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In reply to the discussion: Convince me to stay a liberal. [View all]ismnotwasm
(42,674 posts)I know you are young and you live around my area--you want my advice? Join a group like socialist feminists. Attend as many pro-immigration protests as you can find. Find your local anarchists--go hang out at Left Bank Books. Talk to people.
http://www.leftbankbooks.com
Support Kshama Sawant-by that I mean, be involved in her political activism. Find a way to go to nurses legislative day on February 1st 2016--I'm going this year--you learn a lot about inside processes. If not that day then another.
Don't settle for what your heart can't accept, if you are not a Democrat, if the "liberal" label doesn't fit you, don't force it. Be that revolutionary--we need you to be. I came to be a Democrat by a process of years, as well as process of elimination. I was born a feminist I think sometimes.
Don't put too much trust in politicians to be what you want--they are all part of the same system--learn all you can about it. Don't buy into conspiracy theories, be radical, but be discerning.
That's the best I can do.