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Your #Walkaway story, or reason.

Kobie said:
Given that literally the only people I’ve seen discuss #walkaway are raving wingnuts, I tend to agree with this assessment.
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I've also noticed that. Only die-hard Trumpers bring it up.
 
Acadia said:
You expect the MSM to cover it?:lamo
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Not necessarily, but when the only people talking about it are committed Trumpers, it gets the same cred as a Trump tweet. Less than zero.
 
My #walkaway story?

Since like '95 I was a registered Republican. I listened to Rush Limbaugh as much as possible, I had his books and carried them prominently around school. I certainly hated Clinton, but man did I love Bob Dole. I voted straight Republican back when that was a thing you could do. I was in College Republicans and everything like that.

I supported George W. Bush in his primary. I really liked what he was running on, smaller government and no nation building. I voted for him in the main election and was quite happy when he won.

Then...well then he basically started doing all the things he said he was against, including nation building and got us into our Infinity War. We saw the rise of aggressive government against the People under him under the guise of fighting terrorism. So I walked away from the GOP, never to return. They are not the party I had thought they were. They did not fight for The People, they did not strive for small, controlled, and reasoned government.
 
Oborosen said:
I have been meaning to put this up for a few days and finally managed to get to it after finding a space in my usual work schedule.
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I hate to break it to you, but yes, this hashtag is basically bull****.

People switch parties all the time, for all sorts of reasons. The idea that this is suddenly a new thing is a creation of the Far Right Echo Chamber and/or Russian bots.

In fact, Democrats have had stronger party identification than Republicans for decades almost every year since the early 90s, while Independents are the only growing group right now. Pew's numbers on party identification:

1992:
D = 36%
R = 29%
I = 32%

Peaks:
D in 2008 = 38%
R in 2005 = 33%
I in 2017 = 37%

2017:
D = 33%
R = 26%
I = 37%

But hey, why let a pesky thing like facts get in the way, when anecdotes are so much fun? :mrgreen:
 
Acadia said:
Do you consider Brandon Straka a raving wingnut?
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Absolutely. There are only two possibilities. He is either a raving wingnut, or he's a "useful idiot". Do you seriously deny that? If you do, then the same options apply to you.

See, this is what I'm talking about. It's like a cult. You leave and you're demonized, maligned and attacked.
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That's exactly the word to describe people like you who are willingly being used by a hostile foreign power to undermine the American system (in general) and western-style democracies (in general).

#walkaway is not a Russian bot operation
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Yes, it is. And you are one of Putin's "useful idiots". Congratulations. I am sure that your parents and grandparents would be very proud of you.

Real Americans are sharing their real stories, and when they are attacked and labeled as 'bots' by the Left's "resistance", I think it only reinforces their decision.
It's like leaving Scientology.
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"Americans"? Sure. But "Real" is debatable. These are Americans who are closer to traitors and seditionists than patriotic. That's the sad truth. But we REAL Americans will survive this scourge on our country, just as we have survived others like it, before.
 
<alt>doxygen said:
I've also noticed that. Only die-hard Trumpers bring it up.
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I feel like a lot of these #WalkAway people are not being truthful. It doesn't make sense to me that someone, who claims to be a liberal, and to have held liberal beliefs, can somehow do an entire 180 on that, over the course of such a small amount of time. It doesn't make logical sense to me.

I don't like the Democratic Party, but that doesn't mean I'm going to compromise my liberal beliefs in the process.
 
Stage IV TDS:(
 
TheGoverness said:
I feel like a lot of these people are not being truthful. It doesn't make sense to me that someone, who claims to be a liberal, and to have held liberal beliefs, can somehow do an entire 180 on that, over the course of such a small amount of time. It doesn't make logical sense to me.
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Have you read or watched any testimonials? The overarching theme seems to be complete disgust with Democratic leadership, liberal tactics, hate and ugliness, not that people suddenly turn anti-abortion or the like.
 
Acadia said:
Do you consider Brandon Straka a raving wingnut?
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OH NO. The Democrats have lost Brandon Straka now???






Who the **** is Brandon Straka?
 
By the time I was old enough to register to vote I had at least a sneaking suspicion that both parties were nuts. Back then, they both seemed to have some good ideas, but the coalitions they had and some of the party planks disgusted me. I never registered as anything but Indie/NPA.

You can't #walkaway from something you've never associated with.
 
Acadia said:
Have you read or watched any testimonials? The overarching theme seems to be complete disgust with liberal tactics, hate and ugliness, not that people suddenly turn anti-abortion or the like.
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Exactly my point. It make absolutely no sense to me, to somehow be a liberal on a bunch of different viewpoints, but because of a few issues on the left, somehow just flip to the right like a flip of a switch. It's ridiculously unbelievable.

