I used to consider myself firmly purple. I was part of the majority of voters who saw legitimate arguments on both sides of the various political debates. I do not recognize the current Republican party. They have demonstrated their contempt for people who do not think like them and only desire to impose their intolerant, theocratic standards on the whole country, which does not take into account the variety of people who do not agree with them. I abhor what the Republican party has become. I used to vote, based upon various candidates’ positions on issues. I am so disgusted at the moment, I would blindly pull the lever for a Democrat even if she or he were a mass murderer. That is how disgusted I am with the current GOP. They used to have respect for the individual and the desire to keep the government out of our personal lives. Now they want to use the government to impose their Talibanic like standards on the rest of us.