Mac1958
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- #221
I'm well aware of how wingers on both ends of the spectrum feel about those of us who choose to think for ourselves.The OP itself is a manifestation of the failure of the American Public Education system, especially as it relates to Civics education.
Registering as an "Independent" is simply stupid. All it accomplishes is to prevent you from voting in primary elections (in rational States and Commonwealths). Allowing Independents or non-partisans to vote in Primaries is even stupider; it compromises the results of the Primary.
My father was a "Conservative" since before the term was even applied to politics. And yet in the Leftist bastion of Pittsburgh, he was a lifetime Democrat. The reason was that the only meaningful elections in Pittsburgh were/are the Primary Elections. It is those elections that decide who the elected officials will be. A vote in the Republican primary in a Leftist stronghold is nearly meaningless.
Wingers don't like people like that, because we expose them for what they are. So, they misrepresent us at every opportunity.
So, it's understandable.