It's funny how far I've come in four years. Have always been conservative but in 2016 I thought both candidates were terrible and so I voted for Johnson.
Now whenever I see someone say they are going to vote third party I want to strangle them. Do I think we need a third party in the US? Yes I do. But I don't think this is the election cycle to try and get that done. If anything a red wave might utterly obliterate the Democrat party and fracture it so we can have that lovely multiple party system everyone craves so much. 2024 will be the Democrat vs Republican vs Socialist vs Lion parties all clashing for prominence.
I was checked out of politics since 2012 because I lived in Commiefornia and Romney was a terrible candidate. I lived with a liberal roommate in 2015 who insisted we needed to not let Trump win. I wasn't informed on any of his positions and just thought he was running as a joke or for publicity.
Anyway I watched a lot of Penn Jillete's podcast back in those days and he is a heavy Libertarian so he promoted Johnson. I then saw Joe Rogan's interview with Johnson and thought he made some decent points. Not having done any research on Trump or Clinton I just really thought Johnson had a sane policy when everyone else was insane.
Then I learned about SJWs and from Rogan's podcast I started following other people like Sargon and Armored Skeptic (who wasn't insane at the time) and started thinking all of the shit they were covering was absolutely insane. I then reflected on everything I heard about Hillary during her time as SoS and realized she was just as bad as (I thought at the time) Trump was. Then about a month out from the election I actually pulled up Trump's platform and watched some full videos of his speeches. I was already agreeing with him on a lot of things and figured out everything I had thought about him before was planted in my head by the fake news media and the outrage mobs on Reddit.
On election day, as I was driving to the polls I actually thought about voting Trump but didn't for whatever reason. I guess I felt like I still really didn't know who or what he stood for. Also I thought Hillary was going to win anyways, so I attempted to offset my vote with a full Republican down ticket to oppose Hillary. It wasn't exactly the most logical thought process for a vote, but like I said I really wasn't too interested in politics at the time anyways.
That night I was hanging in voice chat with some guys from my WoW guild and the REEEEing that went on because Trump won was insane. One guy actually told everyone to shut up and stop talking about it when we started realizing he was winning Pennsylvania and Florida. I realized then what TDS was and then binge watched all sort of election meltdown videos and kept delving deeper into the takedown of SJW culture.
In the years since I've had my eyes fully opened to the reality of this world and I see through the lies of the media and social justice activists. I'm beyond red pilled. I can't even watch old TV shows from the 90s and early 00s without catching all of the subtle communist propaganda they slip in there. Now the only thing that would ever change my mind from voting for Trump would be if he came out tomorrow and supported Antifa, lockdowns, and disavowed his former platform. He is our only chance at destroying this communist insurrection in our country.
It's funny how far I've come in four years. Have always been conservative but in 2016 I thought both candidates were terrible and so I voted for Johnson.
Now whenever I see someone say they are going to vote third party I want to strangle them. Do I think we need a third party in the US? Yes I do. But I don't think this is the election cycle to try and get that done. If anything a red wave might utterly obliterate the Democrat party and fracture it so we can have that lovely multiple party system everyone craves so much. 2024 will be the Democrat vs Republican vs Socialist vs Lion parties all clashing for prominence.
What did Trump do or not do in 2016 that made you vote for Johnson? What did Trump do in 2017-2020 that did win your vote?
I was checked out of politics since 2012 because I lived in Commiefornia and Romney was a terrible candidate. I lived with a liberal roommate in 2015 who insisted we needed to not let Trump win. I wasn't informed on any of his positions and just thought he was running as a joke or for publicity.
Anyway I watched a lot of Penn Jillete's podcast back in those days and he is a heavy Libertarian so he promoted Johnson. I then saw Joe Rogan's interview with Johnson and thought he made some decent points. Not having done any research on Trump or Clinton I just really thought Johnson had a sane policy when everyone else was insane.
Then I learned about SJWs and from Rogan's podcast I started following other people like Sargon and Armored Skeptic (who wasn't insane at the time) and started thinking all of the shit they were covering was absolutely insane. I then reflected on everything I heard about Hillary during her time as SoS and realized she was just as bad as (I thought at the time) Trump was. Then about a month out from the election I actually pulled up Trump's platform and watched some full videos of his speeches. I was already agreeing with him on a lot of things and figured out everything I had thought about him before was planted in my head by the fake news media and the outrage mobs on Reddit.
On election day, as I was driving to the polls I actually thought about voting Trump but didn't for whatever reason. I guess I felt like I still really didn't know who or what he stood for. Also I thought Hillary was going to win anyways, so I attempted to offset my vote with a full Republican down ticket to oppose Hillary. It wasn't exactly the most logical thought process for a vote, but like I said I really wasn't too interested in politics at the time anyways.
That night I was hanging in voice chat with some guys from my WoW guild and the REEEEing that went on because Trump won was insane. One guy actually told everyone to shut up and stop talking about it when we started realizing he was winning Pennsylvania and Florida. I realized then what TDS was and then binge watched all sort of election meltdown videos and kept delving deeper into the takedown of SJW culture.
In the years since I've had my eyes fully opened to the reality of this world and I see through the lies of the media and social justice activists. I'm beyond red pilled. I can't even watch old TV shows from the 90s and early 00s without catching all of the subtle communist propaganda they slip in there. Now the only thing that would ever change my mind from voting for Trump would be if he came out tomorrow and supported Antifa, lockdowns, and disavowed his former platform. He is our only chance at destroying this communist insurrection in our country.
Amen brother. Once I was red-pilled all the signs showed up.