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February 23, 2005
Why do I hate Republicans?
Fundamentally if you use the traditional definition of a Republican, there is nothing I even dislike about being a Republican. Generally I've always been anti-Political, because I've never been happy with the status quo. Ultimately I would vote for anyone who was ready to try something new. I fundamentally believe that there is always a better way to do everything. Another important part of my personality that helps makes me such a ruthless opponent, was that my early exposure to religion was a hostile interaction. I've always been a gifted individual and in my youth I functioned at levels two and three times my chronological age. I instinctively challenged ideas and notions that I was suppose to accept blindly, and sin upon sin I saw hypocrisy for what it was. At that age I was ruthlessly literal. It wasn't until years later when I worked closely with some campus ministers that I was presented the information like they were presented it in college, that I finally came to a point of tolerance of religion and religious ideology. Finally, I've modeled my entire life off of Renaissance thinkers. I've lived my life trying to become an intellectual jack of all trades. I avoid all the false barriers put up by the uneducated that generated the perception of special abilities they truly don't possess. I've been and probably always be a strong believer in Natural Law, that inside human beings lies a doorway to fundamental truth. I add in evolutionary worldview on top of that, and you end up with a belief that working together we can find truth, and by teaching each other what we know and understanding we can move towards a more fundamental truth. Which leads to a collectivist mindset, working together we can solve problems.
So you're probably asking how these things put me at odds with Republicans. Well all these notions fly in the face of some pretty heavy duty Republican ideals. My collectivist notions put me at odds with the business part of the party. My faith in reason and education puts me fundamentally at odds with the Neo-Christian fundamentalists that make the core of the party. Finally my dislike of the status quo puts me odds with the Neo-Conservative core of the party. So pretty much everything fundamental to who I am puts me at odds with nearly the entire Republican party. Only the Fiscal Conservatives aren't enemies at first sight. But most of them use Neo-Con or Neo-Christian hate as the core of their justifications so that usually ends them up on my enemy list as well. Now if you want to know what radicalized me, well that would be the Neo-Christian assault on everything I believe in. The assault on the education system to indoctrinate children into their hate filled ideologies, I look on that the same way I look at child molesters. Anyone that seeks to harm a child is beyond redemption as far as I'm concerned, and even the mention of it forces me to act to protect them. Second I always believe the best thing about yesterday is that it's over, my only concern is about tomorrow and what I can do today to make it better. The notion that anything that happened in the past is worth striving towards is beyond offensive and yet the Neo-Conservatives scream hysterically that we MUST return to the hate and failures of the past to "save" America. Finally the efforts to allow business interests to grow and control our government and country without regulation is horrifying to me. Corporate corruption is such a norm now, that it's considered business as usually. With Enron writing Bush's entire energy policy and Micro$oft being let off the hook for its criminal behavior, I realized that the Republican party had moved beyond redemption. Mind you, I'm not overly pleased with the Democrats either. Right now I'm forced to select between lesser evils.
Posted by ManDrake at February 23, 2005 11:53 AM
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One day you will realise that enemy is oneself and like a logical computer you will destroy yourself for not being perfect; however, we are all sinners and fall short of perfection.
Is you snow clean enough to make snow cone icecream?
Posted by: lonepine at February 24, 2005 9:00 PM