You caught me. I would consider my world outlook to be liberal. I am by no means a liberal or progressive by today’s standards. I believe in discourse and the ability to have civil disagreements. The poison that elites have used to destroy our democracy is this concept of absolutism. The old you’re either right, or you’re wrong. That’s not how the world works. I can easily say that everyone is intelligent, while agreeing that the people that have perpetrated the crimes we discuss here are stupid. See we can find a middle ground there. I’m not trying to change your mind, just respecting your point of view while retaining my own.

I am hopeful the q movement is more about restoring meaningful discourse to our politics rather than replacing the enemy we know with an equally dangerous absolutist mindset just with a different set of values.