There seems to be some confusion so allow me to clear it up for you.
The Radical Left, a title I have heard when attached to me, are perhaps, not the vilified demons conservatives might think. Let me bullet point a few truths with regard to me, where we may differ from the conservatives view of our positions. I don’t presume to speak for every “rat bastid pinko” but feel I reflect the majority opinion.
- We do support our troops and grieve for those that have made the ultimate sacrifice of their lives. We acknowledge mistakes; that there were times when our troops should not have been sent into battle.
- We feel it is good for democracy to protest unjust laws that give authoritarian power to a limited few.
- We are not prone to phony acts of patriotism like challenging people to post a flag on Facebook then denigrate those that don’t. We believe our soldiers fought not for the flag, but the human rights our Flag represents.
- We believe it is necessary for corporations and billionaires to pay a fair share of taxes.
- We must teach our children the true history of the United States, good and bad, including slavery, treatment of indigenous people and methods of land expansion as “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana,
- We feel it is a national shame that in this land of plenty the USDA says 34 million people, including 9 million children, are “food insecure.”
- The 2020 presidential election was fair and the hundreds of millions of dollars spent trying to unsuccessfully promote a lie started by perhaps the most prolific liar in history, only weakens democracy is another shame on all of us.
I just thought of 10 more differences but the preceding 6 should be enough for conservatives to unfriend me. But let me close with lucky number 7:
7: My family, like many, is politically divided. But I truly love and respect many of my family and friends whose views are diametrically opposed to mine. But I cannot understand the thinking that anyone believes out of over 300 million people in The United States of America the best choice for President in a lying, twice impeached, indicted sociopathic narcissist who has cheated people through bankruptcy and frivolous lawsuits and wants to be president again so he can pardon all his friends and family that have been or will be convicted of crimes. And, of course, so he can be named Dictator for Life.
Is now a good time for me to ask to borrow money? Too soon?