patriotism and nationalism are (slightly) different things (right?). people don't seem to get that.

My grandpa was a certified sharpshooter and an oldschool Democrat, not the kind we have today, he believed strongly in the second amendment and even saved his life using firearms on a few occasions

> patriotism and nationalism are (slightly) different things (right?). people don't seem to get that.
@JDCREW
Yeah, nationalism has gotten a bad name since some white supremisists are tied to it, but being a nationalist isn’t bad as long as you don’t think you are better than everyone for your race or country

awesome stuff! so he was an FDR era democrat? Not an Obama democrat.

Yeah he was

> @JDCREW
> Yeah, nationalism has gotten a bad name since some white supremisists are tied to it, but being a nationalist isn’t bad as long as you don’t think you are better than everyone for your race or country
@Lockwood Studios That's what I thought I just didn't want to be wrong and look like a jackass

My Grandpa was a Late jfk era dem

He voted for Obama cause he thought Obama was gonna do good, but he was pretty disappointed after all the things that went down

yeah it stinks because the swamp is so thick right now...

Ikr

Back 40-50 years ago, no matter what party you got it was gonna be good cause both sides were honest parties who wanted the best for the US

Lmao there is this girl at my school who said I was sexist for not liking the new starwars movies, and thinks all billionaires deserve to die

I’m not making this up

What?

She thinks even if billionaires are charitable and have done good for the rest of society but they are still billionaires, they have “too much” and are bad people

Jyn Erso > Rey

The billionaires made a good movie but they should die. also if you don't think they should die, then you suck. and if you think they should but dislike the movie, you suck.

wow she crazy

hit her head when she fell off the stripper pole?

I said if/when I become rich I’d be more than happy to share my wealth with other people if they asked, but I wouldn’t like for them to steal from me and she responded with “yeah, that’s still a problem”

She also said it was racist for me to wear a mask before official quarantine because it’s cultural appropriation or some shit

and then you stop wearing it and she goes batshit because there's a pandemic?

I know some of those people

they contradict everything they say and do

Most leftists I know are at least sane and I can agree to disagree

Leaving the left was the best decision i ever made

not the ones I know lmao

I keep going farther right as I age

I was raised in a fairly conservative, red blooded, God loving and God fearing, American household, but I can imagine the struggle of changing what you thought you believed

Right now I’m far lib right of center, but I’m considering becoming moderate right

I was raised in New England in an alt left area and I thought Republican= Nazi until I was like 14

Thank god my family changed their views as well

I’m technically lib right but I don’t mind authright society because I can use democracy and vote to change certain things I’m not happy with,

> Right now I’m far lib right of center, but I’m considering becoming moderate right
@Lockwood Studios far lib right of center is a bunch of words 😂

> @Lockwood Studios far lib right of center is a bunch of words 😂
@isoboto libertarian I think they meant

Yeah I’m libertarian

ah okay

I’m technically a centrist, but I’m becoming more right wing as time goes on

shit that takes a lot of willpower to just swap sides like that though. I applaud and respect you greatly

> shit that takes a lot of willpower to just swap sides like that though. I applaud and respect you greatly
@JDCREW
Thanks man!

> Yeah I’m libertarian
@Lockwood Studios i used to be a lot more pro-authoritative in comparative to my current position (even back when i was deemed pretty libertarian in my country's standard)