Walk Away - Why Democrats Are Loosing Minority Groups

By

       Zeno Potas

      The vast majority of Americans can differentiate between common sense and hate. Today’s liberals seemingly cannot. Liberalism today is OBSESSED with “hate.” Today’s Democrat Party spends an exorbitant amount of time preaching against “hate,” “the politics of hate,” etc. It’s seemingly become the central theme of all the party touches.  Liberals don’t seem to understand that calling someone “a racist” or “a xenophobe” who is not a racist or a xenophobe doesn’t drive them toward you — it drives them away. Through their constant name calling of the American people they have driven all but their hyper-loyal, hyper-left base, the Black Lives Matter and Antifa members of the world, farther away. For all their talk about “ending hate,” an undivided America, peace, love, and granola — it’s liberals who are out looting, fighting, burning, shooting in the streets. The majority of Americans, regardless of party affiliation, don’t want to have anything to do with it, them…and increasingly you, Democrats.

      A perfect example of this backlash is Brandon Straka, the unlikely liberator and new face of the “silent minority” of Americans who’ve been cast out by family and friends, fired from jobs, and forced into silent social ghettos for their failure to “get it” about how hateful and dangerous Donald Trump is. Brandon is gay, but not a sheep. He used his ability for critical analytical thinking to see the real truth of what the Democratic party is doing, or not doing, for himself and others.

      Critical analytical thinking means looking very closely at the detail and not taking what you read or are told for granted. It involves NOT believing everything you see and hear but;

• Evaluating how far sources and materials are up-to-date and relevant

• Evaluating if the evidence or examples used support the points or claims made
• Evaluating opinions, arguments or solutions using appropriate criteria and benchmarks
• Following a line of reasoning through to its logical conclusion
• Checking for bias or unfounded assumptions
• Evaluating the argument to check that the evidence presented really does support the conclusions drawn.
  
  

      Brandon Straka, who grew up in a small town in Nebraska, was on board with the fear and loathing campaign around Trump until he began asking people back home why they had voted for him. To his astonishment, they told him about Obama-era regulations that had crippled their small businesses. He started to research media slander like the one about Trump supposedly mocking a disabled reporter. When he found that it was a total distortion, he kept going, his anger rising. “This was a matter of the media specifically using and manipulating people’s deepest fears, based on legitimate traumas,” he explained. “Many gay people have experienced very serious homophobia and even physical violence. Can you imagine manipulating a domestic violence survivor’s fears just for political purposes? It’s insane. I reject hate. And at that point I was like, I can’t do it anymore. I really can’t. I had to speak up,” he said. “Once upon a time, I was a liberal. Well, to be honest, less than a year ago, I was still a liberal, but I reject a system which allows an ambitious, misinformed and dogmatic mob to suppress free speech, create false narratives, and apathetically steamroll over the truth.” 

 
      Brandon put out a video that expresses his views, as a gay man, as an American, and as a human being who is tried of the lies. It is a must see for all patriots and free thinkers. (You can see it below) Since Straka published his confessional video on May 26, his life as a New York City hairdresser and aspiring actor has been overtaken by a tidal wave of support. He is now fielding a constant barrage of newcomers’ testimonial letters, videos, and emails— sometimes over 1,000 per day.


      Some 5 million people on Facebook and YouTube have seen the video by now. A very handsome gay man, who you just assume is about to scold you on progressive talking points, instead says this: “These are the reasons why I became a liberal. And these are the same reasons why I am now walking away.” His assessment of the Democrats: “From immigration to everything, they are just a disaster. They’re anti-American, anti-common sense, anti-rational—anything good, they’re against it.”


      Those who are walking away are, in many cases, lifelong Democrats who simply could not take it any longer and have longed for this very moment, when somebody like them would make it safe for them to come out of the closet and speak their minds about the hypocrisy of the American Left and the Democratic party. I was so angry at how we were being terrorized,” Straka said. “Then I thought, why should I limit it to just us? They’re doing the same thing to black people. And Hispanic people. And frankly, they’re doing the same thing to everybody in one way or another. It’s really the minorities in America who don’t feel like we have a choice. That’s what they keep telling us over and over: ‘You’re not safe on the right. They don’t want you on the right. They hate you on the right. You’re only safe with us. We are here to protect you.’ Meanwhile, are you kidding me? You’re here to ‘protect’ me? All you are doing is use my fears to scare the [expletive] out of me—to terrify me and to try to manipulate the way that I vote. At that point I was like, I can’t do it anymore. I really can’t, he stated. “You know, listen, I’m a gay guy from New York City, but before that, I’m an American, I’m a Patriot.”

 

Today I’m kicking off the #WalkAway campaign by releasing my video about why I am walking away from liberalism and the Democratic Party. It is my sincere hope that you will join me in this campaign and that we may start a movement in this country- which not only encourages others to walk away from the divisive left, but also takes back the narrative from the liberal media about what it means to be a conservative in America. It is up to all of us to make our voices heard and reclaim the truth.
The Democratic Party has taken for granted that it owns racial, sexual, and religious minorities in America. It has encouraged groupthink, hypocrisy, division, stereotyping, resentment, and the acceptance of victimhood mentality. And all the while, they have discouraged minorities from having independent thought, open dialogue, measured and informed opinion, and a motivation to succeed.
Please like and share my video, and please post your own #WalkAway video!! If you are a former liberal who has walked away from the left, please share your story, or your message, or your thoughts in a video on the WalkAway Campaign Facebook Page.
If you are a lifelong conservative or non-Democrat, please share your story, message, or thoughts on what it truly means to be a conservative. Right now, the liberal media continues to perpetuate a false narrative about the “hateful” and “bigoted” right. Use your voice to let people know who conservatives really are. Be sure to use the hashtag #WalkAway.
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