Neither. I am an open minded individual who's traveled the world, and am a dual citizen, highly educated, highly intelligent and successful:)

And naturally I was a Democrat through 2016, but as Democrats moved left they left me behind on a lot of issues. And then the fact that your side is now like "you are evil or stupid if you don't agree with us" (eg your post) makes any re-engagement impossible.

You seem like a really thoughtful person from your non political posting history but this is clearly such a trigger topic. I know it's not just you but it's really unattractive.

▲

duped 2 hours ago | parent [-]

What issues do you feel left behind on? And why do you think the Democratic Party has moved left on them?

The mistake I think you're making is that people want to reengage with the fascists that call themselves Republicans or that their political beliefs are legitimate. Your party is letting an authoritarian president tear our rule of law, customs, institutions, economy, and people apart - and it gets worse everyday. There is no engagement with the insanity that is MAGA.

If you just want an example, I have many friends and family who are gay or trans. Republicans don't believe they should be allowed to exist, and at the extreme ends, advocate violence against them. Why should I pretend that there's any engagement possible on that angle, when one "side" is inherently violent?

▲

baggy_trough an hour ago | parent | next [-]

“Republicans don't believe they should be allowed to exist”

What does this mean?

▲

duped 34 minutes ago | parent [-]

What it means on its face - they want them dead or gone.

	▲	baggy_trough 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You think that Republicans typically want gay and trans people to be killed, and if not, gone (where?)

▲

xyzelement an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

As I alluded to in my prior comment - the fact that you are so ready to call people insane fascists (or in prior post, dumb or evil) is the end of the conversation.

Wherever you live in the US, at least 1 out of 3 of your neighbors voted for Trump. That's a lot of random people to call fascist.

▲

duped 35 minutes ago | parent [-]

I'm sorry someone telling you that your electoral choices are dumb, evil, insane, and/or fascist made you act dumb, evil, insane, or fascist, instead of engaging in some self reflection on why your political party of choice could be considered dumb, evil, insane, and fascist.

I take it as a loud signal you didn't answer the question and your sibling comment that you share republican "values" and "support faith" that I'm not wrong in my judgement.

There can be no tolerance of intolerance. I hope you wake up before this generation needs its Nuremberg trials to learn.

	▲	xyzelement 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Ok let me give you a richer answer. You ascribe to Republicans (so, to me) a belief that gays or trans shouldn't exist. Just like earlier you ascribed to us/me a hatred of immigrants. These are views I don't hear from actual Republicans. If someone told me they hated immigrants or gays or trans I would tell them to fuck off and never speak to them again. So what do I do with the fact that people like you easily ascribe horrific views to others and then consider them worthy of the Nuremberg trials? Doesn't leave much room to join your team does it.