I'm not republicanphobic. I have friends who are republicans. (Label it! Group it! Fuck it.)
Political parties are strange as fuck. Although, it's debatable on how exactly fuck is strange but that's a tangent for me to go off on later today. The point is, they're strange and every single individual who is proud of the political party they are apart of is strange. Hey now, that's a compliment... well, maybe.
I've always had problems labeling myself. Hell, am I straight or whothefuckknowsorcaressexual? Am I an independent or someone who is just weirded out by repubs, libatootoos, and demos? Am I a writer or some weirdo who writes a load of shit 99% of the time? Jesus is the chillest guy ever but does that make me a nonpracticing Christian?
Thank goodness our parents name us at birth, otherwise I'd be walking around with a name like "I Have No Idea."
But I wouldnt claim to have an identity crisis. I know who I am. I know what I believe and what I feel. There just isn't a word that correctly describes me or an option that I particularly like. So, instead of labeling myself, I allow others to label me as they see fit.
And it's annoying when they're way off. Once, someone said I was the Queen of Awesome but I just didn't have the heart to correct him.
I think labels are basically for others' anyways. It gives them a general idea of who you are and what you do or believe. Like a writer writers. A baker bakes. An artist does art stuff. A gamer plays with themselves... er, wait. That's a different group and label. Oops.
The point is that political parties aren't any different. They're just a group of people who sorta, kinda, share the same beliefs and generally share the same opinion on which direction they think they we should take our country in.
Not everyone in the same political party has identical beliefs.
Is Rosie O'Donnel the same as Kirsten Powers?
They're both democrats right? They're way way different. And not just because one is Rosie and the other classy but because their beliefs vary. Maybe that was a bad example but you get it, right?
So, we're smart humany creatures. We totally get that. It's obvious. But yet, when someone says they're a republican or democrat(or the other parties that people pay very little attention to... sorry libatootoos), they act like it's a bad thing.
When Stacey Dash declared on twitter that she supported Romney in 2012 and was a conservative, some people acted like she screamed penis in the middle of church.
It's hilarious at first but then so confusing to me.
I totally get that people are passionate about their views and shit. Hell, I'm passionate about tv shows. Holy shit, did you see the last season of Hannibal? I flipped my lid like every Friday fucking night and I think it's probably the best thing since pancakes but just because someone's like, "Yo, I hate Hannibal. I love this totally less awesome show that doesn't hold a candle to the awesomeness of Will Graham" doesn't offend me.
So, I guess this is why I fail to understand why someone being in a different political party and supporting a different candidate would be offensive. (If anyone would like to explain this whole "being offended" thing to me, go for it.)
I just find it strange.
Maybe I'm just too chill for labels and offendedness?
Or maybe I'm full of shit.
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P.S. I love all of you strange freaks equally.
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