I never really paid close attention to politics until the year 2020. Prior to 2020, I truly knew nothing. It was so bad that my parents would tell me to avoid political conversations with others. Basically, they knew that I would be making an ass out of myself. Over the last 10 years, I’d go visit a friend of mine that I met in college. I’d mention something ridiculous that I heard on the news and he’d say “liberals dude.” Honestly, I had no idea what he was talking about. You’re probably thinking that I’m 3 years old right about now, but I’m 43. I didn’t know the difference between a liberal and a conservative. All I knew was that there was a blue side and a red side. That’s it!! For example, if you would’ve asked me are liberals considered blue or red, I’d be guessing the answer. Anyway, enough of my ignorance.
This is my first post on this website in almost 9 years. If you look at some of the topics I wrote about, it might be easy for you to guess which side I lean towards. In February 2020, I was back at my friends house for dinner. This friend from college has known me for over 20 years. We met when I was 20 years old. Once again, I mentioned a topic that made me extremely angry and he says “liberals dude.” I asked him why he always says that and he gave me a brief history lesson that dated back to the Obama days. He then went on to say “you realize you’re conservative right?” I didn’t know what to say, but asked him to explain. He asked me my opinion on approximately 5 debatable topics and I went on to give my feedback. “Those answers you just gave all side with a conservative point of view” is what he said next. I’m not sure why it happened, but since that evening, I’ve been hooked to political news in this country.
My friend would always predict what the country would be like once democrats took over. The crap he mentioned was so outrageous that I’d tell him it’s impossible and people wouldn’t stand for that. He wouldn’t argue his point and just say “you’ll see.” Well, it’s now February 2022 and everything he said has come to fruition. Here’s some things that he predicted:
- The government will create policies to have control over you.
- Corporations will side with the president on all issues.
- Heads of giant social media platforms will side with the president on all issues.
- Sports franchises will side the the president on all issues.
- Small businesses will shut down.
- Hollywood and legacy media outlets will side with the president on all issues.
- LGBQT will gain traction and get their way on all matters.
- The country will become soft and too sensitive.
- Borders will be wide open for anyone to come into the US.
- Unemployment will rise.
- Taxes will increase for the middle class.
- Criminals will be living the high-life due to no repercussions for their actions.
- Murder rates will increase.
- People will find a way to blame everything in society on racism.
- The government will gain control over children and not their parents.
- Felony charges will become misdemeanors.
- Drugs will legalize in more states.
- Personal feelings will matter more than the actual facts.
- Personal opinions of like-minded individuals will cause hell for those who have a different opinion.
- Police across the country will become scapegoats.
- Foreign countries will become more powerful than the USA.
- Women and minorities will be given opportunities that they’re not qualified for and only because of what they look like.
- People will no longer accept accountability for their actions and blame others.
That’s all I can think of off the top of my head. Literally, every item listed above has or is currently happening in this country. Remember when I told my friend that there’s no way people will stand for it, well I was dead wrong. Considering 50% of the population think everything above is okay, drives me insane. When did people lose their common sense? Why do we support criminals in this country now? When did facts become obsolete in an investigation? Everyone only cares about themself and that’s it. I need to stop writing at this point because there’s too much going through my mind right now and I can’t focus on one topic…..