Benjamin Ellis, a self-described liberal senior in Poly. Sci. at University of North Carolina Ashville, writes of his experiences in joining both the College Democrats and Turning Point USA. The Turning Point kids were nice, the College Democrats were ... 'interesting'. He concludes:
There are two different Democratic parties right now — people who lean left and people who need help. The latter are people who are miserable and will attempt to position you as inferior while victimizing themselves if you do not march to their tune.
I am no longer sure of my future as a Democrat. I am certain, however, that if Democrats want to ever win votes back, they need to stop romanticizing victimhood and violence and start engaging in a civil and productive manner.
Benjamin Ellis, meet Ruy Teixeira of Liberal Patriot fame, who ended up where you are, via a very different route.
