Quote (Skinned @ Apr 19 2022 09:04am)
Fighting what war? I primarily work in mental health and my primary war is against a completely broken healthcare and social welfare system that dehumanizes the people for whom I advocate and help problem solve things in their life. Most of them are their own worse enemy. I garden a lot, I have a collection of Japanese Maple Trees, and I've added a dozen weeping and upright cherry blossoms to my property. I'm an aquarist and I have added apistogramma hongsloi to my community tank and I think they're about to breed. I talk about political things I'm interested in on the internet, often playing devil's advocate and exploring positions I'm considering but just exploring with people whom I love to engage who think we're really fighting real battles here.
You definitely don't see where I'm coming from, because I'm not actually fighting a war of any sort. I want services for sure for what I spend on government. I spend a lot of government, so I have an opinion on how I want governed, which I express with a vote. Would I rather not be governed? Well it costs me several hundred dollars a week this year for federal taxes and my return was negative again so I own them another few hundred bucks. My property taxes are over $500 a month. So if I find out that my government is spending my money to harass people instead of keeping the sewers going I get the ass.
But you're on sides lol. We're not on anyone's side. The people of the Republican party don't give a fuck about you, they aren't on your side, you're not on their side as much as the Democratic party gives a fuck about me or is on my side. Voting on qualified individuals is way more important. I've voted for Kasich 2x and I will vote for Dewine unless he starts carpet bombing abortion clinics. I support Sherrod Brown and will vote for him again. I've voted for Steve Chabot multiple times for Congress district 1 Ohio because he helped me out when I was in the military, but I've voted for Steve Dreihaus the year he held that office because he was talented. I always vote mix tickets; I doubt many others here have my meritocratic voting philosophy. I'm on a political party's side as much as I'm on the side of Levi jeans and Adidas shoes or Taco Bell. Actually I'm more on the side of Taco Bell than the DNC.
war as in war