People always want to put labels on other people. Hell, we even do it to anything else we can think of. The only box I want to be put into is the TARDIS, you find me a fully functional one and I'll jump in there so fast you'll think I went through time.
This rant starts because I mentioned that I'm politically conservative to someone and they assume that I'm a Republican. Or I mention that I'm an atheist and they assume that I'm a liberal.
My politics are a weird blend of conservatism/libertarianism/constitutionalism. I think that the constitution we started with was pretty good, just a few tweaks and it was damn good. Then politicians started adding I don't know how many other laws, I guess that politicians get paid by the law. I'm conservative, and I do believe that I'm more conservative than most Republicans, because I don't think we need to add laws just because I have a pen.
The whole gay marriage argument is a perfect example. I think that if two or more consenting legal adults want to get married then they should be able to. I didn't say allowed because I don't think we should have laws that say you can't do something (unless it truly hurts someone) just because someone doesn't like it. The original marriage laws were flawed; they should have been written without any reference to gender then we wouldn't have this argument at all.
Another difference I have with the GOP is abortion. I am pro life and I think that if you're old enough to have sex then you're old enough to give birth. In cases of rape I would like the mother to give birth to the child but I couldn't ask a woman to spend 40 weeks when every pregnancy symptom makes her think of him. Politically speaking I'm pro choice because it's none of my business what someone else does. But again, we are at a point of why does the government have any say in someones life? I don't like the government saying you can't because then what's to keep them from saying you can't about something else? The government is like a brat, you can't give in to their incessant whining and tantrums or they'll just do it more. And like a brat they need to be punished for their "bad choices".
Another big issue is drugs. Many liberals and libertarians want to legalize drugs. I grew up in a heavy drug neighborhood and I've worked in bars for close to 30 years. I still say to not legalize drugs. Pot is a gateway drug, even if the pothead doesn't want to try something else his dealer will mix the pot with something else. If the dealer is cutting costs (using a filler) or putting another drug into the pot (lacing with acid/lsd/or I don't know what these pills do, let's try it on the next customer), the user will be the one that pays the price. I'll be the first to say that some of our drug laws are insane, look at what happens to someone with a small personal amount of pot in their car compared to someone drinking and driving. I've seen too many people get away with murder because they had a "disease" (alcoholism). My opinion and thoughts on the drug war is another post though.
You might say that I'm more libertarian than anything else. I disagree, I think that some ideology hijacked the Republican party into something that the Founding Fathers would have considered their bastard child.
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