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.
I look at it like this. If you genuinely believe in something, whatever that may be, you probably believe it because you have a solid reason for that belief. God, Conservatism, Basset Hounds being the supreme breed of Dog, whatever. It doesn’t matter.
If someone disagrees with you, the onus is on them to prove to you why your wrong. If you did your homework, that ain’t gonna happen. Because you KNOW why your position is correct. You know it. Because you based it on something very solid.
If someone hates you for it, don’t ever feel bad. What could a lib say to a person strong in his faith in god to make him feel bad? Or his conservatsm? If that makes them spin out and hit the wall when you refuse their ‘better’ way or their criticism, That too is on them. Not you. Ever.