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I voted in my 2nd presidential election that year.
Sadly, I was still just beginning the very first stages of realizing God is the biggest scam in the history of the universe, so I voted McCain.
There is a lot of my past I'm not proud of. But given that I didn't really have a lot of human contact outside of church members until I was almost 14, I gotta give myself a little slack. But it's still embarrassing af.
My first election, I voted conservative because that's just how my family voted and I didn't know better. I get your embarrassment.
Ya I was out of high school for awhile and I still blamed poor people spending to much on shit they can't afford as to why the housing crisis was happening.
Definitely didn't realize how greedy the banks and wall Street had become. I lived on a farm, in a village of about 30 people. Had dial up internet but everyone in my social circle were republicans, thankfully had some liberal friends that pulled me out of that
I still have one old friend group that hasn't seen me since I started really coming out of it. They have heard I've turned around, but I'm trying to find time to go see them and let them see the new me in person lol.