This is kind of just a rant/confessional post. Im not sure if anyone is interested or if I’ll be absolutely flamed (which I deserve- my journey left has been embarrassingly recent). For the last 3 years I was first a summer intern and then a full time employee at NRA ILA working under the lobbyists, mostly bc my dad is involved and got me in. Once I realized my dad wasn’t right about everything and stopped trying to make him happy I had a big political shift to the left. Working here and running in the DC young republican circles while secretly protesting also really radicalized me. I still believe in gun rights but obviously the NRA is a deeply corrupt right wing organization that licks cops boots and should in no way be considered a non profit. I don’t really know why I’m typing this, except that I’ve felt like such a spineless fraud working here and it feels good to finally be able to say fuck Wayne LaPierre, albeit anonymously, without fear of recourse. I have absolutely no plan for the future now and my family is pissed at me but I don’t care. Still working on understanding my experiences on the inside but if anyone’s interested I’m happy to answer questions.
you're not exactly alone here. it's not a short nor necessarily safe journey from where you are and where you will end up if you continue this path, but i feel like my mental health has actually improved from when i started.
UNDER
NO
PRETEXT
POLITICAL POWER
GROWS OUT OF
THE BARREL OF A GUN:
枪杆子里面出政权
OUR PRINCIPLE IS THAT
THE PARTY COMMANDS THE GUN AND
THE GUN MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED
TO COMMAND THE PARTY
Lib anti-gun arguments have gotten so pathetic. My lib cousin was like "no guns, no violence. simple as that". Like dude, read a fucking book. Google the word "power". jfc!
have you tried asking him about disarming the police? seems like that would be necessary for his sitch to get close to working.
Yeah strangely enough I feel like one of the main things that got me to this point was starting therapy haha
my journey started with therapy, but it feels like leftism in general helped me put all that therapy together.
I think a big part of becoming a leftist and was working on the need for constant validation from my dad/old rich men that remind me of my dad haha. Leftism has definitely made me make sense of things and feel better though as well...like I’ve realized I’m probably not depressed bc of an incurable chemical imbalance in my brain I’m just experiencing alienation from living in a late stage capitalist society