You know who also was hated a lot? A certain man from Galilee...
Loved by All, Respected by None.
And yet when i worked at an investment bank in midtown, working with fruits, freaks and God knows what else, and was the only Outed Republican in the room, i was Very well liked and respected by many.
They couldn’t imagine saying what you think when a room full of 20 or 30 people disagreed.
My manager once told me while i was on FR “you shouldn’t read that but oh, i cant tell you what to read” Damn straight.
others would come up to me and whisper that they agreed with something i said :) I was an underground sensation. ‘
One guy Neil, a Jewish guy, knew I was the only sane one in the room when it came to Israel and we agreed on that. Other that that, he was very liberal but not stupid at least.
He would argue with the other liberals who thought Cuba and Stalin were great. Yes you read that right. I think he would be disappointed in his pick of Obama right now.’
I also respected the girl who went to a poor region in Africa for 3 months and almost died in a hospital there on a humanitarian mission. At least she walked the walk.
If you explain your convictions and stick to them you can start change people’s minds.
I didn’t’ make any die hard conservatives, but i think i helped create a few independents and that’a a start.
Apparently I am doing an awful lot of things right! And I don't even really try that hard, it just has always come natural to me.
Well said, and I don’t care who hates me, it hurts at times, but t it should not make a difference in how I live my life, otherwise we are slaves to the feelings of others. I am guilty of that, hard to change but working on it ever day.
Re: “When the American people are clearly presented with a choice between liberal ideas and conservative ideas, they vote conservative.”
Really?
1984 - 91% of Black Americans voted AGAINST Ronald Reagan.
1984 - 66% of Hispanic Americans voted AGAINST Ronald Reagan.
“Do you know how to get lots of people to hate you in America?”
No Idea. I can’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t love me.
“There were liberals celebrating when Andrew Breitbart, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher died and if you do enough good things in your life, they’ll be celebrating when you die, too.”
When Neil Armstrong died, there were comments about him that made me want to find out who made the remarks and where they lived so I could get on an airplane, fly all the way out there and kick their ass. Unfortunately, I missed my flight!
I guess I must be doing at least a few things right then....gotta go get a new pot-stirrer; the old one is worn to a nub.