This is a hot topic on the net...
Maybe they realize that the intolerant party can come after them for not thinking the right way..even if they are gay..they have done it to blacks for ever..
bmp
It would have been more informative if she shared how she transformed from A to B, but she left that part out.
It would be interesting to know how many Republicans/Conservatives have become so turned-off by Trump that they became Liberals. (John McCain, the staff of National Review and the WaPo/NYT token “conservatives” don’t count because they have always been liberals).
Let your light so shine before men ...
I am the Way, the TRUTH and the LIGHT ...
Sounds a bit like Whittaker Chambers.
#Walkaway is all over the net. Winning!
Oliver North and the Iran contra scandal woke me up. Anyone else have a conversion story? It’s amazing when you open your eyes.
Sometimes all it takes for a rabid anti-American liberal to see the light is time.
With time comes age. With age come maturity. Not in all cases of course. But usually people mature with age. And as the do, they accept common sense Natural Law and the “God Bless America” lifestyle.
One of the most difficult aspects of walking away from liberalism is having to admit that one fell for lies. No one likes being lied to, and most people like to think that they are too smart to fall for lies.
Becoming conservative is a voyage, a process that occurs in tiny increments.
My only criticism of this woman’s article is that she seems to equate distancing oneself from science and the scientific method as part of the process of rejecting liberalism. There is no need to reject science which, at its basis, is the attempt to describe and characterize the physical world as accurately as possible. Yes, abortion kills human beings. Yes, vaccines are the most significant medical advance in history. Yes, humans have been genetically engineering foods since prehistory without ill effect. Etc. Science, properly practiced, is not a political philosophy, despite the efforts of some on the left and right to make it one.
how could any “good liberal” work at that horrible corporatist and ecomanipulator Monsanto?
I have found that it is best to first identify those who are open to new ideas. For me, this normally starts with these questions:
Which is more important? Ideology or Facts/truth
If they respond by answering facts or truth, the next question determines their intellectual honesty.
If a fact contradicts what you believe or ideology, are you willing to change what you believe?
The sad truth is, many will say “yes” but only as a reflexive response. In reality, they will often use one of the logic fallacies (https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/) to defend their ideology.
HOWEVER, unless you can get them to a “yes”, it is not even worth talking to them as your logic and arguments will be ignored. So I use it as a filter. If no one is listening, what is the sense in talking?
bkmk
For the last week I have been very active in supporting those that have decided to #WalkAway
Last Friday some were asking why it wasn’t trending because the posts were coming in so fast it was almost impossible to read them all.
That’s when I educated them on how Twitter treats any conservative or near conservative viewpoint. To many this was their 1st introduction to manipulation & shadow-banning.
By last Saturday the opposition finally got their marching orders and minions from Mother’s Basements across the land have been spamming and calling everyone in sight a “Russian Bot”
What is both touching and damaging are not just the comments of those walking away, but the video’s. The video’s cut right thru the minions “They are all Russian Bots” cry.
Many of these people are Liberals, of the type I used to know. We had opposing views on some things be we could discuss and debate without it turning into a name calling scream fest.
I have missed them.
I welcome these people with open arms because the Democratic Party has officially gone off the deep end to Socialism and Totalitarianism. The people choosing to #WalkAway are angry, some are scared and they all need a kind word.
Knowing how mean & evil the left are to us, you can’t imagine how they treat those that dare to think for themselves and above all dare to leave the plantation.
I was pretty liberal as a child and then I learned how to read and do math.
Your story is very familiar. My entire family was entirely Democrat, some still are. That was the only way. But, as time passed, I realized that was only convenient to keep peace in the family. I began to realize that the Democrat Party put their party ahead of everything else – especially our country. It is always party first. I can say one thing about them: they are unified and never argued within their ranks or at least they didn’t. They always have the same standards. But today they have gone so far out of touch, away from the “USA”, that they are more concerned about people from other countries than the people of this country, the people that elected them. They have embraced the standards of socialism, globalism and one world orderism. I am seeing some of my friends now thinking for themselves and our country, and like you, not voting for the Democrats.
Defections are the scariest thing for a liberal mover and shaker to contemplate and the left spend’s half it’s propaganda dollars battling potential apostasy. But even scarier for them is the fact that the defector brings a particular savvy and energy to the life long follow up to their conversion which can, if well utilized, create a wave of defections from the enemy camp. An interesting and potentially intense public debate would be between converts, lol!
I'm a former democrat too... NOT easy to get off the plantation but it's sooooooo wonderful to be free...help others make the break when they start seeing the light.
Interesting article and I think you’ll see more #Walkaways. As I said earlier, the blue wave is Dems LEAVING the party, not electorally...