. The often don't mean what people think that they mean and leave incorrect impressions, especially considering how many would/could not walk their talk.

As you know, I keep a finger in the air by maintaining contact with as much diversity as possible. I often can even see why they believe what they do.

The White Christian Nationalists, if the link is to be believed, don't want anyone in my family in America. I won't be joining their club. I don't think that all Christians are that radical though. My fallout from Christianity came long ago. If I were to spend eternity praising the god who is burning my wife, the woman I love, in eternal torment because she couldn't bring herself to believe a fabulous story, would my eternal heaven be less of a hell than hers?

Are conservatives who shout, "America first" Fascists or people tired of seeing billions of taxpayer dollars going to other countries, too often for wars?

Are the champions of victimhood representative of liberals?

Does the word liberal mean what people think, or wish, that it means?

Are protestors all non-violent or violent because it is what we wish for the tribes we like or don't like?

Are the people who go out and about wearing "tactical" shit any different from people who wear a cowboy hat and boots who don't know how to ride a horse?

I see old Vietnam vets talking as if they are still the lean, mean, killing machines that they were 50+ years ago who couldn't sprint to their mailbox. Not to mention that they were not going against their own government, they (OK, we) were doing what we did with the government's blessing.

I could go on and on, but I think you should be able to get my point. Anyone who is all that a political label says that they are is a standout idiot in a crowd of idiots. Most of the talk, especially on the internet, is empty talk. I think that fears of widespread violence are overblown (I sure hope I'm right about that).

If I was worried about blood in the streets I'd go out and buy an AR-15 (I don't have one) and think that anyone worried about it who doesn't have one is just talking. From what I've been reading, current AR-15 buyers are "liberals." As a friend said to me, "Us lefties like our guns too."

Nov 4, 2022
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