ROB wrote:Alphabet wrote:Well, we aren't a two party state.
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Laugh all you want. In my entire adult life, I've voted my conscious. Never went to sleep feeling like I sided with the lesser of evils.
Maybe more than once here my mouth got a bit loud. I'll take that L all day long. At the same time, I have done things for both sides of the aisle, because I hoped to create a balance. That balance is gone now. Myself....I've spent more time instructing journalists and aid workers on how to survive in some shithole, despite me knowing they fucking hate me, than I have the fat cat defense companies.
We've been laughed at. Looked down upon. Called whatever pejorative one wishes to use. Perot got dogpiled. Paul did as well. By both sides. Tulsi Gabbard got absolutely fucking steamrolled because she wasn't far left enough.
Cool. I'm close enough to going ghost that I really don't give a fuck. I'm turning down gigs from the media and govt alike. Not a brag. I'm just done. So are a lot who are like me.
You, and I don't men you personally Rob...I'm speaking in general...Have screwed the pooch one too many times. Isn't easy for me to do, because I believe in a firmly centrist position, and I also firmly believe that the punk rock kids in journalism need a protected voice. But when they start hitting their guard dogs over the head?
Nope. Bye. Good luck.