You have my sympathy! I don’t know what it is that makes people adopt the mindset, I flirted with it briefly myself when young. You know the drill, “If you are not a socialist when you are young you have no heart.” I pretty well got past that before turning 20. I recall one good friend and shipmate I used to drink with sometimes on liberty in Italy. He told me once that he was a socialist and when I tried to point out the error in his thinking he ignored what I said, he didn’t get angry but he simply could not conceive of the idea that what he claimed to believe was absurd. For a while I accepted the idea that it was all a matter of opinion but it is not really any more than the Sun rising in the East is a matter of opinion. The advocacy of Socialism is evidence of a mental disorder.
“advocacy of Socialism is evidence of a mental disorder” Love that! Well said.
I think part of the challenge is that whether one is liberal or conservative is idicative of more than just politics. It goes to the core beliefs that one holds. It is more than just a “D” or an “R” thing. The root of it is often on a spiritual level, the level where we all come to grip with our relationship with God almighty.
That is a scarey place for most people.