Since Trump
declared his candidacy for president in 2015, the opposition to him from
Democrats and Liberals has been nearly unanimous. He and his supporters paint this opposition
as the result of partisanship, and while that is undoubtedly true for some,
they represent only a small fraction of the group. We are a diverse group, and, as such, we have
a wide variety of opinions and beliefs.
I identify as Liberal, but in terms of politics, I’m an Independent; I
refuse to join a party on principle (I believe that, as Washington foresaw,
political parties are the source of 95% of our country’s problems), and while I
happen to align more with Democrats currently, my political ideology is closer
to that of the Republican Party (which was once the party of Liberals) under
Eisenhower (sans his disgusting racism); I believe in individual liberties, small
government, and fiscal responsibility.
Most Liberals I know fall into this same category, which means that the
argument that our opposition to Trump and the Republican Party is based
entirely in partisanship is logically impossible.
