Hi everyone this is my first post on this site. Just a quick background of me I have been politically influenced because I lived in California growing up then moved to Ohio and will soon be going to the University of Oregon. I'm more progressive/liberal on social issues because I support gay rights, believe in climate change, support of public education, and Asian Awareness stuff. But I'm more conservative on 2A where I'll defend your right to own a gun, but personally won't own one, I'm Pro-Life but will make the exception to cases of rape, incest, and underage pregnancies, and now I'm anti-war bring our troops home. This is the first election cycle where I'll be able to vote. In the primary cycle, I was a Tulsi supporter because I felt like she had a good message. But what got me off the fence as a moderate was that the democratic party went so far to the left in such a short time that felt politically homeless. When I look to the left with a lot of my "friends" just pushing woke left trash that is regurgitated posts on Instagram where they only cite the ACLU and Feminist Instagram pages. And when I challenge their idea they call me racist, sexist, etc. Then when I look to Trump supporters they can actually have a rational conversation where I can change my mind on many issues. But what got me to "jump off the fence" was when my friend said that I should vote Biden because I'm Asian after I posted a Free Hong Kong post. And I got fed up and said that I'm not the Democrat's pet and I don't need a white liberal telling me what to do. Even though I disagree with Trump on some issues I fully support him now. Thank you if you read this post and look forward to having some political conversations.
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I used to be a Bernie supporter!! My red pill was the transparent corruption of Hillary Clinton and Brexit opened my eyes. Btw, when I switched to the Republican Party (I’m in CA, I want to beef up their numbers) I had a hard time with the climate change issue. The truth is, 7 billion people on the planet probably do have an impact. But the planet will NOT end in 12 years, and the science isn’t as settled as liberals will make you believe. Proof of that is my personal memory. I’m over 50, and ever since the 70’s they have been having doomsday predictions regarding the planet. I personally believe we need to be good stewards of the earth. However, the climate change talking point is bs and I’ve shifted my views on it.