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For most of my life, I've considered myself a political centrist.

I am personally quite liberal.

My politics are very centrist and sometimes, especially when it comes to foreign affairs, lean to the right.

A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.

I am not a centrist.

As you might have gathered, I prefer the honest, decent and genuinely accepting friends and family I have in the conservative world.

I think that there's a liberal element out there that finds me not acceptable. They don't like my stance on a lot of issues because I am conservative.

I've always been a liberal and I've always had strong socialist leanings.