Becoming more liberal was a direct result of surrounding myself with a better group of friends and broadening my media intake past fox and talk radio.
I figured out what I had been assuming was "liberal bias" was just my way of lying to myself when I came across sources that didn't agree with my views.
So I changed my views to match the facts as I understood them, and now I don't have that problem anymore.
When I attended UVA, I got some shit for not being old enough to drink. In november, I'll be 30. Yeah, lot can change if you give it over a decade..
So a better group of friends and different media sources helped you become more liberal?
And now I'm out. It's like leaving a cult.
You traded one cult for another because something is missing in life. You have an insatiable need to belong to something. Maybe you should get a pet.
At some point you might discover that both sides are full of liars and thieves and that no one has some monopoly on truth because of the color of their uniform.
At some point you might discover that both sides are full of liars and thieves and that no one has some monopoly on truth because of the color of their uniform.
The issues are the issues. I don't recall saying "I'm against voter ID because obama is." I'm against voter ID because it's a horrible fucking idea. What any "side" thinks of it is irrelevant.
You're just naive then. All of these "issues" are just attempts to gain and hold power. You are the useful idiot being led around by them.
The only "sides" are the ones who control and those who are controlled. You seem to need to be able to see some good in the former but they are psychopaths regardless.
Until you can make the math work, I don't know how you justify this.