I only ever voted for a Republican president twice with my Trump votes. I also voted for Gore, Kerry, Obama twice, all Democrats. Yet, not that long ago I went with calling myself Conservative once in awhile, even though I've long shunned being pigeonholed with labels and believe wearing one often shuts down logical thinking and conversations/debates.
I was also a past promoter of not voting as a vote of no confidence.
I'm torn on that subject a little, but I get it and don't be surprised if I ever give such ideas a platform again in the future. I will say this though, if both presidential choices suck, just don't vote or go third party. The logic on not casting a ballot is that it gives no credence to a broken system and that if voter turnout becomes insanely low that the system would fall under its own weight. Mass mail in ballots, rife with fraud BTW, put a serious damper on that now I would think.
I actually considered myself independent through all my Democrat votes because I've never been a partisan and fully on board with party positions. Nowadays, a few things have happened of note when exploring my political journey, one is that the Dems used to be anti-war like myself. A great old school, anti-war, former Democrat, is comedian Jimmy Dore. From what I've see, he is another one who seeks to end the hyper partisan division, embrace broad political unity on specific issues, and to end the war machine, to name a few.
Another reason for my political evolution is the woke leftist (liberals are not leftists) fringe taking over the party. Lastly, I got older and more conservatives over time.
BUT, when I deeply reconsidered things over the course of a few days, I first of all remembered just how blessed I am to be a part of the truly bipartisan 9/11 truth movement. The 9/11 truth cause is self-evidently historically meaningful, but the unity of the diverse political persuasions to fight for a common goal is more so and needs to be celebrated and replicated. In this video tribute I made for, Professor Graeme Macqueen, (who recently passed on) he echoes my sentiments, but adds that academics often look down on people with no higher education, but that the truth movement proves the common man is pretty smart and clever. Paraphrasing of course, go see the video to fact check my comprehension skills. When I look at our Idiocracy though, I wonder if that statement is more true when it comes to those that seek to join political/activist movements?
http://mindtreasury.blogspot.com/2023/04/911-truth-advocate-graeme-macqueen-has.html
I then remembered all kinds of liberal positions I've had over the years that just aren't talked about anymore. Sometimes that is because we put the issue to bed by consensus or generally acceptance/tolerance of the majority of Americans. Many, if not almost all of my friends and family are Libs too and while I have always got along with these individuals, for the most part, the past few years has seen some drama and lost friends who were overtaken by partisanship and propaganda. However my hands aren't clean either, I am, let's just say... a very passionate person, but have taken it down a notch for awhile and now more than ever. I pick my battles wisely and use love and understanding to advance any points about things to those close to me. The 9/11 topic, interestingly, is one shared by most of those close to me.
The most important thing about all this is my overarching commitment to happiness that I'm cranking up to 11. I try to pray and meditate daily and watch comedy and it centers me. So yeah, I might be a bit center right or whatever, but I'm shunning their labels again and playing the game my way. We need a pro human political party!
Besides all that, it's about damn time people researched for themselves instead of always asking for an additional source. A newfound respect for those actually taking the time to do write ups might ensue. And another thing while we're at it, don't just scroll through a damn manipulated feed from big tech tyrants on social media anymore either. Keeping in touch with people is fine, I guess, although phone books and email addresses also work, but people are lazy. Instead, really contemplate what info you are looking for and find it, Use an alternative, unmanipulated or at least much less manipulate search engine such as: Yandex.com or DuckDuckGo.com
http://mindtreasury.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-search-engine-manipulation-effect.html
TOM MACDONALD - NAMES (LYRICS)
They gon' try to call you names, label you with things 'til you're ashamedYou're a sexist or a racist, white supremacist or gayThey'll attack your reputation, claim that you're the one to blameAnd try to make you hate yourself for ways that you behaveThey're just names, embrace them, and they'll never cause you painThey're just words that another person thought up in they brainThey're just names, they do not define you, that's insaneAnd they'll just call you something different if you change