"𝘐'𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺. 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴, 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘥"

The trouble is, Republicans say the same about Democrats with the same justification, or lack of it, as Democrats. If I had my way, political parties would be banned, and it would be a capital crime to start one. All political parties are a "𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴, 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘥." They are the worst-case tribalism and quickest to confirm Godwin's Law.

People who strongly associate things with political parties are the typical extremists precisely because of their broad-brush views. If you look at my views on individual issues, you might think that I am one or the other until you look at all of them and see that I don't conform to either, don't want to be a part of either and they probably don't want me in their tribe except for wanting my vote.

I didn't bother to vote in the recent election. If there was a choice for "no acceptable candidate" and if it got the most votes, they would vacate the office until the next scheduled election I would start voting again. As it stands it is just good cop/bad cop in the interrogation room where neither are your friend. Tired of voting for the lesser of two evils it would be nice to vote for no evil. even if it means no government (I repeat myself). You might think I'm a near anarchist, perhaps I am.

Forgive my rant, I often agree with you and intend no foul, but political party partisanship sets me off since I so firmly see it as destructive.