Generally what's on my mind is that I cannot wait until the election is over.
And, unlike most people, I don't consider discussion of politics to be a worthwhile endeavor, and I've gotten called many ugly and contradictory things for stating my opinion.
I somehow manage to piss off both Democrats and Republicans, and even though in voting records I'm a registered Libertarian, I actually am not a true Libertarian.
Best I can say is my political views are liberal in the original sense, where I care about the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property, and equal and fair treatment under the law.
While this may be my real view, I'm always willing to let someone say what it is they're going to say, and I can change my mind about an issue. This also means I'm hard to pin down where I sit politically. Roughly speaking, I'm a centrist liberal and depending on the issue I could lean left or right of that.
But when you're shouted at from all sides and choose to walk away from that toxicity, you're told that, in itself, is a problem, because political ambivalence means passively accepting oppressive institutions.
Get yelled at for playing the game, get yelled at for deciding to walk away form it. Damned if I do, damned if I don't.
So.... I'm just tired. I still vote because I feel obligated to vote, but it's not going to make the slightest shred of a difference. It never has, and likely never will. I'll still piss off everyone because I didn't vote for their candidate. Maybe it's my tiny sliver of hope that I am being heard, but I practically don't feel that way.
This may be the only topic where I'm cynical and pessimistic.
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