Quote (nobrow @ Oct 15 2020 06:08pm)

I've become more liberal. Being disabled for a good chunk of time helped with that and made me grateful for the social programs we have. If I didnt have the family I have I would've been totally fucked and have empathy for those who don't. People bitch about taxes but I don't mind paying them, but fuck corporate welfare. Capitalism is a great invention when allowed to function properly. Fortunately I am doing the best in life I ever have been.

/e also my industry experience in automating people away has pushed me to the left as well

Quote (wh0racLe @ Oct 15 2020 06:14pm)

Well I guess that is what happened with me. I always thought the left, we were the side of logic and reason. But now they just scream and yell buzzwords and won't have a debate.
They are not even in favor of free speech. Such as in college shouting down any lecturer. Pulling the fire alarm to shut down a speaker.. Labeling people as "alt right" who are centrists like jordan peterson. Cheering for people to get banned off youtube and social media for having right wing views. Etc.

Like on Reddit people used to debate there all the time. It was mostly a libertarian forum. But now they just ban people who are not left leaning and its become an echo chamber

Quote (proccy @ Oct 15 2020 06:15pm)

my views have hardly changed at all. if anything i'm a classic liberal. However, the "left wing" has become so radicalized in the past 5 years that I've been rejected by my own parties

Quote (IceMage @ Oct 15 2020 05:22pm)

What happened to you?



So you're focusing on the most ridiculous leftists instead of dealing with the serious ones who put forth rational arguments?

Quote (wh0racLe @ Oct 15 2020 05:46pm)

I dont know if anyone here remembers me but I used to post on this board a ton back in 2008/2009.
I was a far-left socialist/communist and I argued against right wingers all the time (Such as WidoWMaker_MK)

Anyways people told me "When you grow up more, you'll become more right wing" and I thought that was bullshit. But you were all totally right and I am now a far-right nationalist.
So I want to apologize to all the people I argued against here when I was a punk kid.

edit: Also I used to be an atheist and posted a lot in those type of threads but I'm a Christian now.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 15 2020 05:29pm)

Settled into my current views probably around 21-24. Prior to that I would say I was too dumb and immature to have solidified views--like most really.

Far left views about how the world is unfair and we need a revolution and other dumb shit like that are essentially people not fully developed yet. It's similar to a 14 year old girl crying about how the world is unfair that her dad won't let her past out 9pm.

Far-right views about racial purity/racism etc are also dumb and dying out. The latter of these two honestly is much less prevalent though, at least publicly.

Quote (IceMage @ Oct 15 2020 03:25pm)

That's why those dastardly socialists chose Joe Biden to represent them.

Quote (thesnipa @ Oct 15 2020 04:48pm)

The older I get the further to center i move