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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is it like to be a conservative Republican in Montgomery County? Do you have to hide your politics, do you witness “cancel culture”? Do you find other like minded people? Do you suck it up and register as a Democrat to vote for the most moderate candidates?[/quote]

You just have to be discreet about it.   My politics are pretty right-wing, but I don’t discuss them with my beloved MoCo neighbors for a few reasons.  (1) discussion of politics here is generally pretty boring because it’s usually conducted the CNN level of analysis—people often have no real understanding of the issues they talk about and are just repeating what the media tells them about The Current Thing, and that’s just not super interesting to me  (2) [b]in the exceptional case where people do know what they are talking about, they also tend to be much more willing to acknowledge the shades of gray and the nuance of most issues.[/b]  You can absolutely have discussions about the trade offs inherent to addressing climate change, for example, with people who are knowledgeable about energy issues, and even taking pretty conservative positions on narrow technical issues does not trigger the friend-or-foe dynamic that you’d get if you stuck a MAGA flag on your house or dared to challenge one of the core premises of left view of the world.  (3) when in Rome, do what the Romans do.  Only a jerk ostentatiously disses the gods of the city in which they live,  (4) zero interest in proselytizing, you can’t convince anyone of anything, and there is no need to when the correctness of right-wing views is being manifestly confirmed by events to anyone with a modicum of objectivity that is paying attention to what is going on.  (I kid, I kid.)[/quote]

I think the bolded is what gets SO lost in political discussions these days.  It surprises me that there are so many people with blind allegiance to one party or candidate without questioning what they are doing.  Blind devotion to any politician or party seems so crazy to me- people should be questioning and pushing politicians to make sure their votes at least attempt to reflect what their constituents want.  I see so many people singing the praises of the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act who haven't even read it.  Then there are people who automatically rush to defend Trump when his house is searched by the FBI- NOBODY outside the FBI knows what they were looking for and it is crazy-making to see people say it is a witch hunt without having the details.

I am a registered D because I live in DC but would not hesitate to register as an R if I lived in a state where I could cast votes for more moderate Rs in a primary. [/quote]

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