Austin has alway been leftist. The thing that has changed is leftists have gone further to the left, and mental problems plague their side because they think it's offensive to tell someone they need mental help
I say this quite often: My views haven't really changed much over 20 years, but every year I'm told I'm more and more conservative. Liberals used to be able to be against illegal immigration and not get called an alt-right racist. They used to be able to say they don't like guns but understand the importance of the 2nd amendment. They used to think late-term abortions were murder.
The left has changed, which is why Austin feels like it's getting worse and worse. Because it is
Austin has alway been leftist. The thing that has changed is leftists have gone further to the left, and mental problems plague their side because they think it's offensive to tell someone they need mental help
I say this quite often: My views haven't really changed much over 20 years, but every year I'm told I'm more and more conservative. Liberals used to be able to be against illegal immigration and not get called an alt-right racist. They used to be able to say they don't like guns but understand the importance of the 2nd amendment. They used to think late-term abortions were murder.
The left has changed, which is why Austin feels like it's getting worse and worse. Because it is
I still believe the same thing about marriage that Obama claimed to hold in 2008.
Somehow it was okay then and monstrous now.
Sounds like you're saying Austin has been leftist for 20 years, which is a far cry from "always."