bdt2002
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs superfan
I feel like I'm going to regret putting my foot in the door, but as someone who knows a lot of Republicans in real life, I wanted to voice my opinions on the state of the party.
Simply put, at least out near where I live, most Republicans seem to be sick of why politics seem so... just, extreme towards one side or the other. Our area tends to be of the belief that our country is in need of the healthy grey area between liberalism and conservatism, and while we can have our own ideologies and voting preferences, sometimes Republicans and Democrats need to both admit that compromises need made within the balance of power so one side doesn't become too out of hand.
The problem with modern-age conservatism as I see it is that an unfortunate number of Republicans don't seem to be getting that full picture. In a similar manner to how men and women may be willing to act like the other group is entirely the only group of the two at fault, I've found that the extremist Republicans are the ones that don't want to hold their party's mistakes accountable for their piece of the pie. I won't act like Democrats are off the hook here, either. It's just that, for the sake of the post I'm responding too, the modern Republican party doesn't exactly look appealing to younger voters who may be trying to make big decisions in their life for the first time. Even though most of my political preferences tend to be moderately conservative, I'm very bothered by the polarization being led by DeSantis and the state of Florida right now. The conservative parts of the media that do exist would rather die than admit this, but the drama in Florida serves as nothing but a disgrace to the Republican party, and anyone within said party who does not want their party to be seen in this way should feel embarrassed.
Simply put, at least out near where I live, most Republicans seem to be sick of why politics seem so... just, extreme towards one side or the other. Our area tends to be of the belief that our country is in need of the healthy grey area between liberalism and conservatism, and while we can have our own ideologies and voting preferences, sometimes Republicans and Democrats need to both admit that compromises need made within the balance of power so one side doesn't become too out of hand.
The problem with modern-age conservatism as I see it is that an unfortunate number of Republicans don't seem to be getting that full picture. In a similar manner to how men and women may be willing to act like the other group is entirely the only group of the two at fault, I've found that the extremist Republicans are the ones that don't want to hold their party's mistakes accountable for their piece of the pie. I won't act like Democrats are off the hook here, either. It's just that, for the sake of the post I'm responding too, the modern Republican party doesn't exactly look appealing to younger voters who may be trying to make big decisions in their life for the first time. Even though most of my political preferences tend to be moderately conservative, I'm very bothered by the polarization being led by DeSantis and the state of Florida right now. The conservative parts of the media that do exist would rather die than admit this, but the drama in Florida serves as nothing but a disgrace to the Republican party, and anyone within said party who does not want their party to be seen in this way should feel embarrassed.
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