How partisan are you?

[Love_Spell_6]

Originally posted by cashmoney
This sentence leaped out at me. What exactly do you mean when you say "but then I grew up", and what exactly changed you? I'm only asking because you're insinuating that while you were young and dumb, so to say, you felt more connected to the democratic party but now you're older and more set in your ways so now you lean towards the conservative side. That in itself would imply that as people age they have a tendency to resent change as they get older and "grow up." I'm guessing that what you ment is that while you were younger social issues are what drove you to relating to the democratic party but as you got older economic issues are what ultimately changed you. Am I right?

Thanks for asking this question. But you opened a can of worms

When I was young and dumb, admittedly I kinda went with the flow and did what was expected of me. If you're black, you're Democrat and to even think otherwise means you're a sellout. I never went issue-by-issue to see if I really believed in the ideals of the party, I just voted that way because thats what was expected of me...and further, to agree with a Republican in the black community is like officially having your allegiance to your race questioned...as has been demonstrated Over and Over again on GC. I really didn't do the research. I felt like the world owed me something and that the government should be there to bail you out whenever you fall on hard times. I believed that one persons morals didnt affect the whole, and was no one's business. I was a typical liberal...
You made the comment that my getting older and changing my views had something to do with me being set in my ways and/or resistant to change, and thats not true. I looked at the issues and realized where I stood...once I learned a little more about life and the course I wanted my own to take. Most of what I believe lines up with the Republican party. The reason I say I grew up..is because it takes a strong person to follow through on what you believe even if it means being ridiculed and/or being an outcast. I am always surprised at how many black folks I talk to that believe the same way I do..but say "but I can't vote for no Racist Republican." That premise is so deeply ingrained in my community. I am a firm believer of if you work hard in the USA, you will reap the benefits...and there's nothing liberal about that...IMO

[Love_Spell_6]

Originally posted by Pike1483
Well, I don't want to put words into anyone's mouth, but I think we can assume by the phrase "but then I grew up" probably means got a job and started paying taxes.

Thats only a part of it...

Originally posted by cashmoney

My point exactly. And thats what I have a problem with, that in itself gives an impression that republicans aren't really concerned with social issues as we are with economis issues....and thats not entirely true.

Well if thats how someone feels you shouldn't really have a problem with it...but for moi, social issues are a VERY big concern..I'd go so far as to say equally as important as economic issues

[cashmoney]

Love, would it be safe to say that you're a moderate? I'm only asking because you seem like you're on the same level as I am, we relate more to the republican party but at the same time we don't share the same social beliefs as say the ultra-conservative right does.

[Rudey]

I'm moderate so I'm not.

-Rudey

[Love_Spell_6]

Originally posted by cashmoney
Love, would it be safe to say that you're a moderate? I'm only asking because you seem like you're on the same level as I am, we relate more to the republican party but at the same time we don't share the same social beliefs as say the ultra-conservative right does.

yep that'd be safe to say. extreme left wing or right wing folks are kinda nutty lol

[sugar and spice]

Hahahhahahaha okay this thread is cracking me up.



ETA: I'm a moderate too!