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Help, I’m Stuck In Political No Man’s Land
Polarization is bombarding me from both sides
I can’t be the only one that can’t stomach the thought of voting for either Biden or Trump in 2024. That is what I tell myself even if it doesn’t always feel true. But as the political trenches continue to race off in opposite directions to the left and the right, I have been left in a political no man’s land. And just like the no man’s land of World War I, it is a barren place filled with barbed wire, land mines, and continuous artillery strikes.
I used to be center right. I still consider myself to be a traditional conservative. Small government is the best government. Most tax dollars are wasted. The military is too big. Slow government is good because it can’t screw things up as fast.
Today’s “conservatives” shake their pom-poms for massive military spending, fast government if it means speeding towards gun proliferation and anti-LGBT legislation, and spending for their pet projects. I can’t get behind that.
Now, I am a political refugee. The center right is all but dead, and the center left is nowhere to be found.
In order to be considered a good righty in today’s America, I have to subscribe to the idea that teachers are groomers, that everyone should openly carry firearms, and that…
