Thread by @TiffanyBond

Short thread on being an Independent.

Folks from the left ask me why I don't become a moderate Dem.

Folks from the right ask me why I don't become a moderate GOP.

Your answer is that a) I'm really not either of those, even though we have a lot of shared goals, and...

b) Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump.

You see, when you jam ideology into a political party that isn't the party's current space, you either create a massive fracture and infighting...or a cohesive movement that leaves a substantial amount of the party homeless.

I'm making these statements without assigning value to the parties ideological values and shift therein, whether you love or hate Sanders or Trump, they both changed the parties.

Shaking things up will always get a reaction of people who love it and people who hate it.

Tonight we're going to watch a man who shoved a lot of people out of their political party give a speech, followed by a woman from the other party, and then a man who is party-fickle, creating intense conflict between party members.

I hope some of you take away from this Independents just want to be Independents.

You can like me or not, but I won't be asking you to change who you are or how your political party works when we don't agree.

That should be your choice, and the party's collective choice.

Fin.#