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Puzzledtraveller

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3. I was pretty conservative up until the past few years
Thu Feb 14, 2013, 12:48 PM
Feb 2013

More of what conservative used to mean, and less what the far right and tea party represent. In fact it was their intractability and obstructionism that pushed me in this direction. I also started working as a caseworker and began to realize our problems are complex and cannot be solved with one liners and calls for cuts here, and cuts there with no idea of what they mean, or how they effect people or the economy. I have moved very far from the right on my view of war. I continue to move, though I'm not sure of the direction anymore on the use of drones and specifically the DOJ memo. My view of death penalty has changed. I still support 2nd Ammendment but think we need to hold gun owners responsible when their guns are used in the commission of a crime with and without their knowledge of course. So I guess it's been a process for me but uncertain what mental processes are involved in this transformation.

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