Politikz!
Reeed Aleeert!
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There's this
defense mechanism called "splitting" wherein one dichotomously separates characteristics of "friends" and "foes," typically aligning one's self with traits of "friends."
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We can use Josh Mandel's (OH) campaign platform as an example. Military, God, Guns, Trump... As a Republican Candidate, he gambled on defining the
bandwagon as such to cater to potential voters. A bandwagon is, for all practical purposes, a
narrative.
We do the same.
We define our "tribe" largely in our own self - image (pretty much like we do God).
Truth is, it's a pretty wide, diverse spectrum being myopically viewed through (
really dumb) preconceived versions of "left" and "right..."
There are lots of left - wing folks who are avid shooters, believe me...
...in MS.
They're every bit as "American" as you and I.
I really hope they don't nuke this post, or shut down this thread as it does have to do with "gun" rights.
I feel the need to say something about this last statement.
Folks the "left" is changing, and we all have seen it from the other side of the isle. Thing is they are seeing it as well. There is this "new left" that we hear so much about. These are the people that are driving away people like Rubin and Maher, they still have some pretty "left" points of view, Bill Maher has even said I have not changed one single thing I believe, it is the left that has changed. It is all this woke stuff mostly and if you are not all in you are the enemy. They are driving away their own.
I love the below clip as it is solid proof of what they are doing.
And if those left wing shooters are up front and honest about their shooting hobby they will be eaten alive by the new voice of the D party. Just like they are with the video I posted up. The same thing is happening with the shooting group, they are being driven out of the party, and most are drifting to the Libertarian side of things. Most people have a hot issue, I would be most of us here it is the 2A, some people it might be abortion, or the border, the issue is you generally don't find one party that lines up with your total views, so you might be for the 2A and you might also think abortion should be legal. That puts you right in the middle of two different parties, now it is up to you to choose what is the BIG issue to YOU. And you vote that single issue. Some of the people the left is tossing aside will hold their nose and push D, others might do the same and hit R, most will just not cast a vote. And if 2000 mules holds just a sliver of truth that is no big deal to the D's.
As to your "lefty" shooting buddies, and I also have a few, one is even a cop and works with me. For a joke I put a trump 2020 sticker in with his patch collection. He put a biden sticker on my PC, we have fun kidding back and forth, but he is really in a spot, the defund the police thing really made him open his eyes, he has been a cop longer then I have worked with him, he is younger then I by a few years, but I would call an old timer.
These I call them Kennedy dems. are really at a loss, and what we need to do is have good talks with them, not at them. He sees the crazy of the new D party and it is starting to open his eyes. Guns, trans, border, drug deaths are all starting to hit us really hard, and all are part of the policies his party supports.
Guns are just a small part of it all....but they are a part.