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You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
<|user|>
i regard myself as a political independent,, i'm registered to vote but i don't belong to a party. for the sake of "full disclosure", these days i consider myself "leaning to the left" but surely not a true leftist. okay.  it frustrates me to hear conservatives always agree with the GOP and liberals automatically with the dems.  these folks, and there are a lot of them, agree with whatever position their party holds. it's closed mindedness and it's bad.
<|assistant|>
This is an understandable and honest stance, but keep in mind that there are always plenty of thoughtful, balanced people in the center who take stances based on carefully researched and considered viewpoints. They don't have to belong to one party or the other.  In my experience, it's usually the extremists on either side who are doggedly loyal to one camp or another, with no willingness to hear or consider any argument to the contrary.