What is the most embarrassing political belief you used to hold but no longer do?

[Occam's Banana]

All hail the Quixotic Vagina Doctor!

NOBQVD!!!

 

[Carson]

I thought that I was such a great lover that I could cure lesbians.

Now I'm not so sure that I didn't create more than I cured.

 

[LibForestPaul]

Voting makes a difference.

As a citizen, it is my duty to vote.
At least the democrats steal money to help people.

 

[MRK]

1. When I was very young, I wondered why cigarettes were legal if they were so bad for you.

2. I used to believe that authoritarianism and non-violent crimes were found only in school because kids were undeveloped and didn't know any better and that a few bad apples ruined it for the rest of everyone else. I thought that once you graduated and went into the real world, everyone would be trusted enough to make good decisions on their own and they weren't controlled by nonsense laws so long as they didn't hurt anyone else, because they passed some kind of responsibility test.

Boy was that a shocker when I got out. Most employers were only slightly less authoritarian, college was just as authoritarian, and you better believe trying to get anything done with the bureaucracy was just as authoritarian. And God help you if you crossed paths with the official Sith business of the police state. I had to pay $400 to get a drinking ticket expunged when I blew a 0.03 when I was 20 years old. Later I was tackled by cops in broad daylight in front of hundreds of people at an event because they thought I was associated with a crime that occurred nearby. They then tried to breathalyze me to vindicate their assault, but I blew a 0.00 (I learned my lesson about drinking last time after I blew a public-threatening 0.03! )

I also can relate to a large portion of the former beliefs listed here. Too many to list.

 

[Scrapmo]

I think the two I bolded are at least partially true, although that doesn't mean drugs should be regulated by government in any way.

I can respect that opinion, but working in the health care field, particularly in a facility that houses a drug rehab facility, I can tell you that well over 85% of our regulars are here for "legal" drugs. Some of that 85% is alcohol, most of it is from perscription pain mgt.

The problem is that most those patients have a legitimate need for pain mgt. but thier only recourse is a highly addictive and dangerous medication.


Cocaine, heroine, Meth etc. you would get no argument from me that those are harmful substances and I would encourage anyone taking those substances to seek help (and by encourage I dont mean kicking in thier door and shooting thier dog).

But M.J. has a good and useful purpose and new evidence for this is being seen everyday in the scientific community as well as anicdotal eveidence.

As far as drug users being "bad" people I would encourage you as a Christian to take into consideration Romans 3, particularly verses 9, 10 and 23.

[SUP]9 [/SUP]What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin

[SUP]10 [/SUP]As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

[SUP]23 [/SUP]For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God

 

[liberty2897]

This probably doesn't fall under the category of politics, but it seems like an okay place to state it. I think my most embarrassing belief as a relatively new RP follower is that I have had a very hard time reconciling my belief in liberty and non-violence, while simultaneously holding a view that abortion is not the killing of a human being. I have been contemplating what life and consciousness is for the past year or so. It is an amazing thing to think about. I don't have any profound things to put into words as a result, but I will say that I now believe fully that an un-born child is without a doubt a unique human being. I am still trying to figure out how this should change my actions going forward.

 

[Carson]

This probably doesn't fall under the category of politics, but it seems like an okay place to state it. I think my most embarrassing belief as a relatively new RP follower is that I have had a very hard time reconciling my belief in liberty and non-violence, while simultaneously holding a view that abortion is not the killing of a human being. I have been contemplating what life and consciousness is for the past year or so. It is an amazing thing to think about. I don't have any profound things to put into words as a result, but I will say that I now believe fully that an un-born child is without a doubt a unique human being. I am still trying to figure out how this should change my actions going forward.

Hold strong.

Perhaps you may find a way to be a part of life well beyond your time, and only be bound by the limits of imagination, and the bounds of the Universe.

 

[Christian Liberty]

I can respect that opinion, but working in the health care field, particularly in a facility that houses a drug rehab facility, I can tell you that well over 85% of our regulars are here for "legal" drugs. Some of that 85% is alcohol, most of it is from perscription pain mgt.

I'm not defending all legal drugs either.

The problem is that most those patients have a legitimate need for pain mgt. but thier only recourse is a highly addictive and dangerous medication.

True.

Cocaine, heroine, Meth etc. you would get no argument from me that those are harmful substances and I would encourage anyone taking those substances to seek help (and by encourage I dont mean kicking in thier door and shooting thier dog).

