I remember being hecka liberal. I remember using arguments like "theres three times as many empty houses then homeless people. Just give them homes!"....then I got a job. Then I had my own individualism. Understood others. Grew up.
I'm willing to bet 75% of liberals today will one day be conservative. But then they have kids and the cycle continues.
Individualism, perfectionism, punctuality, and even objectivity are all "white privilege " ideas, not kidding, this is what my local school board, MCPS relates and even NY Public Schools promote, look it up.
For me it wasn’t just getting a job, it was getting myself away from the social pressure and having a family that really changed my outlook.
It can’t be underestimated the effect social pressure has on your mindset. If there’s a constant active movement to ostracize non conforming thought among your peers, it’s hard to fight.
Social media makes this social pressure easier to enforce. It also makes it easier to avoid, though.
This mirrors my story. Extremely liberal household, living in Portland, surrounded by extremely liberal people, being fed extremely liberal news.
After voting for Obama twice, it was about a year into his second term when I actually started paying attention to politics and doing my own research.
Anyhow, I voted for Trump twice, changed my registration to Republican, lost friends (not by my choice), and my family casually mentions from time to time how "concerned" they are for me. Even as far as saying "we think you're getting your information from fake news".
For me, back in my 20's and same for my wife, we just weren't engaged in news or politics. There was no social media, but I don't know if that really would've mattered because I didn't care about that stuff. We voted for Bill (1st term only) because he played a sax on Arsenio Hall and we said "he's pretty cool, I'll vote for him" rather than the old stale white guy (Bush Sr).
"I'm willing to bet 75% of liberals today will one day be conservative."
Liberals of the past are nothing like today's open borders, america hating, islam loving, white straight Christian male hating, abortion wanting, gun grabbing liberals of today
I remember being hecka liberal. I remember using arguments like "theres three times as many empty houses then homeless people. Just give them homes!"....then I got a job. Then I had my own individualism. Understood others. Grew up.
I'm willing to bet 75% of liberals today will one day be conservative. But then they have kids and the cycle continues.
Well then I will stop making fun of them when they do. Until then, they are fair game.
ball busting is good character building. We could use a few less limp-wrist pussies these days.
Ha. You assume they won't throw you out, blacklist you, and make themselves a little safe space where no "evil conservatards" can reach them.
Maybe I'll follow up with them in 10 years and see if they're conservatives by then, or if they've killed themselves. I'm leaning towards the latter.
At which point they will vote Democrat forever.
Our entire movement is filled with disaffected revolutionaries.
It's like the song says, "We don't get fooled again."
There's an old saying in Tennessee...
Individualism, perfectionism, punctuality, and even objectivity are all "white privilege " ideas, not kidding, this is what my local school board, MCPS relates and even NY Public Schools promote, look it up.
So is "civility" and having "informed opinions".
You see people screeching about "White Informed Civility" or "WiC" on Twatter pretty frequently when you deftly destroy their argument.
Apparently the only argument a leftist will accept is "emotional experience".
For me it wasn’t just getting a job, it was getting myself away from the social pressure and having a family that really changed my outlook.
It can’t be underestimated the effect social pressure has on your mindset. If there’s a constant active movement to ostracize non conforming thought among your peers, it’s hard to fight.
Social media makes this social pressure easier to enforce. It also makes it easier to avoid, though.
This mirrors my story. Extremely liberal household, living in Portland, surrounded by extremely liberal people, being fed extremely liberal news.
After voting for Obama twice, it was about a year into his second term when I actually started paying attention to politics and doing my own research.
Anyhow, I voted for Trump twice, changed my registration to Republican, lost friends (not by my choice), and my family casually mentions from time to time how "concerned" they are for me. Even as far as saying "we think you're getting your information from fake news".
Amazing. I've wondered what it's like for people raised by liberals in the thought bubble.
For me, back in my 20's and same for my wife, we just weren't engaged in news or politics. There was no social media, but I don't know if that really would've mattered because I didn't care about that stuff. We voted for Bill (1st term only) because he played a sax on Arsenio Hall and we said "he's pretty cool, I'll vote for him" rather than the old stale white guy (Bush Sr).
"I'm willing to bet 75% of liberals today will one day be conservative."
Liberals of the past are nothing like today's open borders, america hating, islam loving, white straight Christian male hating, abortion wanting, gun grabbing liberals of today