Right? I think guns are alright and don't think we should impose our religious values onto others and everyone can do whatever the fuck they want so long as it isn't a detriment to others. Fuck me, right? I used to think I was libertarian but as of the last election cycle they look just as out of touch as the alt-right. I don't know where I fall on the spectrum anymore, and both brainwashed trumpets (my entire extended family, unfortunately, are all diehard 'us vs. them' conservatives) and bleeding-hearts need to calm the fuck down. I think the left needs to get over their Cold War fear of nuclear and embrace it while we progress toward renewables rather than trying to jump the gap without proper infrastructure, and I think republicans need to stop thinking that the left can't ever be right, no pun intended. You can't have a free market without regulation. Regulation isn't bad in moderation, and can actually be quite beneficial in preventing corruption and exploitation of the law and people.

/rant.

I'm just sick of the political climate right now. I'm visiting my family 700 miles from home for the Easter weekend and every fucking conversation is some misguided praise for Trump and an attack on liberals for the sake of attacking them, not to make any actual point. News flash: republicans control everything right now. You can't blame democrats for shit when they literally have no government power. Sometimes the left gets things right, and it seems increasingly true since last year began and the festering hatred of the Republican Party boiled to the top. I used to consider myself a republican, but the fact is neither party is 100% right on everything. Republicans need to stop supporting redundant corporate interests that don't benefit themselves (and do quite the opposite) and dems need to grow some fucking balls and call shit out like it is. Sick of this and everyone needs to take some fucking critical thinking classes.

Don't reply to Reddit threads without reading the article

Don't spew things you've heard on the internet without fact checking first. It makes you look like an idiot.

Don't attack someone for having different views, but don't be a pushover and let people who manipulate others or shout the loudest get away with everything. Call people out if they're wrong, but don't be an ass about it.

Cite your fucking sources. Otherwise, there's no reason to believe you. The same goes for reading a Reddit comment. /r/neutralpolitics has been okay about this and is a good place to discuss actual politics with minimal to no ethos involved.

Personally, though, I wish we'd install an age limit of 65-70 on government positions. We can't have people who don't know how the world works nowadays installing policy to a world they don't have to live in to see the consequences come to fruition.