I dropped in on the thread randomly, saw this, and was immediately sad because I knew it was true despite the fact that it would have read as absolute satire a few weeks ago.
I also kinda feel like I'm in an AA meeting or something now. lol.
Uh, hi, fellow former liberal? Sup?
I bounced like, literally Nov 2016 and now I just kind of pull the embarrassed-relative-in-public move and go, 'Yeah. Uh. I'm not with them,' then awkwardly avert my gaze and walk away at top speed.
You ever feel weird or conflicted about it? Not in the sense that you want to go back to it, but more like, wondering how everyone else on the left managed to turn into SUCH a dumpster fire?