Background: I am a 29 year old white male born in the panhandle of Florida. I have been lurking about on dailykos for almost a year now, ever since I saw this website vilified on fox. I've become hooked. I do not always agree but I have come to appreciate the open forum I find here.
Over the course of the past 7 years, my self-described ideology has changed from Republican to Libertarian. My friends say I'm a Liberal now, but to many here at dailykos that would be laughable if they knew my positions. I am on the verge describing myself at parties as a conservative democrat in public, and back home in the panhandle that can make discussions about politics difficult.
My conservative friends think I've joined a personality cult because I have become an active supporter of Barak Obama. I wanted to share the email that I sent out to defend myself and hopefully convince them to think for themselves and stop listening to divisive rhetoric.
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