Ditto, although I consider myself an Independent. I'm a big believer of commit the crime, do the time. However, I also know a lot of people who are incarcerated have mental health issues and that rehabilitation, not jail time, will help the problem.
My old self-defense instructor is a bit time right-winger. He once discredited the field of Psychology in front of the class because it was his opinion, and anyone be dammed who doesn't believe his opinion is right. He looked at me with a smirk and said, "no offense" since I'm in grad school studying Forensic Psych. I wanted to ask him if autistic kids were faking it for the attention, or if the mentally disabled kids were the ones doing it, but I held my tongue as I would have gotten a better argument challenging a wall.
Have a certain belief? That's fine. But don't shove it down everyone's throats, don't group any and all who oppose you into a single entity, and most importantly, don't use it to profit or hurt anyone or anything else. THIS is why I hate republicans to the core.
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