I was a Kennedy democrat since his election in 1960 because I helped my mom stump the party line during the campaign. I was in the Navy stationed on board a cruiser in Japan when JFK was assassinated. That kind of cemented the liberal into me until 1. I had made something for myself in the 90s and early 2000s and 2. my best friend of 30 years convinced me that in order to protect what I had built for myself, I had to bolster it all by adopting a conservative POV.
The differences are stark: before, I relied on the state, after, I relied on myself; now, I rely on the Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ.
Being a Kennedy democrat was okay, as he was trying to take down the bad guys. He was also very smart. If you haven't already, you need to read a book called "A Day in the Life of President Kennedy" by Jim Thorpe. Kennedy would read three huge newspapers front to back before breakfast, and he could remember all of it if you wanted to discuss an article.
Trump was that type of democrat and only put the R after his name so he would have a chance against Hillary.
There's the craziest part about people like Kennedy they can read through 3 newspapers And answer any questions about any article. They're not even reading the entire article or the entire newspaper. These are extremely smart people that are on the spectrum before they even knew there were such a thing as the spectrum. I have a daughter that's the same way She can take a book that takes most people 3 weeks to read and do it in 25 minutes And get an a plus on the essay Because of how smart they are in her case she can read the 1st sentence in every paragraph and the last sentence in every paragraph I and understand exactly what's in the middle of the paragraph. Kennedy, trump, Cruz Have those kind of smarts.
Indeed- I had questions while in the Navy about the Gulf of Tonkin "incident" as it almost drew the ship I was on back to Japan when it occurred-we were on the way back stateside for refit- a few months later, when I was in the radio room, we got a radioman 3rd from the USS Maddox and he looked really apprehensive and hollow eyed. I later deduced he was given the riot act in the form of signing the NDA secrets act.. From that time on, every crisis involving Naval vessels I looked at with a skeptical mind.. from that, ANY crisis...
That’s super interesting. They’ve done a lot of twin studies on things like that. My family, grandpa was democrat because he was a teacher. And grandma was a republican so they fought like crazy over it. My dad is a liberal hippie, his brothers are Trump supporters. I guess I just want everyone to get along because none of them are better than the other, they’re all fantastic people with many flaws. They still fight just like their parents did. Total shitshow. 😭
LOL I hear you. My father was also a Kennedy Democrat and mom was a Republican. They would joke that they cancelled each others vote out. Half my family are Dem/liberals and the rest of us are Trump supporters and more on the conservative. During my father's later years in life, he slowly became Republican. Guess he woke up. They rarely talked politics, but I did learn a lot from my father's POV on politics and how he evolved.
I’m just me. I think how I do and didn’t need a label to keep my thoughts in line. There’s a lot of pressure in calling oneself a democrat or republican. So do a little thought experiment: cultures change over time. If you were born in 1830 in the South, would you have been a slave owner? What if you were born a slave? What if you were born in 420 AD in Rome, which political caste would you be in? It would have nothing to do with the concepts around now. There are good people born into liberal families and bad people born into republican ones vice versa.
Truth is you would be molded by whatever culture you grew up in.
So I try to remove my cultural influences and be supportive to the people around me because my basic beliefs are that God has a plan for me. I’m here for a reason. If I was anything, I should live up to the expectations of whoever created me and that source of power is myriad of complexity.
There will one day be the last person alive, if you were alone, reflecting back on humanity, all of us, what would be your final thought?
Thats how I try to live my life. If I was the last person who owned the final thought I would show humility and gratitude for my experiences, without judgement on myself or anyone that lived before me. I do my best to honor the creative force behind God.
I actually feel the best when I’m in that zone so I try to foster coherence between us with respect that someone made you with love and great care. When people fight we definitely aren’t living up to God’s standards he clearly commanded us to do.
I was a California Democrat. I was asked why I didn’t like trump. As I tried to prepare to deliver verbal destruction I could not find any hard data to support my conclusions. Nobody wants to look like an idiot on a forum. I could not come up with anything that would hold up if I was trying to destroy someone. That is why when you see the left in interviews get angry and stomp off. They could not just like I could not. Watch any video when someone on the left is asked their faces go blank and they get even angrier. It’s easier for them to take away your first amendment rights than to do critical thinking about themselves.
The nail in the left for me was watching comey stand in front of the world and Say we did not charge her because she did not mean to anything wrong. Classified information cases are open and shut. Throw in lynch on the tarmac.
If an overweight black woman says she was talking about golf, that is the dog whistle for I am lying to you.
Found the donald and have been here ever since. Almost every day for the last 4.5 years
That’s absolutely crazy he used that verbiage. Also
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I was a Kennedy democrat since his election in 1960 because I helped my mom stump the party line during the campaign. I was in the Navy stationed on board a cruiser in Japan when JFK was assassinated. That kind of cemented the liberal into me until 1. I had made something for myself in the 90s and early 2000s and 2. my best friend of 30 years convinced me that in order to protect what I had built for myself, I had to bolster it all by adopting a conservative POV.
