Continued Liberal Blatherings

I wasn’t going to comment on this issue again so soon. The voting in Maine slightly irked me but I wasn’t really that bothered. However, then I was flipping through emails and found an invitation to this online town-hall where conservatives were answering questions from voters about the proposed “Obamacare” legislation.

I was about to delete it since I don’t participate in dumb meetings. However, when looking through the list of participants I saw some folks from the “American Family Association” were to be in attendance.

Rolling my eyes I decided to Google them.

This crap is finally starting to wear on me. It’s hard enough these days to support individual liberties over an ever-growing, ever-indebted, and ever-incompetent centralized government. Constantly being told that I’m a racist, an elitist, and entirely uninterested in the lives of regular Americans.

But really? I am feeling less and less interested in fighting with/for people who expressly view me as a threat to their way of life. They believe that old Jeffrey and I, all shriveled up, complaining about hemorrhoids, and filing a joint tax statement will infringe upon their dysfunctional marriages with anorexic children and philandering all around.

Here I am on the front lines. Living amongst the “enemy” constantly trying to explain why less government will allow us to live as we like. To take personal responsibility.

But I’m beginning to think that’s a lie. More and more, modern conservatives are fighting for a world that looks something more like Dubai than a Lockean paradise. A place where every person is free to do as they wish with their money. No one will tax us or burden us with regulation.

But at home we’re all being watched. We aren’t allowed to pray as we like, fuck as we like, ingest substances as we like, criticize as we like, or think as we like.

What’s strange is how counter-intuitive this all is. How can we fight for economic and health-care independence but then change the rules on other issues?

It’s a bit frustrating for me. I’m not sure where I’m going on the political spectrum these days. Actually I probably am not moving at all, I’m just more aware of how far away the main political parties are from where I stand.

Let’s say this, Republicans. You just lost a vocal supporter. I’m willing to vote for you in private but I’m not going to be your little silly fag foot-soldier. Not until you realize that freedom needs defending. And freedom does not fit into little boxes.