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I agree that politics can create strange bed fellows and alignments. RFKj's anti-vax views would traditionally align him with the left, until the conspiratorial right came along.I agree. That is one belief.
My point is this one belief on its own doesn’t make one a “leftist” or even political at all.
What if we find out that he is a staunch 2nd amendment supporter? Is he back to being conservative, middle of the road, etc?
My only point is we need more data points if we want to paint this guy with any sort of political stripe.
I know a guy (extremely active in politics) whose first choice for 2016 election was Bernie Sanders, but who voted for Trump in the general election. Saying a person is liberal or conservative based upon one singular issue is folly.
Robinson definitely doesn't strike me as a leftist, by any means. He doesn't evn appear to be "political", which isn't uncommon for someone in their early 20's. Dems have "get out the vote" for youth because they a) generally aren't active and b) generally align with Democratic views. On that point, people generally become political because of their views on specific topics or having strong views on a few topics, they don't join a party and then create their views.
Robinsons religious family ties don't appear to be that important, IMO. I was dragged to church/sunday school for my entire pre-adult life, stopped attending at first chance I had (age 18), eventually came to grips with my atheism and never looked back.