Sometimes I think my political “views” often alienate me from my friends (I parenthesize views because there are plenty of things I disagree with Republicans on, but I find them right more often than not. Yet, if I say to someone “I am a Republican” they most likely start an anti-Bush, pro-gay marriage, pro-abortion, Obama-is-going-to-save-the-world, pro-something else that doesn’t really matter argument with me.) Then I read something like this and feel better.
Likewise, most of the people who identify themselves as anti-establishment individualists are almost always the ones voting for more government intervention, more government control. They believe they are against ‘the man,’ but they almost never meet a problem they don’t think should be solved by, well, more ‘the man.’ People who claim to love the poor almost always favor policies that prevent the creation of wealth and jobs, the only two things that have ever consistently elevated men out of poverty. People who claim to be the most tolerant are almost always hostile to any opinion other than their own. People who believe themselves to be the most color blind and supportive of racial integration seem to be most in favor of holding people to different standards of accomplishment and conduct based on the color of their skin.
I’m as anti-establishment as it gets. I got kicked out of EIGTH GRADE. Think about that for a second. Eighth grade. Do you know how many virgins I knew in eighth grade? Fucking everyone because you are just a kid. Yet, I tend to agree with Republicans. Why? Because Republicans stay out of my fucking life and let me keep my money. That’s why.
