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The talk show hosts have blathered about #WalkAway for a few days now. Finally - I looked it up. Definitely interesting!
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/07/03/former_liberal_to_progressives_time_to_walk_away.html
Brandon Straka says that less than a year ago, he was a liberal. He explains why he changed his mind in this "viral video" encouraging other progressives to "walk away" from the remains of the Democratic Party.
"Once upon a time, I was a liberal,” the gay NYC hairdresser begins. "I felt I’d found a tribe.” But, he said, they will do “absolutely nothing for you."
The video is at least a month old, but Straka appeared on FNC's 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' on Monday to discuss what he means:
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
Another story from an apparently Black Canadian woman who married an American.
https://www.redstate.com/kiradavis/2018/08/10/heres-chose-walkaway-liberalism/
My father-in-law was a popular local pastor, and also the first black man I’d ever met who called himself a Republican and a conservative. We were fast friends, and often talked politics. He would gently but intelligently challenge a lot of my notions and beliefs. I thought I knew a lot because I read a lot of headlines. He challenged me to read the actual stories. I thought I new a lot because I watched Bill Maher. He challenged me to watch the things going on around me. I thought I knew a lot because…well, I knew a lot! He challenged me to value results over talk. I wasn’t a convert, but I began to think that maybe I didn’t have the full picture when it came to my ideas about Republicans and conservatives. Could it be that I was depending too much on salacious headlines and raging talking heads for my opinions about conservatism?
Back to Brandon: http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/07/08/brandon-straka-walk-away-campaign-founder-denied-service-camera-store
Straka said the salesperson recognized him from his campaign and said that he couldn't sell anything to him because he did not support the "#WalkAway" campaign.
According to the movement's Facebook page, it's meant to "encourage and support those on the left to walk away from the divisive tenets."
Straka said following his encounter at the electronics store, he started "shaking" because he hadn't experienced negative backlash like that before.
"It took my breath away," he said.
Two videos, each of them very eloquent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pjs7uoOkag&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILQXW2Ob1PU&feature=youtu.be
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 11 2018, @09:15PM
You're insane.
You righties constantly want everyone else to just accept your shitty views, to maintain freedom of speech (which I agree is more important than some white supremacist being able to post their shit), yet here we have you arguing that Maxine Waters is trying to start a civil war? Why? Because you are an intolerant fuck who can't handle someone else having the freedom to speak their mind? You can't stand that someone calls you out and you need to silence them?
Get fucked you hypocrite.
I did a quick search to see what bizarro world was saying about this and I found the following
Another site quoted the same thing, I guess protesting and speaking loudly are what you consider violence? moron
The 2nd site went on with their crazy rant
Jesus fucking christ what stupidity. If you're gonna get bent out of shape over that phrasing I think you should denounce Trump for telling his supporters to "exercise their 2nd amendment rights" which is a much more direct call for violence. Not to mention the million other things he's said that are way more fucked up than anything Maxine Waters has said.
You lot are fucked in the head really badly and you won't be satisfied until you see blood. You can pretend it is the liberal side of the US calling for violence, but that doesn't make it true. Keep making mountains out of mole hills while ignoring the volcanoes in your own yard. So. Fucking. Stupid.