Its not so bad. Just continue to be your best and continue to improve. Be nice. Be generous, kind, caring, charitable. Go out of your way sometimes to be good to people.

Ive had a few concussions, been knocked out a few times, and 1 traumatic brain injury. (Accident prone). I know im forgetting a bunch, but I cant remember what im forgetting, so it doesn’t really affect me generally.

Ive had a fairly eventful life, at times exciting life. Ive been around the world. Done missionary work in Mexico and Peru, helping an orphanage building a well, visiting a youth jail in Mexico. Sailed thd Amazon river bringing medicine/water/supplies/bibles to different villages on the Amazon river. Er…

Thats all to say, if youre a good person and do good things, people will remember and can remind you again later if you forget!

Its dangerous to live shitty acting shitty treating people like shit AND have a bad memory. If you forget who you were shitty to and not watching your back thats trouble. Better to just be remembered as a good guy.

This b–ch just hungry…

Lemme try to explain my centrism… I just prefer to not talk about politics at all, similar to how I dont want to talk about celebrities. I dont have opinions on political stuff (as far as anyone knows) and i dont want any.

Its so divisive! I dont hate people or avoid people because of their opinions, but people do that quick. As soon as someone hears someone else has a different political opinion the actual hate starts! I dont want to be hated because I voted for someone… why should i be? I dont vote out of hate. I think the driver to vote for someone is because you think they will do the most good, not because they will do the most harm. give everyone a chance, I bet we could be friends even! I dont hate anyone because they voted one way or other, I just cant do it. I was taught to appreciate people for what is on the inside, and it takes time to learn what is actually inside someone.

Many people see R or D and suddenly think they know everything about that person because of the strawman characature that the media has painted for them. Please dont do that. Like “You can tell who’s the republican tho by just looking at them” You obviously haven’t gotten out that much because people are -if nothing else- dynamic. And youre right a lot of times there are “tells” that give away a person’s political stance, but thats usually after starting to talk to them. To prejudge on appearance alone is folly, truly. Matter of fact, judging someone because of their political views is folly too… we’re running low on love for each other and we need to pump it up.

It’s all very subjective. Believe what rings true

Emotions are unfortunately tied to certain political issues, thats the way it is. Some things’ll never change! Ah, but dont you believe them.

Why do you think people are “regurgitating propaganda” rather than describing their experiences?

Well, they do both. But its easy to recognize the propaganda when its regurgitated because its usually the same words or phrases used.

Skip it? It might not be until eternity, but they will reap what they have sown.

Thank you, I appreciate that thoughtful response. You’re on point in a few places. Like yes, politics are an important part of life and I shouldnt invalidate someone’s emotions about them… you put me in my place there, I concede. And maybe im not even centrist. I might be a libertarian.

Im not even who you assume me to be. But its ok. Im not worried about it

Yesh. Me too. What’s your point?

Well, I hear ya, and I dont deny sometimes its me being the asshole. But I think it mainly how divisive everything is these days. Like you can say 1 opinion and people think they know exactly who you are.

Dang, wow friend, you are on point in several places. First, thank you for responding in such a constructive manner and not devolving into ad hominem attacks. (which I can be guilty of sometimes).

when someone tells me they’re centrist it usually means they’re politically disengaged, indecisive and/or noncommittal which can be red flags when looking for a long term partner.

I think your on point here too. Kinda applies to me.

“You’ve attempted to describe women with liberal and conservative worldviews but have managed to do so in a fairly crass and dismissive way. This is actually kind of impressive since usually its one side describing the other in an unflattering manner but because you are “centrist” you’ve managed to berate both.”

This feels flattering. That was my intention, to denigrate equally. But maybe i shouldn’tdo that, it feels too cynical… seriously, I shouldnt do that, I should lift others up and not pull them down.

I find politics to be very important if not the most important factor in choosing a long term partner.

I dont believe that, but to each their own. I believe that they are important because what they represent, and what that they can tell us about a person. Its the moral implications of the policies that the politics enacted…

I dont know, Im super tired, have a migraine and need to stop this for now…

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Oh. Whatever…

What?

What truly identifies someone as republican or democrat? Does it boil down to who you voted for? Or a culmination of of conservative or liberal opinions?

Edit: I consider myself a centrist… ive voted in all the presidential elections, but ive never voted right or left, always 3rd party. I never like the options. I dont make big out of politics, its too annoying, and id like to find a girl that doesnt have extreme political views.

That said, there are pros and cons to dating someone on either side. Democrats girls… oh lord, they definitely can be more annoying about politics than the R girls. Oh they’ve usually slept with a LOT more people than R girls, and they’ve potentially had girlfriends in the past, thats fine though. R girls are much more pretentious. R girls can have more unrealistic views about “what a man should do”. They feel like if you dont follow some arbitrary rules, you are less masculine somehow. There is more byt im done.

Go with free speech. People usually get what they deserve, one way or another.

So, youre triggered by grammar*… lol

Not at all

It is, literally? And I dont believe in luck.

… if you up vote this, could you explain why? I dont get it… seems very drole and mundane.

You must be chronically ill… im sorry society has done this to you…