As I watched the DNC this week i was so pissed every time i heard the boos or no more war chants when we really needed unity. I am a staunch Democrat that began by backing Bernie but am now wholeheartedly behind Hillary. On the night Hillary spoke and the chants were beginning in the background my anger was close to boiling over. Then it happened, my heart was into the emotion of the moment and i was pissed these people were making that commotion. At that moment my mind kicked in. When did i go from being the radical leftist that was railing against Reagan in the 80’s to this guy who was now getting angry with earlier versions of myself?
I have definitely evolved in life but my ideology is still that ultra liberal. I have just gone through the school of hard knocks regarding experiencing elections over the last 30 odd years. I have seen that it is almost impossible to elect a pure left leaning government in this country for many reasons which are out side of the control of this lefty. I have been disillusioned so much over the years. It has left me bitter.
In 2000 after killing myself for the Gore ticket, we were robbed. When i saw how the Nader vote was part of the reason we lost. Not the only one, Gore definitely had some to do with it as well. Regardless, since then a sort of firewall has gone up in me vowing never to have anything like that happen again. We had to endure 8 years of war and Bush policies that destroyed our country. This led to millions suffering more than they had to.
That is why I was so angry during the DNC. But my epiphany during Hillary’s speech made me remember my roots. I’m still furious at the disruptions but i must defend their right to disrupt. They were doing what they believed. I am anti war and agree that I want no more war. We as a party have to defend their right to dissent as we should not drown them out. Just because we are a majority in the party we should not shut out their voices. We’ll leave that to the other party. We are inclusive. I agreed with what they said, just not when they said it. It gave this false equivalency to the media and an opening to continue propping up this low life, no good for nothing, fraudster, piece of shit pervert Donald (Don the Con) scumbag Trump.
I may still get angry at those who disrupt my candidate and in my opinion help the opposition. I ask you to chill the fuck out and help us stop this maniac from becoming president. But if you choose not to i will defend your right to dissent and oppose the establishment with all my heart and soul. I ask you to help us win. Whether you do, or don’t I personally got your back, i will not criticize you. Where I grew up some times you disagreed with your peeps, but you never stop having their back, no matter what. Peace my brothers and sisters!