I try very hard to avoid talking about politics, as I see it as a no win. And that’s why I try to stay independent, as I believe that neither side has the right answer (and don’t even tell me that I must be a Libertarian — haha!) No, believe me when I say I’m really undecided. Pollsters must really hate me. I’ll make my mind up based on facts, thank you.

Because of this, I am always open to well thought out arguments. And I am wary of propaganda.

I have no horse in this race, but this article appears disingenuous to me, in the sense that this reads like a propaganda piece. I say this because the character speaks like a listing of conservative talking points to describe a person on the left.

I have no doubt that the author attended a rally in New Hampshire. I have no doubt that she met all sorts of warm, kind people (this depiction is supported by the reports of my friends who have also attended Trump rallies), but the character is suspect. Several passages communicate this to me:

I started to discover (or perhaps rediscover) the #WalkAway movement. I had heard about #WalkAway when MSNBC told me it was fake and a bunch of Russian bots. But then I started to meet real people who had been Democrats and made the decision to leave because they could not stand the way the left was behaving.

They’re promoting the WalkAway movement. And see how they do that?

A life long democrat would be more likely to say that they get their information from multiple sources, not just one stereotypically biased channel. Republicans would say they get their news from multiple sources, and while they might cite Fox News as one, they’d probably shy away from mentioning Breitbart or Infowars as their only source.

I watched town halls they held with different minority communities (all available in their entirety on YouTube), and I saw sane, rational discussion from people of all different races, backgrounds, orientations, and experiences.

The link is more WalkAway propaganda.

I’m not going to lie, I was nervous, so I thought I would start my day in familiar territory: at an MSNBC live show that was taking place a few blocks away from the rally.

There’s MSNBC again.

Anyone who has ever written sales copy before understands the rhythm and pacing this article used.

Again, I’m not attacking anyone’s political beliefs here, and I don’t want to communicate that. I’m just saying this probably wasn’t written by a lifelong democrat who changed their mind upon attending a Trump Rally. Rather, this reads like a propaganda piece trying to sell the reader on WalkAway.