of alienation from the political left and a lot of core values that i felt were central to who i was as a voter. suc so on issues suchh as as freeor speech, for instance, i that iel think the left hadd heldf as being sacrosanct for much of its history, you know, it s it s been these values of free speech where generally held tor be like these these core values in order to t uphold free speec, to speak truth to power, it s being increasingly viewed as sort of well, it s unacceptable . i mean, people are being called racist for wanting free speech. i mean, you keep hearing that is that when you signed up as a liberal or democrat, you thought the democratic party represented you even five years ago? woulden it have been plausible that somebody in msnbc would say you re racist if you want free speech? well, no. if we re viewed as hostile to to the government as being