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.
Thank you! That’s very heartening to hear when everyone I know in real life is telling me I’m being young and idealistic haha
If it makes you feel better about your political turn - people trying to make the world a better place have gotten to hear the whole "youre idealistic, utopian, naive" spiel for thousands of years, and they made the world better anyway.
It def does! now that I’ve completed step 1-(stop actively making the world worse) I’m gonna start working on step 2- make the world better:) (Step 3 is find hot communist boyfriend with thicc mustache, but we’re not there yet lol)