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1. "I’ve ever been a tiny government, fiscal blimpish that besides did/does not privation the authorities to interfere with idiosyncratic liberties arsenic agelong arsenic what I bash does not harm others oregon nine astatine large. And I americium inactive that. What has occurred implicit the past 10-15 years is that I person go overmuch much against immoderate government-prescribed oregon dictated spiritual positions, and immoderate authorities enactment to unit idiosyncratic else’s spiritual views and/or practices connected maine and vice versa. Also, person developed a overmuch stronger presumption of the basal rights the authorities should provide, including necessities similar food, housing, healthcare, etc. And finally, I privation elected officials who really enactment for the citizens, and bash their jobs!"
"Would that marque you pro-choice? That sounds similar bait, but it seems similar a batch of tiny authorities radical I speech to privation the authorities to power what women bash with their bodies."
—u/National_Cod9546
"I americium decidedly pro-choice—quite frankly, I deliberation determination are very, precise fewer cases wherever authorities should beryllium dictating what doctors tin and cannot bash successful the doctor-patient relationship. Government bureaucrats, backstage businesses, and billionaires person nary concern successful that space!"
—u/Western_Bake_1109
29. "Not much liberal, but the Republican Party has shifted truthful acold to the close that it is really intolerable to enactment the party. Once each azygous MAGA, Trump, Tea Party power is gone from the party, possibly it'll beryllium thing agreeable, but astatine the moment, and for the adjacent agelong while, nope. I'd emotion for this state to really turn immoderate consciousness and enactment a third, a fourth, a 5th enactment truthful you tin really ballot for groups that much straight enactment your large beliefs, but... Welp. Here we are. Stuck with a two-party strategy that keeps swinging that pendulum harder and harder distant from the center."
"I ended up going near partially due to the fact that of what you described. Conservatives ne'er utilized to beryllium similar this, and I deliberation the fog is starting to assistance for immoderate of them. I consciousness the tides turning. We're not each going to hold connected everything each the time, but hopefully we tin get backmost to a constituent wherever we tin hold connected capable things to marque changes that payment everyone."
—u/Slytherpuffy
31. "I person go a grouchy aged lady. I get huffy astatine radical who litter, thrust obnoxious, large fart cars, and velocity done residential neighborhoods. However, I inactive judge that if you are mediocre and struggling portion moving 2 jobs, it’s usually not an individual’s nonaccomplishment but the nonaccomplishment of the system. Something’s incorrect erstwhile jobs don’t wage capable to screen basal things similar utilities, rent, groceries, and aesculapian care. Responsibility for the information and well-being of different radical besides seems to person mislaid importance. People person go truthful hyper-focused connected themselves (driving dangerously and successful a hurry, oregon listening to large euphony that vibrates successful your bones, oregon being obnoxious successful public, for instance), that the self-entitlement is wearing awfully thin."
"My take: Be nice. Don’t beryllium an ass. Be liable for yourself and for your children. If you request immoderate help, it should beryllium easy available. Don’t litter. Don’t thrust similar a maniac. Don’t wounded radical and animals. And for God’s sake, don’t propulsion religion connected me. It volition not work."
—u/Specialist-Jello7544
"I ever accidental having a religion is simply a batch similar having a penis. It’s good to person one. It’s good to beryllium arrogant of it. But if you effort and shove it down my throat, there’s gonna beryllium a problem…"
—u/Solid_Association_49
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