I've been thinking about this idea for a thread here and figured it was a good time to try it. Usually politics is serious biz but I'm hoping a little bit of fun would be welcome.

Let's post some political confessions from your past-- if you're like me, you can identify a time in your life when you were woefully incorrect in your political views. Perhaps embarrassingly so!

To give you an idea of what I mean, here's mine:

Back when I was in high school, I think Junior/Senior year, I was a blatant and unapologetic North Korea sympathizer. I would get into debates with my other politically inclined friends about the merits of their sovereignty and how that should supersede whatever human rights issues the US "alleged" to exist (lol!).

Not only was I sympathetic toward their state, I was personally impressed by it-- the power, the blatant disregard toward the rest of the world, and the legacy.

lol... I even managed to dig up this old desktop I made back then. It's extra crappy because this was before I had any photoshop talent, but meh:



That's not even the worst part. I seriously considered donating money to their cause AND joining the Korean Friendship Association. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_...ip_Association

I took a look at the website they have up now and it's virtually the same: http://www.korea-dpr.com/membership.htm

EXCEPT for one major difference. Back when I was looking into it, you had the option of founding your own local chapter of the KFA. From that point you could apply for some kind of funding/stipend in order to host weekly meetings (I think it was 20 bucks a week? I dont remember) but I attempted to talk my friends into doing this with me by saying "we can have free pizza every weekend on Kim Jong Il's tab!"

Needless to say they declined. Lucky for me though, other interests soon became more prevalent in my life and I lost the connection I "had" with this country. And of course, as I learned more about the realities of the world I came to see just how wrong I was. To this day it's definitely the most embarrassing political belief I've ever held.

Ok, now it's your turn!

Again, these are your embarrassing political confessions from your past. If you dont feel comfortable sharing you can PM me and I'll post them anonymously for you.

And please, no lame "pithy" comments from people like this-- Random ACist "lol I used to believe in taxes HAHA how embarrassing!"

Let's try to have a little bit of fun!

Before I developed a basic understanding of economics I was a political ******. The usual business is bad workers of the world unite type-stuff.

I also used to support all kinds of social restraints that I now oppose such as drug criminalization and gambling laws (ldo).

wow that is weird

I thought gun ownership was backwards.

But my big shame:

I wasn't opposed to the Iraq war.


Dear Lord, forgive me for my sins..

Before I understood economics I too was ******ed.

Used to proudly proclaim my strong collectivist feelings.

lol, I'd probably agree with that, actually.

I guess my most embarrassing political belief was that I actually thought the A-rabs "hated us because we're free!" but I blame that on my proximity to NYC/9/11. So, yeah, I was a hard core Bush supporter back then (this was in high school), favored the war in Iraq (for a short time) definitely the war in Afghanistan, etc. And then I was a huge Giuliani supporter for his campaign.

When my GF said she thought FDR was the best president ever I did not say anything.

I was also the president of the Campus Greens at my school although I am a libertarian now.

In high school government class I worked on a bill that would tax the consumption of good that are above a certain percentage of fat by calories. It even passed through our simulation.

I supported the Iraq war. I rooted for GWB to win in 2000 and 2004. On the plus side though I've always thought voting was a waste of time and I've thankfully never voted. So there's that I guess.

edit: Supported all other US wars, thought Lincon was great, etc.

The one thing I can remember was thinking that having Cincinnati subsidize new stadiums for the Bengals and Reds "was a good idea, because it would help the economy". LOL, I bought that hook line and sinker.

Like many others here, I was pretty misguided before learning some basic economics.

This, I remember sitting up all night watching fox live when the war begun.
I figured it would be good for the world if the US could set up bases in Iraq to keep an eye on the middle east. :'-(

I supported the Iraq War at first also. I never was able to vote against Bush but I did like both Gore and Kerry over Bush.

The bombings on TV were amazing though. The power of the United States is so ridiculous.

We have 9 super carriers. Why do we need so many bases?

I once believed that all political news in the US was 100% complete in truth and transperancy. Whenever anybody I knew had something to say that conflicted with the established consensus it was just laugable. I had complete faith that everything was transperant. If something was not accurate it would be weeded out by curious people excercising free speech every single time. I have since realized that informing people via the media is secondary to controlling peoples perceptions.

Carrier battle groups don't do so well in bodies of water like the Persian Gulf.

My views have not really changed that much...I have called myself a socialist since I was 12 or 13....and I am now 29, although my exact brand of socialism has drifted.
I am certainly now much more realistic about the prospects of implementing worldwide socialism in my lifetime.

In high school, I did try to learn Esperanto, convinced that it was the language of the future.
The dominance of English on the internet over the years has convinced me that it will be the universal language in the future and an artificially constructed one is unnecessary.

I used to believe (before I tried to apply logic to it) that any law that was supported by >50% of the people was moral. "Majority rules."

BCPVP

i voted for Ross Perot

I used to be a neocon in foreign affairs

somehow, I believed that the might of the US military was a great thing that we should flex at every opportunity. I no longer support killing millions.

that seems like a brag

OP,

You were one ****ed up kid. lol.

By biggest regret is that I lambasted George H. W. Bush for "not going to Baghdad" in 1991. I'm glad he was smarter than I. I just wish his son had been as smart. For the record, I opposed Iraq in 2003.

As Mark Twain Said:

"A man who never reads the news is uninformed, a man who does read the news is misinformed"

Or sumfink like that.

I voted for Blagojevich.

In my defense, I really, really, really disliked Topinka. But I shouldn't have let that blind me and I should have filled in the oval for Whitney like I originally intended to.