I might be considered a lurker, I don't comment often, and I realized that the last time I posted a full-blown diary, I was 17 years old. So here I am, a little older, maybe a little smarter, here to report on my political journey and my observations of the political world of the last few years.
It was just the other day, I felt as if I was finally able to articulate my beef with modern American politics, across the spectrum. I have done a lot of philosophical exploration over the last few years, and I have talked to people of many, many, many political persuasions, from crust-punk anarchists to tea-party Republicans. While this has helped me be more able to accurately describe my own political philosophy, it has convinced me thoroughly of a ubiquitous problem in our political atmosphere, left, right and center: despair. Lefties heads exploding at every corner, decrying Democrats as 'sellouts', righties heads exploding over gun rights and taxes, people all along the political lines moping over just about every issue that has come into the public discourse.
As I said, my conversations with people of various political persuasions have helped me ground my own: I am a Democrat, I support President Obama, but most importantly, I am fundamentally optimistic.
To address the pessimism I have seen within our community here, I have decided to create this occasional diary series, which I have titled "Ask A Millenial: 'Dun worry, itz all gon b k", in hoping that I may help sew a few seeds of positivity here. If you're feeling the "orange blues," and want to cheer up, follow me below the orange lozenge.
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