How important are your politics to your personal identity?

[More Than A Feeling]

My politics are central to who I am as a person. I am a Democrat, first, last, and always, and anything else I am or will be has to accomodate itself to that. I wouldn't have even converted to Christianity if it had clashed with my liberalism. My job and my choice of significant other are both going to be influenced by my politics.

How about you?

[bertha katzenengel]

1. Not important at all.

I will always speak out for what I believe in, but what I believe in is not who I am.

Everything but love and family is stripped away in the hardest of times. That is all that matters.

[etherealtruth]

14. I think that's where I am ...

My politics is reflective of whom I am; I do neot reflect a set of political ideals. I align myself with those that most closely reflect my values.

[porphyrian]

2. The older I get...

...the more I realize just how important they are. Now, I have a hard time even speaking with people who aren't politically in the same boat.

[timber84]

4. me too n/t

[canichelouis]

6. Me too

It all boils down to Moral Maturity

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

3. Although a registered Democratic I am really apolitical but have a

strong sense of what is right and what is wrong. There are many Democratic political leaders that are opposames of Republicans. I will never support these people.

What is important to me is that justice is served and that the truth makes it way out of the darkness.

[DistressedAmerican]

7. "Opposames"! I Love It!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. lol! I didn't coin that phrase. I heard it from someone I am hesitant

to mention on DU because I might get flamed. I might be accused of believing that BushCo are lizard people...oops! ;)

[DistressedAmerican]

5. 95% Of My Identity Is About Politics (These Days. Less So In The Past).

Extremely importatn to me. I have given my whole life over to the battle!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

8. Thought-provoking

In my sixth decade, looking back, I see that it has ebbed and flowed in my life.

I was the most passionate when my children were very young and perhaps this was the whole lioness thing. I was less so when my own parents were living out the ends of their lives and my mind was on other issues.

I believe that Democrats, in general (wearing flame suit) are idealists and I think that idealism wanes as you get older. But then you reach a point where you begin to see that idealism is all we have in this world. I am at at point where I am looking around again, after a bit of a sleep. (both my parents died this past year).

I agree that there is a similarity between faith (all faiths) and world view and politics. Because what is politics, really, but a sense of the way things OUGHT to be?

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. Well, my husband says I'm "obsessive" about politics.

Does that tell you anything? My LIFE revolves around politics and saving our country from the lunatics who have hijacked it. EVERYTHING is related. Will I befriend repukes? HELL NO! Will I EVER watch another Mel Gibson movie at a theater? HELL NO! Will I EVER pay to see a Bruce Willis movie? HELL NO! Will I EVER watch, "Everybody Loves Raymond" or ANYTHING his TV show wife is in? HELL NO! Will I shop at Walmart? HELL NO! Will I buy Papa John's Pizza? HELL NO! Will I EVER join "Curves" workout group? HELL NO! Do I shop ONLY BLUE STORES? Better believe it! I dropped SBC Long Distance and signed up with Working Assets (LIBERAL), when our car insurance premium is due, I plan on switching to Progressive Insurance (LIBERAL). I listen to AAR ONLY and have my car COVERED with anti-Bush bumper stickers. Yeah, politics is just a tad bit important to me. ;)

[More Than A Feeling]

13. My hero!

I could learn a lot from you!:hi: :toast:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

18. Whoa!

You walk the walk AND talk the talk!

[tenshi816]

22. I'm a straight woman, but I think I'm in love with you. n/t

[johnnie]

11. My politics are my beliefs

I don't always agree with what the party closest to my own politics does and stands for, but they are closer to my way of thinking than the Republicans. I have never officially declared myself a Democrat but it's the party that I follow.

Politics to me is not a political party, but my philosophies on what I believe to be better for us as a planet. I may not always be right, but it is what I believe in my heart to be best.

[meg]

12. I have ethics and ideals that are essential to my identity

I am a Democrat in so much as the Democratic party matches my ethics and ideals more than other possibilities.

If the Democratic party became anti-choice or anti-gay or anti-worker, I would no longer be a Democrat.

The morality comes first, the party comes later.

[Terran]

16. Could not have described myself better.

Thanks, very succinct. Politics is ethics (or should be).

[tenshi816]

15. It's of paramount importance to me.

My time is precious to me and I don't want to waste it with people who have beliefs I find morally reprehensible.

My one exception to that rule is for a few members of my family who I love enough to set their right-wing fundie-ism aside for the sake of the relationship, but it's really hard at times. I find that I'm not as willing to keep my mouth shut to maintain family harmony as I used to be. My feeling is that as Christians, they should be able to see through their sham of a president because it's glaringly obvious to me.

[Dora]

17. Not my politics, but my values.

I make this distinction because I'm not certain that the Democratic party truly represents me any more.

I'm still a registered Dem because it's the closest fit.

[marions ghost]

19. good question...

for a long time I identified with "liberal values" while not being actively political. Growing up, my immediate family was solidly democratic and politics was never a big issue at home. I expressed my values more through cultural means than political means. But around the end of the Reagan era I became aware of the neo-con threat. I also saw election tampering and fraud at state level during that period, so I knew how easy it would be for the neo-cons to take control. I saw how they used the Clinton era to gather their forces and promote their ideology.

Now that they have succeeded in hijacking the US government and the media and are running roughshod over the rest of us, my involvement is no longer a matter of choice. Everything I care about in this country is at grave risk. Even though I'm not a real political animal, I feel I must at least pay attention and make a contribution wherever possible. The media's capitulation is particularly shocking to see, and I feel it is vital to support any media voices or outlets who speak the truth about what is going on in this country. I didn't particularly want to spend time in my life involved with "saving democracy" in America. But not to do anything now would make me insane. I'm no good at pretending everything is OK.

So politics has become part of who I am as a person, thanks to the Bushies and the Neo-Cons (and their greedy narcissistic enablers). Never again will I buy the line that we live in "a great democracy." This is not my idea of a free and fair and noble country. It's going to take a lot of work to repair the major damage that has been done.

[zanne]

20. My sense of justice, not politics.

"Politics" as a word can mean so many different things, and calling it my "politics" just trivializes it. For me, it's all about a strong sense of justice and fairness. That's the basis of it, and that's what my morals and opinions are based on. Would I (have I) put myself on the line for justice and morality? Yes. How far would I go to stand up and make a difference? I don't know yet, but I have a feeling I'll find out. I think we'll all find out.

[libertypirate]

21. Possitions should be based on rational, not skewed personal identity.

Fact : We really don't know who we are.

Most see ourselves younger then our age.

Most hear ourselves recorded and don't instantly recognise.

Most people look at the world as in how it affects them, not how they affect it.

Most people think they are intellegent when we all show signs of stupidity.

This is why belief and our democracy cannot co-exist; our democracy was based on what was known over what wasn't.

Look at conservatism why do they attack disiplines that prove judicial, science, and journalism? Why do they encourage the unprovable, namely god?

Our government was never founded on an ideal of unprovable logic. We were based on the rule of law. Our true ruler is not a president but the law that we the people agree.

If we don't base politics on what we the people agree we are letting our politics drift into thoughts that we can't prove and sometimes we can't even share them with others.