[molson]

I went to a rodeo last night in Idaho. It was a good time and the whole experience was very enlightening. I'm from the northeast, have very liberal parents who were involved in very liberal shit in the 60s, I went to a liberal college, and a VERY liberal law school. I dabbled in conservatism kind of in revolt of all of that, and I got more liberal as I got older, but - I totally get the appeal of conservative American values. At this event - there were prayers, patriotism, I was all in. It was just so positive. And I really feel that there's no hate in the hearts of 95% of these people. It's just a different way of life. I know I'm a pain in the ass in so many threads here, but I think that's just because I can really relate to both sides - I was born and raised uber-liberal - but all of the good things in my adult life have come in this environment of legit-good-people conservatives who don't hate immigrants or gays or anyone else, but who just kind of cling to these old-fashion values and experiences which are very uniquely American. So I kind of feel like that about everybody - most Republicans, conservatives, Muslims, Police officers, liberal professors, etc., are really good people thrown into a very messy world and are legit doing their best, and legit care about the people around them. There's just a minority of dickhead assholes who ruin shit for everyone.