I was raised in a democrat household.  In fact, much of my family are still democrats.  It still baffles me to this day when I talk with my parents and they express being against abortion, they are religious and they complain about being taxed too much.  I had some of my family out on my property a month or so ago, and they had fun shooting some of the guns that I have... even the ones that are considered "assault weapons".

As a young kid, I was basically taught "democrats good, republicans bad".  It wasn't until I joined the military at age 23, got married and started a family that I really started paying attention to politics.  I started saving and investing for my family's future at a late time (around age 30) while I was still in the military.  I started to see how republican policies were generally better and more sound for me.  This was around the mid 80's early 90's.

Lately I've seen both parties for the most part move farther left/right, the most extreme (in my opinion) being the left.  I can remember a time when being gay was a "stigma" rather than "celebrated" (I don't have a problem with people choosing their lifestyle, I do have a problem when it's shoved in my face).  I remember a time where getting pregnant while in high school carried a stigma.  I remember a time when people at a young age knew their gender and knew which bathroom to use.  I remember a time when religion was respected, even if one didn't chose to practice that religion (and no, this isn't a religious discussion).

I'm kind of a "history buff" and I appreciate monuments of all kind.  I am very much against changing the names of schools or taking monuments down just because the origin of those namesakes might be from the Confederacy during the Civil War.  It's HISTORY.  Heck, Jacksonville is named after none other than Andrew Jackson, a slave owner.  He also did far worse in trying to remove the Native Americans from land that was rightfully theirs to begin with.  I bring this up because it infuriates me that the left today is trying to erase the history of this area.

I consider myself conservative or perhaps libertarian.  I don't like many of our democrat politicians and many of our republican politicians are not any better.  I do my best and use my head rather than social media to make my decisions.

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