Boris. TY very much for respecting me as an American citizen of value.
I feel you are as well, though I think you live in a nearly unlivable region.
Fat too many people and I don't intend to quote a Brit but so be it.
I COULD go thru your bullet-list of things that you think makes you deplorable one by one, like Tangy did, but I won't because so much of it we agree on. Hell, even Tangy agreed with a good share of those ideas/beliefs/statements.
And, rather than going thru and pointing out each place I disagree I'm gonna just make a couple of basic statements.
I believe Institutional Racism is real, and the average white person is more well-off than the average black person because of socioeconomic status. If you disagree with this position, you either believe that all studies are made up or you believe that black people are fundamentally genetically different or you just won't accept or are unaware of the vast empirical research on the matter. My query to you would be........... do you make financial advise to your clients based on the vast empirical data available based on research.......... or not?
I pointed out elsewhere what I think about belief and faith............without basis.
In essence I believe that believing in an ideology or a dogma or an individual leader or "savior" without some sort of Spiritual TRUTH as its core is like coupling with the devil and expecting to produce angels.
A belief in an individual is always faulty. A cult. Ask the remaining Branch Davidians!
Finally, for this post, let me just say that ALL Americans of good faith need to find a way to realize that most ANY citizen of either political persuasion (sure, there ARE exceptions) wants what's best for the Country.
And lastly, as a classic liberal who is NOT a member of either Party I will tell you that folks on the "right" have NO F-ing Idea what the "left" believes to be deplorable!