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.

This post was edited by wh0racLe on Oct 15 2020 03:55pm

Apology accepted. Unfortunately WidowMaker died before Trump was elected.

This post was edited by thundercock on Oct 15 2020 03:48pm

The older I get the further to center i move

This line made me lol.

I think the "you'll eventually be conservative" probably applies broadly because society is always changing, and older people will naturally wish for it to be the way it was. I'm interested in truth and I think as I grow older I always get closer to it. If that involves falling neatly into an ideological group, you probably did it wrong.

Went from 'quite' left wing to 'a bit' left wing in a gradual process that started from the point I finished university, but it's more complex than that.

The biggest change is that I'm more switched on to policies with greater importance like national security a potential government's economic philosophy, while being less caught up in stuff that doesn't matter much (gay marriage, for instance).

The sad thing is that it's more likely than not Widow would be a 2020 Trump voter.

I think he would have eventually drank the Kool-aid through the Ukraine scandal. With COVID though, I think he would have admitted that Trump is completely incompetent.

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

This post was edited by nobrow on Oct 15 2020 04:14pm

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

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