I have my problems with the Left, especially concerning things like identity politics. But that does not mean that I'm just going to abandon all of my liberal beliefs because I don't like what some liberals do. Probably because I'm actually being honest about it. None of these people's hard shift from the Left to the Right strike me as genuine at all, sorry.
 
Acadia said:
Well, I'd expect nothing less than character assassination from the Left.
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How is listing some facts about Brandon, character assassination? Are you saying his claim to fame as two acting credits is something that "Assassinates" his character?

I expected that instead of basically saying "Nuh Uh!" really earnestly, you'd instead back your position that Brandon Straka is an authority we should all respect and agree with. Why did you not do that?

Looks like a sad appeal to authority either way. You appear to be listening to the propaganda, and it appears to have worked.
 
Ikari said:
My #walkaway story?

Since like '95 I was a registered Republican. I listened to Rush Limbaugh as much as possible, I had his books and carried them prominently around school. I certainly hated Clinton, but man did I love Bob Dole. I voted straight Republican back when that was a thing you could do. I was in College Republicans and everything like that.

I supported George W. Bush in his primary. I really liked what he was running on, smaller government and no nation building. I voted for him in the main election and was quite happy when he won.

Then...well then he basically started doing all the things he said he was against, including nation building and got us into our Infinity War. We saw the rise of aggressive government against the People under him under the guise of fighting terrorism. So I walked away from the GOP, never to return. They are not the party I had thought they were. They did not fight for The People, they did not strive for small, controlled, and reasoned government.
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This makes more sense to me than the rest of these #WalkAway people. Unlike your story, the people that were apparently liberals, decided to flip a switch immediately, and abandon all of their left-leaning principles. If that's the case, then they were never genuine in their beliefs whatsoever.
 
TheGoverness said:
Exactly my point. It make absolutely no sense to me, to somehow be a liberal on a bunch of different viewpoints, but because of a few issues on the left, somehow just flip to the right like a flip of a switch. It's ridiculously unbelievable.

I have my problems with the Left, especially concerning things like identity politics. But that does not mean that I'm just going to abandon all of my liberal beliefs because I don't like what some liberals do. Probably because I'm actually being honest about it. None of these people's hard shift from the Left to the Right strike me as genuine at all, sorry.
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Again, have to read or viewed them tell their stories?
I believe they are real and deeply offended and turned off by the Left's lurch towards radicalism, socialism, more law enforcement hatred and open borders, only to name a few.
I understand that most will not walk away, but bastardizing the movement isn't helpful.
I would want to know what disaffected members' grievances are, but that's me.
 
TheGoverness said:
This makes more sense to me than the rest of these #WalkAway people. Unlike your story, the people that were apparently liberals, decided to flip a switch immediately, and abandon all of their left-leaning principles. If that's the case, then they were never genuine in their beliefs whatsoever.
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I responded as sort of a joke, because I knew what was being referred to was this current "movement" of Democrats leaving the party. But most who walk away try to find a party that better fit their political ideology, which is why I end up voting libertarian more often than not. Can't not vote, and can't vote Republocrat.

But I think as others have pointed out, this current #walkaway is a Russian Bot meme.
 
TheGoverness said:
This makes more sense to me than the rest of these #WalkAway people. Unlike your story, the people that were apparently liberals, decided to flip a switch immediately, and abandon all of their left-leaning principles. If that's the case, then they were never genuine in their beliefs whatsoever.
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It's quite something to assume that your party could do anything and only the non-believers would walk away.
 
Acadia said:
Again, have to read or viewed them tell their stories?
I believe they are real and deeply offended and turned off by the Left's lurch towards radicalism, socialism, more law enforcement hatred and open borders, only to name a few.
I understand that most will not walk away, but bastardizing the movement isn't helpful.
I would want to know what disaffected members' grievances are, but that's me.
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I've seen and read enough to get the jist of the "movement". Not one of these so-called "ex-liberals" strike me as genuine with their flip.
 
Acadia said:
Again, have to read or viewed them tell their stories?
I believe they are real and deeply offended and turned off by the Left's lurch towards radicalism, socialism, more law enforcement hatred and open borders, only to name a few.
I understand that most will not walk away, but bastardizing the movement isn't helpful.
I would want to know what disaffected members' grievances are, but that's me.
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It's not movement... it's a pr campaign to attract democratic voters... people should always vote their conscience regardless of party IMO..
Your here to engage in jingoism wrapped in a left vs right tribaility.
 
Acadia said:
It's quite something to assume that your party could do anything and only the non-believers would walk away.
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First of all, strawman. Not what I said. Second of all, the Democrats are not my party. What is with all these people that think that if you're liberal, you have to "belong" to the Democratic Party? I don't.
 
Acadia said:
It's quite something to assume that your party could do anything and only the non-believers would walk away.
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I don't know anybody that is assuming anything of the kind.
That has nothing to do with the fact that the walkaway movement is not a movement at all. It's a paid troll disinformation psyop.
It's bullcrap.

 
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