The differences are stark: before, I relied on the state, after, I relied on myself; now, I rely on the Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ.
Being a Kennedy democrat was okay, as he was trying to take down the bad guys. He was also very smart. If you haven't already, you need to read a book called "A Day in the Life of President Kennedy" by Jim Thorpe. Kennedy would read three huge newspapers front to back before breakfast, and he could remember all of it if you wanted to discuss an article.
Trump was that type of democrat and only put the R after his name so he would have a chance against Hillary.
There's the craziest part about people like Kennedy they can read through 3 newspapers And answer any questions about any article. They're not even reading the entire article or the entire newspaper. These are extremely smart people that are on the spectrum before they even knew there were such a thing as the spectrum. I have a daughter that's the same way She can take a book that takes most people 3 weeks to read and do it in 25 minutes And get an a plus on the essay Because of how smart they are in her case she can read the 1st sentence in every paragraph and the last sentence in every paragraph I and understand exactly what's in the middle of the paragraph. Kennedy, trump, Cruz Have those kind of smarts.
Sounds like you ditched the false God of gubmint.
Indeed- I had questions while in the Navy about the Gulf of Tonkin "incident" as it almost drew the ship I was on back to Japan when it occurred-we were on the way back stateside for refit- a few months later, when I was in the radio room, we got a radioman 3rd from the USS Maddox and he looked really apprehensive and hollow eyed. I later deduced he was given the riot act in the form of signing the NDA secrets act.. From that time on, every crisis involving Naval vessels I looked at with a skeptical mind.. from that, ANY crisis...
76 years old and have a resting heart rate of 50-55.You could say I've seen some shit in my time... 😁
I grew up in a foster family. was the Alex P. Keaton in my Democrat family. They supported Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy.
Then I meet my biological parents. Meet my siblings.
Conservatives…All of us.
That’s super interesting. They’ve done a lot of twin studies on things like that. My family, grandpa was democrat because he was a teacher. And grandma was a republican so they fought like crazy over it. My dad is a liberal hippie, his brothers are Trump supporters. I guess I just want everyone to get along because none of them are better than the other, they’re all fantastic people with many flaws. They still fight just like their parents did. Total shitshow. 😭
LOL I hear you. My father was also a Kennedy Democrat and mom was a Republican. They would joke that they cancelled each others vote out. Half my family are Dem/liberals and the rest of us are Trump supporters and more on the conservative. During my father's later years in life, he slowly became Republican. Guess he woke up. They rarely talked politics, but I did learn a lot from my father's POV on politics and how he evolved.
Interesting
I’m just me. I think how I do and didn’t need a label to keep my thoughts in line. There’s a lot of pressure in calling oneself a democrat or republican. So do a little thought experiment: cultures change over time. If you were born in 1830 in the South, would you have been a slave owner? What if you were born a slave? What if you were born in 420 AD in Rome, which political caste would you be in? It would have nothing to do with the concepts around now. There are good people born into liberal families and bad people born into republican ones vice versa.
Truth is you would be molded by whatever culture you grew up in.
So I try to remove my cultural influences and be supportive to the people around me because my basic beliefs are that God has a plan for me. I’m here for a reason. If I was anything, I should live up to the expectations of whoever created me and that source of power is myriad of complexity.
There will one day be the last person alive, if you were alone, reflecting back on humanity, all of us, what would be your final thought?
Thats how I try to live my life. If I was the last person who owned the final thought I would show humility and gratitude for my experiences, without judgement on myself or anyone that lived before me. I do my best to honor the creative force behind God.
I actually feel the best when I’m in that zone so I try to foster coherence between us with respect that someone made you with love and great care. When people fight we definitely aren’t living up to God’s standards he clearly commanded us to do.
I was a California Democrat. I was asked why I didn’t like trump. As I tried to prepare to deliver verbal destruction I could not find any hard data to support my conclusions. Nobody wants to look like an idiot on a forum. I could not come up with anything that would hold up if I was trying to destroy someone. That is why when you see the left in interviews get angry and stomp off. They could not just like I could not. Watch any video when someone on the left is asked their faces go blank and they get even angrier. It’s easier for them to take away your first amendment rights than to do critical thinking about themselves.
The nail in the left for me was watching comey stand in front of the world and Say we did not charge her because she did not mean to anything wrong. Classified information cases are open and shut. Throw in lynch on the tarmac.
If an overweight black woman says she was talking about golf, that is the dog whistle for I am lying to you.
Found the donald and have been here ever since. Almost every day for the last 4.5 years
What you describe is exactly what happened to me. 11 years for me.