I catch a lot of hell for being a centrist and even I am terrified by the antifeminism we see today

[CTyankee]

9. Recursion, please don't take this wrongly.

I know you feel sincerely about this. But I have to wonder, as a lifelong liberal myself, what you think you were doing flirting on the edges of these RW lunatics. I understand you are saying your issues weren't really women's issues so you can safely say you were not in the middle of the battle. But being on the sidelines often is a sign that your feelings generally comport with that side. If you were "uncomfortable" why didn't you speak up before now? I really don't understand how this just didn't jump out at you when you first confronted it?

I do believe your conversion. But did it not jump out at you way back when? The Republican Party has been doing this for YEARS! This is not new or novel.

Please try to explain why you didn't say anything earlier. I think we can learn something from you. You have valuable information we can use to get inside the mind of someone who might be just like you, someone who really wants to be fair but feels constrained by past loyalties...