Completely agree, with all of this. I support the legalization of those substances but I don't approve of them either.

But M.J. has a good and useful purpose and new evidence for this is being seen everyday in the scientific community as well as anicdotal eveidence.

I know there are some cases where med. marijuana is useful, but I don't support recreational use. Its not the end of the world to me, but I don't support it either. As in, I wouldn't personally make that choice. That said, I wouldn't personally choose to smoke tobacco either... if you want to... whatever, I won't stop you.

As far as drug users being "bad" people I would encourage you as a Christian to take into consideration Romans 3, particularly verses 9, 10 and 23.

[SUP][/SUP]
I didn't quite mean it in quite that fashion. I wasn't saying it to judge them as being any "Worse" than anyone else. My point was simply to distance myself (At least on this issue) from those libertarians who are also libertine on drug issues. I'm libertarian on drugs, but not libertine, I don't support their use and I would encourage people not to use them even as I advocate for legalization of all of them.

I didn't mean it to say that I was "Better" than drug users.

 

[MrGoose]

I voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2008 primaries.

 

[green73]

How did the neocons hold you back in that regard? This is somewhat confusing.

Typical left-right paradigm stuff. I saw them as complete shills for "evil big business". All their free-market, limited government rhetoric I saw as something to screw the little guy. It wasn't until I realized that Democrats are full of shit that I began to re-examine everything.

 

[LibertyEagle]

This is probably mine too. ^^ I also used to believe that Constitutionalism and Conservatism were legitimate and just. /embarrassed :o

Interesting. Be sure and tell Ron Paul that, since he calls himself both a Constitutionalist and a Conservative.

 

[KingNothing]

This is like saying, "I was once an eater and breather". Being a truther (seeking truth) is something you arrive at, not something you "once were".

Salient point. Allow me to clarify. I once thought 9/11 was an inside job.

 

[green73]

Interesting. Be sure and tell Ron Paul that, since he calls himself both a Constitutionalist and a Conservative.

I suspect that deep down he's an anarcho. He's too deep in now to say otherwise. Wouldn't help Rand at this point to renounce the state completely anyhow. But it's funny just how much he's been influenced by anarchists, and how much he aligns himself with them to this day!

 

[fr33]

Some of you are 18 and I wonder what you will think about this topic in about 10 years.

 

[tod evans]

Some of you are 18 and I wonder what you will think about this topic in about 10 years.

Or 20/30/40...

 

[kcchiefs6465]

I didn't have much interest in politics. I was a kid and concerned about other things at the time. I never understood how a dollar came into being but I could see the corruption around me. It took Ron Paul and some time for me to relate two and two and draw the connections that all of the policies (economic, to foreign, to domestic) affected my life and were connected to each other.

I always opposed much of what was being done. I just didn't have a strong philosophical foundation to persuade others as to why. (drugs should be legal for example.. or the cops can't just stop everyone on a particular stretch of road arbitrarily) Reading and more importantly understanding the Constitution and the spirit it was written in definitely helped. Understanding the NAP and that crimes are that which there is a discernible victim did as well.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Interesting. Be sure and tell Ron Paul that, since he calls himself both a Constitutionalist and a Conservative.

That's OK he calls me 'inconsistent,' lmao! Talk about glass houses. I think he has a bit of a perception problem.

 

[Scrapmo]

I didn't quite mean it in quite that fashion. I wasn't saying it to judge them as being any "Worse" than anyone else. My point was simply to distance myself (At least on this issue) from those libertarians who are also libertine on drug issues. I'm libertarian on drugs, but not libertine, I don't support their use and I would encourage people not to use them even as I advocate for legalization of all of them.

I didn't mean it to say that I was "Better" than drug users.

Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Interesting. Be sure and tell Ron Paul that, since he calls himself both a Constitutionalist and a Conservative.

I don't have to tell him that. He wrote about it:

“Ideas are very important to the shaping of society. In fact, they are more powerful than bombings or armies or guns. And this is because ideas are capable of spreading without limit. They are behind all the choices we make. They can transform the world in a way that governments and armies cannot. Fighting for liberty with ideas makes more sense to me than fighting with guns or politics or political power. With ideas, we can make real change that lasts.”
― Ron Paul, Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom


Do you think you know Ron better than he knows himself?

 

[heavenlyboy34]

That's OK he calls me 'inconsistent,' lmao! Talk about glass houses. I think he has a bit of a perception problem.

You think incorrectly. (But don't let that stop you. It never has before. )