i used to be a lefty liberal

and when i heard some of the history of the Republican party,

and some of the history of the Democrat party,

i was very confused

but then i learned about "realigning elections"

and "conflation"

and then i understood how things got all mixed up

if Democrats launch a campaign to label Republicans as "racist"

i say that Republicans ought to answer with something like "Republican Party History Month"

and if the liberal lefties knew the history of the Republican Party...

and if the liberal lefties knew the history of the Democrat Party...

some might do what i did.

i just didn't want to associate myself with the Democrat Party anymore.

and it wasn't simply not wanting to be associated with the Democratic Party,

but i didn't want to be associated with a lot of the ideas, words, slogans, etc

the buddha allegedly said,

"if you want to know the truth, simply let go of your own views"

if you see yourself as a liberal, conservative, democrat, republican, man, woman, black, white,

your views are colored by how you see yourself.

if you can disassociate yourself with the labels, words, parties, slogans, etc

then you will see things differently

at least thats what i think the buddha meant :/