This board is absolutely unreadable and it's not even an election year.

[Plucketeer]

64. There's basically the TWO parties

One of them is for the brainless, knuckle-dragging sorts that hold "MORAN" signs. Their fellow party members memorize intellectually stimulating chants like "Lock Her UP!" and "Make America Great Again!". Do they have brains - brains they can use to look at things objectively? Not so much. Thinking causes them pain. They're expected to do as they are told - whether it benefits them or not.

As for myself, I LIKE to think and weigh and consider ALL options - and then choose that which I deem worthy of supporting and act accordingly. You know those security thingys where you type in the distorted characters or check a box to prove you're not a "bot"? My personal box is checked - cause I'm NOT a robot. I don't just put my head down and trudge forward because someone else told me to. I'm not a MORON, nor a ROBOT, nor do I aspire to MAGA by forcing some to know their "place" in our society OR party.

I've seriously been thinking about leaving DU - not that I think anyone would be anything but happy - if they cared at all. Even when I was a wee one - I blazed my own path. I wasn't anti-social, but I also didn't run with a "gang" or see the worth of being part of a sports team. I spent my time chasing butterflies and studying up on them - taking things apart to see what made them "tick" (or tock) - and had pets that weren't the norm.

Now that I can ably spell moron - now that I know more about lepidoptera than most - now that I design and build just about anything I can imagine - I'm told I have to mold myself to appear as a clone. I don't know that most here could understand how non-compliant I feel about that. I feel as if I'm trying to make my way up that dreaded creek without a paddle. I'm not a puzzle piece - waiting for someone else to place me appropriately. No apologies for that.