I find politics to be fascinating and fun to think about. I like the moral puzzles it presents, the ideas and concepts it provides me to play with.

Unfortunately, I no longer really have a home in politics. I don't know precisely where I stand. On issues, I can tell you my opinions, but I don't know what label that leaves me with.

The obvious rejoinder would be, "why bother with a label"? Because labels are an extremely useful short hand for conversation. If someone says "I'm an X" you know, generally what they believe and can find out specific distinctions for that person. Me not having a label means that short hand is unusable for me as I'm unable to adequately convey my opinions on a broad swath of subjects with a single word. I already have enough problems with social situations as it is and removing generalities from my self-descriptions makes things more complicated and frustrating.

Lucky for me, I don't talk to people, so it never really comes up.