I was wrong about the Democratic Party #walkaway
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Published 2020-09-20
I am a bit overwhelmed with the way this video has blown 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.
3) I purposefully did not discuss God because religious arguments can alienate nonreligious people, and bc it wasn't necessary to make my points, but I did experience a parallel journey over the same period of time. Maybe someday I will make a similar video about how I came to my religious convictions.
4) i am very certain that nowhere in the video did i say "racism doesnt exist", but if that was your impression i will clarify. racism exists, it's an endemic human evil, and we ought to do our best to fight it any place we see it. my intention in this video was to shine light on an overlooked element of racism that is running rampant under the guise of "morality". i think the stealthy way this type of racism works is particularly dangerous and insidious. I believe telling a child they are hated by their society and doomed to fail is the most oppressive form of all. anyone who hates racism should be up in arms about this with me. we ought to fight it as ferociously as we fight other forms of racism.
5) i am very aware of the marxist influence on society and I have been monitoring this trend for the past 2 years since becoming aware of it. it is clear to me that there is a persistent effort afoot to divide us along color lines. the true intention of this video was not to sway voters in the upcoming election, but rather to undercut the divisive marxist messaging that now pervades the west. i want people to see that ‘compassion’ run amok can be weaponized, and it can take us further from healing, not closer. the internal cancer that is marxism is much bigger and broader than this election or even this country.
6) i am not a russian bot! nor am i an actress (as flattering as that is!). the reality is i posted this video on my facebook and it blew up. trust me no one is more shocked than me.
7) this has been hard on me, socially. a lot of people i care about would prefer i take this video down and i often think about it. However, I feel like the situation were in as a country requires us to be brave and take the flack.
8) i WILL make more videos, eventually. For now find me at daily wire!
9) i love and respect a LOT of dems, and i dont want to bash them. i just wanted to make this video so people would understand other perspectives a little better. also, i have a lot of love for REAL liberals who think for themselves, even if they come to different conclusions. i dont think the dems represent them very well at the moment either.
10) I ESCAPED LA! I now live in Nashville. Email me with your recommendations!
All Comments (21)
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Great points about the dishonesty and cruel outcomes of the Democrats and the media, what bothers me is why no one explains why? Why are they doing this? I'm sure they don't view themselves as being horrible people, so what's their rationale, and how are they able to get away with this for so many decades? And yes, I almost forgot, how are we planning on fixing that or creating equally powerful fight to preserve freedom? I'm tired of conservatives having good talk shows and good points and never win anything directionally!
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I was a lifelong Democrat. After they cheated Bernie Sanders twice and then lied about everything related to Covid, I walked away too.
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It was AOC for me. The fact that she got a platform to spew her garbage was wild to me.
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I’m only 10 minutes in and this woman is telling my own walk away story. So many of the same issues led me to my wake up.
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This is almost identical to my journey away from the Democratic Party. When I finally realized what was happening, I felt like such a sucker. I was embarrassed that I had been fooled for so long. I have a lot of regret for things that I had said or did in the past based on these faulty beliefs. Never again....
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I bailed out of the Democratic Party when I saw how evil and demonic it was around 2012 and I didn’t vote for Obama 2nd term. I have voted conservative and republican ever since.#Trump2020🇺🇸🇺🇸 God bless the USA
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I am Asian... I do not care about anyone who calls me Asian. I have felt second class citizen with the democrats in power. I am a truly proud American under Trump. I love my president Trump.
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The definition of insanity is voting Democrat over and over and expecting a different result.
