text: There is only one Purg. I am both the new Purg and the old Purg and all Purgs in between.
  
  Too many people view politics and religion as a team sport. They choose their team and spend the rest of their lives asking themselves, "What is my opinion? What do I think?  How can I know what I think until I know what my team thinks?" So they go to the Internet and read up on what the team thinks. 
  
  I don't have a team. I am center-rightish on questions of aesthetics, sexual morality, military policy and law and order. I am center-leftish on questions of civil liberties, freedom of thought, and social welfare. I am a patriot, a feminist, a professional data scientist, and a rather skeptical Catholic. I despise fakery and sloppiness of any kind, but I appreciate comedy whenever the universe decides to produce it.
  
  Life is more fun when you think for yourself. The only disadvantage is that you don't have a team to back you up.