Politics. I understand some of both sides. Hell, I’ve met some of both sides and I’ve seen how (and where) they recruit in my little suburbia.
Still, there’s only one side that’s organised enough, overly well armed enough, well financed enough, and truly bat-shit-crazy enough to be an ever-present and ugly threat to what I’ve known as the American way of life.
My parents saw it… and though I’ve done my fair share of rebelling against my parents, I’ve been lucky enough to see with my own eyes just who these “assholes who have good jobs but like to spend their free time destroying and tearing down other people just for a mean spiteful laugh” are.
Checks and balances were created to keep those people, and the ones who want to be like them, from ever having free and unsupervised reign.
As long as there people who use money and power that way, I’ll always be on the side opposing them.