Woebama: I think that Independents pride themselves in being able to “see and understand both sides,” etc. They just don’t get that socialism is a disgraced and inherently flawed and tyrannical ideology; one you shouldn’t take serious - at all.
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Yuppers!
Your problem is that when most Americans look at American liberalism, they don't see the Nazis or commies. They see, if they actually understand the socialist goals of liberalism, the democratic socialism of UK or Sweden.
While you and I might not prefer to live in those societies, you have to recognize that very few people are terrified by them.