Thread by @TheValuesVoter

Let me say how I feel about the two major political parties.

Honestly, I find a lot of the aspects of the modern Democratic Party annoying.

I find a lot of the aspects of the modern Trumpist Republican Party frightening.

And I’ll take annoying over frightening. Any day!

I have never been a fan of Dem Progressives. I disagree with them in parts on policy and in parts on approach. I cringe when I hear some of them speak.

But they never tried to throw out my vote. They don’t pal around with Nazis. They haven’t tried to overthrow the government.

The modern GOP is whatever Trump says it is. They like whatever he says they like. They eat whatever he tells them to eat. It has no ideological core remaining. It exists now just to placate a bitter old man, undermine democracy and to push white nationalist rhetoric.

When I hear the names like Bernie Sanders, Pramila Jayapal, and AOC, I think “don’t they know the country isn’t as far left as they are?” I might roll my eyes. But it’s a conversation about politics. Policies Americans can have a conversation about, debate and disagree about.

But when I hear names like Josh Hawley, Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor-Greene, my antennae goes up for an entirely different reasons. It’s not a feeling of political debate. It’s a fight-or-flight response. “Oh, Crap! Are they planning another insurrection? Civil War? Help!!”

The Republican Party has spent the entire year proving that it wants to make it as hard as possible for some voters to vote and make it as east as possible for partisans to be able to contest or throw out election results if they don’t like them.

The modern far left annoys me.

The modern far right gives me panic attacks.

I sleep better at night when I’m annoyed and not scared for my existence and our country’s continued existence as a Constitutional Republic.

It’s not about policy. It’s about sanity.