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A political position is not a weakness, it's a choice.

Right - like religion, or sexual orientation.

Wait, that last one doesn’t seem right. Where do you draw the line exactly, if earnest-held political beliefs are “choices”?

I'm not sure why you'd say sexual orientation is a choice; it's not, any more than race. Religion is a choice. Politics are a choice. The operative word of "earnestly-held belief" is "held" -- you can let them go if you want. There have been a few MAGAs changing their minds. I have a friend who was a Democrat until he went MAGA. If you suggest those must have not been "earnestly held" beliefs, I'll have to remind you about true Scotsmen.

That's exactly my point, though - who gets to decide?

I've arrived at my political positions through evidence and reason. Outside new information coming to light, they are both immutable and inherent. They are not "choices" that I've made in any framework that makes sense to me.

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