Ohkay guys. I've been lurking here since the 4th and finally decided to make an account. Just 4 years ago I was someone who believed that the death of capitalism was the only thing that could save us. This is my story. As a kid I would watch politics with my grammie all the time. Her favorite was lou dobbs on cnn and she couldn't stand Bush at the time. Every election season it was like perpetual christmas for me. Going to see her, watching the debates, watching the primaries, and ultimately the results come in on election night. Some times my guy won, sometimes he didnt but what mattered was the journey of it and the time I spent with her. While we were in a deep blue state and she was a die hard dem. She always stressed the importance of looking at other viewpoints. Fast forward to high school. My favorite commentator was keith olbermann ( yes I know) and one of my closest friends loved rush limbaugh. We didnt agree on anything but we could always have a good discussion. I grew up in a factory town that was destroyed when buisiness went overseas so corporate corruption and abuse was always a big issue for me. My family didnt have much, heck we almost went homeless in 2008 during the recession. Myself and my parents needed medicine that without insurance would bankrupt us. Due to these two things I fell into the bernie mentality of " free healthcare , and buisiness= bad". Hell I almost marched in occupy. Then two interesting things happened ( I cannot remember which came first). Comcast bought MSNBC and fired Keith midshow for shitting on comcast ( this began my distrust in corporate media) and ron paul ran in the republican primary. Watching ron paul I realized bigger government wasnt the answer to healthcare or anything really. I was in awe at the time that someone on the republican ticket was not trying to force religion down my throat, even more surprising was the fact he wasnt a warhawk. I then watched him get screwed by his own party. Also during this era my republican friend and I finally agreed on one thing : Obamacare would fuck the healthcare industry even further. I then went to college and at the time bought into the whole orange man bad thing. I was worried he was going to get us into war with korea. I was worried he was going to further destroy american buisiness . I was worried he would be a tyrant. So yeah. In 2016 I voted for clinton ( I know I know eww). I flipped out on my dad because he voted for trump ( mind you 4 generations of our family since getting off the boat were dems). He told me to trust him and that we needed something different. Election night my ex ( a communist ex-marine) and I were giddy to see Hillary win. Then she didnt He curled up in a ball and cried with his copy of the communist manifesto ( yeah I know... I made poor life choices) I'll admit I was very nervous. So I started watching more political content and stumbled across sargon briefly through a game reviewer and styx. While this was going on I realized something amazing. Wait the Koreas are talking to each other Wait industry is coming back!? Wait trump is calling out the establishment( and is fuckong hilarious while doing so). Wait my taxes are going down Wait my medication prices are going down. Wait he doesnt give a shit that I'm bi. Wait the left is calling for censorship Wait the left is calling for violence And finally: Wait The left is wanting us to judge each other by the color of our skin and not by the content of our character. Around this time I began dating my now fiancee who is definitely on the conservative end. After moving out of ct I also realized how great this country was as I finally had all my rights ( have fun getting a gun in ct). It was amazing. This place was free. Fuck censorship. Yay america xD More and more I began loving the president and realizing that he was the populist I was looking for all along. I voted red for the first time in 2018. Then covid hit Cant get married yet due to this shit My dad now has ptsd from running a respiratory hospital near NYC due to how shitty the dems handled it. I had to deal with ptsd flashbacks daily due to having to wear a fucking mask at my job ( now I wear a shield). My career in law enforcement couldn't start. And fuck peoples mental health and small businesses right?. Last month I came across a trump stand and made some of the best friends I'll ever know. We ran stands together and even some at rallies. It was like a family. And they welcomed me with open arms. I was so hyped for election night. As watching the numbers come in reminds me of all those wonderful times with my grammie. It was going great. Then the bullshit started. As someone who obsessively studied election data for decades shit didnt make sense. Then one by one Blue I was dooming pretty hard guys.... Then my fiancee showed me this site. It is amazing. I also finally told one of my best friends I was a trumper ( I was really nervous to do so as he is a bernie guy). He didnt abandon me. In fact he smelled the election bullshit too. Thank you guys for getting me out of my doomyness and for helping me provide information to many other friends. Love you guys <3 P.s. voting this year was one of the happiest moments in a long time. I even brought some other dems to see the light :3