Posted on 10/10/2020 6:14:16 AM PDT by MagillaX
Teach for America made me abandon the racism of the left. AOC made me abandon the left altogether. #walkaway #walkawaycampaign
I am a bit overwhelmed with the way this video has blown up (despite persistent shadow banning from YT!), and i really appreciate the thoughtful comments i've received. i noticed a few themes in the comments and i continue to get the same questions, so i want to address them here!
1) I did not jump from blind loyalty to democrats to blind loyalty to republicans. i simply came to the realization that i am not represented by leftism (which has overtaken the dem party), and I align better with conservatism. Typically that means i prefer the republican candidate, but i have no strong party loyalty. as many of you mentioned there is plenty wrong with the GOP as well. I purposefully did not include a ringing endorsement of the GOP for that reason.
2) i have specific and compelling reasons why i am conservative vs libertarian or moderate etc. and i arrived at those reasons through a lot of introspection and research. i am less concerned about the superficial issues of today and more concerned about the enduring principles we stand on, as well as procedural adherence to our founding documents. I've read a lot of Burke, Scruton, Sowell, etc. and i was impressed with their arguments. i did not expound on those arguments in the video because i didnt want to babble on for hours. If you want to understand conservatism, those writers are a wonderful place to start (try sowell, hes all over YT!), or check out ben shapiro. the point of this video is not to make people conservative, but rather to explain why some people choose not to be leftist.
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Wow.
Great video. She got it a lot faster than I did.
Thank you for this! I watched it and passed it on to others.
The first tell that she has shed the leftist “woke” BS is that she is reasoning her way through the issues instead of emotionally reacting to them.
Good luck to her and her emancipation!
I thought it would be a typical short #WalkAway video. I saw it’s 47 minutes, and thought, “No way!”
Couldn’t stop watching. Interesting how it wasn’t a single issue that changed her mind, but several small ones, so it was gradual.
At her age, I’m surprised that she has critical thinking skills.
over a million views, 90,000 likes, and 25,000 comments which are OVERWHELMINGLY positive and supportive ...
I thought he got 6% in 2016. If that is so are you saying he will lose votes from that demo this time?
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