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My favorite so far in the Walk Away series. You summed up my feelings exactly. I'm 66 and my faith crumbled after Obama was elected. I was literally dancing in the streets I was so excited as where we were as a nation. The change we could believe in. It was just one disappointment after the next . He didn't accomplish a single thing he ran on. From the health care , the labels on our food, closing Gitmo, codifying Roe, the No lobbyists in his administration, the Nobel peace prize winner droning the F out of the Middle East , the water in Flint tasting great to him, the implication that we were a racist nation when we had elected him twice to the highest level in the land etc. etc. yet it still wasn't enough for me to walk away. Covid did it for me. The fact that if you questioned anything you were a hateful far right extremist. The censorship to protect a narrative that turned out to be a colossal lie when you felt it in your bones. The propaganda and idolizing Fauci that had at the very least a questionable career, the mandates, business closings and total disregard for the effects this was having on our school systems, our children. It was all so sinister and far deeper than I could imagine. I was pretty much done then. I am just still in disbelief as to how far and gullible the democrats have gone since Biden was elected. It defies all logic. They have zero compassion in them. How you can see whats going on in the trans community and not question the boat load of heart ache coming to these peoples lives. How you can sit and watch the border issue and not see the devastation it's causing. Not just for us but the immigrants themselves. There is NOTHING compassionate about any of it. Our elected officials are attending the WEF in Davos, the bull shit solutions for climate change being offered up by people flying around in private jets, with private yachts living in multiple mansions that are sucking us dry is in your face yet ignored. The Gates foundation, Clinton foundation, Epstein's client list ,the endless wars, the condemning journalists and glorifying script readers pushing divisiveness and hatred. There is a demented man standing at the helm that is NOT in Controle of anything . Who is running this country? Call me a racist, call me anti-trans, call me unamerican, call me a far right extremist, call me anything you want. I don't care anymore. I am so done with the democratic party. They have none of our best interests at heart and we are watching the systematically ruin this country.
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I waked away this year. Larry Elder really opened my eyes. And I’m also tired of Democrats using black people to get votes by promoting race wars. We’re tired of the race wars. What else do you have for Americans. Education? Healthcare? Businesses? Talk to us about sth we really care about. The Reps are doing it.
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I have been a democrat my whole life, I was going to vote Biden because that is what I should do. Well, this year I did my own research to see what was going on. How saddened I am by this to learn the truth of what is going on in the political landscape. I feel that I MUST vote for Trump. I have not met 1 person that is voting Biden because they think he should be our President. Anyone voting Biden is voting blind because they are either democrat or they just want Trump out. Not one person has given me a valid reason that Biden should be running our country. I am so sad for our country, not because of Trump, but the levels people will lower themselves to just to get Trump out. I used to see Trump as evil, now I see him as our only savior. He is the only one that can save us...Vote 2020.
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I wish your message could be required viewing for students. Not to make them conservative, but to help them realize that they need to think for themselves. Young people need to understand that they should not trust the media, or politicians, or even doctors because of their title. You did a very good job of describing your journey.
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We need more of this. I left the left as a black man in 2010 when I realized Obama was Bush 2.0 with a tan
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I’m a Afro American NYC Retired Police Officer.. “Bravo” well said
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What she’s saying is why many of us walked away.
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Georgia, you are now awake to the power of independent thinking. Wellcome to the party of truth, liberty and the American way of life. You are so smart and articulate and I'm proud to stand with you. God bless.
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I recall in high school asking my teacher what political party I belonged to and she said if I didn't know, that meant I was a democrat. When I turned 18, I registered as a democrat and started watching the debates. During this time, I noticed that the republican candidate fell more in line with what I believed. Strong family unit, following a moral compass and keeping the government off our backs so we could prosper on our own. I crossed party lines and voted for the republican and changed my party preference as soon as I was able to. I'm Hispanic and I have never missed a vote. I'm presently 62. E.M
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Never be embarrassed about using your brain. You thought this out for yourself. Congrats. Brilliantly put.
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I WAS A DEMOCRAT FOR 40 YEARS AND I SAW WHAT THEY DID TO CALIFORNIA , I SWITCHED IN 2016 ( TRUMP 2020) AND NEVER LOOKED BACK
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Imagine how well our nation would prosper if everyone had as much common sense as this amazing woman.
