Random sociopolitical rant

[brightlotusmoon]

Look, don't tell me my gay atheist conservative right wing Republican friends can't exist. They're not unicorns, damn it. People don't fit into your neat little boxes. And don't you dare tell me that it is impossible to be a gay atheist conservative right wing Republican living in Virginia with a long term same sex partner. I just talked to both of

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[unico_love]

I hate politics, too. My father was obsessed with politics and I swear they raised his blood pressure (he died presumably of a heart attack). He was an extremely right-wing Libertarian. But he was also crazy, so take that with a grain of salt.

[brightlotusmoon]

I've been around a bunch of far right wing Libertarians. Fascinating viewpoints, really. A little strange when combined with genuine mental instability. I don't think I'd want to be around your father if he were still alive, though, from what you've written about him. He was a misogynist, wasn't he?

My husband is sort of a moderate Libertarian, in a way. He shares some Libertarian beliefs but not all. It always bothers me when people slam libertarianism the same way they slam conservatism or liberalism. Maybe I just want people to play nice and coexist.

[unico_love]

My father was more than a misogynist -- he was quite literally prejudiced against all people who weren't him! He was also racist and homophobic (though I think homophobic the least of the three). The only people he physically attacked, aside from my mother, were always straight white men, though.

[brightlotusmoon]

Wow. Psychologists would have a field day with that one. Was he schizophrenic as well?

[unico_love]

Probably, but he didn't trust doctors (especially psychiatrists/psychologists), so we rarely saw them.

[brightlotusmoon]

I understand.