Personal Narrative: My Political Ideology

If I were to describe my political ideology, I would consider myself mostly liberal with some independent views. I believe in equality for everyone, regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, etc. I think Americans need to be a little more accepting, and open to reaching out and helping those in need. This country needs to continue moving forward and growing, and I do not see that happening with a conservative in charge. My views have changed quite a bit in the last several years. I was raised in the South, by a conservative Christian family. I was forced to go to church every Sunday, and was pretty much brainwashed to believe certain things. As a teenager, I was more on the conservative side of the scale. I let
Almost every time I turn on the tv, or go online, I hear about yet another shooting. These shooting are happening everywhere, from schools, and churches, and even in movie theaters. It is frightening going out in public, knowing anybody could have a gun and ready to attack. If you look at statistics, the number of shootings in America is far greater than any other country. Obviously, something needs to be done about this. There absolutely needs to be some kind of better gun control laws. There is no reason that just any mentally unstable person can get a hold of a gun and kill countless innocent victims. I am all for Americans having the right to protect themselves, however, there needs to be some kind of change to help get this country to a safer
One example would be the death penalty. Unlike many liberals, I am not against the death penalty. There are some crimes that are just not forgivable. If somebody is cruel enough to take someone else’s life, they have no right to continue living their life. There are certain cases where life in prison is the right choice, but I am not against the death penalty if the circumstances are right. I believe we are all born equal and should be treated that way. We should only be judged by our actions, and not things we cannot control, such as the color of our skin,, or gender, sexual orientation or