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I actually wrote a much longer reply that I was going to post, but maybe it's easier if I just give you the point you are looking for. I don't want an open exc

I actually wrote a much longer reply that I was going to post, but maybe it's easier if I just give you the point you are looking for. I don't want an open exchange of ideas. I think that the Republican party is a cancer on the body politic. I grew up in an almost 100% R state. You won't change my mind. I'm not a Democrat because I like them. I'm a Democrat because I hate the Republican party. We aren't going to agree to disagree. We are in opposition to one another. That's just life. Can we stop now? Go ahead and say something clever back. You can have the last word.

0815test 7y ago
No, I'm not going to blame you for hating the post-Trump Republican party. I won't even blame you for hating the social milieu that you grew up in - there are many parts of the U.S. that are still quite socially backward, particularly in the Deep South itself, and broad-based, grassroots social/economic development is a slow process. I do have a problem when some people (and, for the record, this isn't about you specifically, either - it's a huge problem!) outright refuse to look at the history and acknowledge the fact that "conservatives" have, in many ways, been on the side of progress, while "progressives" have occasionally been putting forth very misguided ideas and proposals.