I get the same treatment from my relatives. For example, during family gatherings, there invariably is the political conversation that springs up and, despite glares from my wife not to start a rumble, I have to say something in defense of conservatism.
What’s both funny and sad at the same time is despite a laundry list of facts, it’s like “Don’t confuse me with the facts!” That’s when the insults come out and they shut down.
I get sick and tired of the “Plantation Mentality” of too many Blacks who vote Democrat just before they are Democrats. I have been branded “crazy” or a “Tom” by some Blacks, but I’m at the point that I don’t care.
I used to have the same mindset as most of my relatives. I even got an award from my alma mater’s Black Student Organization for “Community Organizing!” What a hoot! Thank God people can change!
Been there, done that.
I've been branded as a traitor by family and friends. They think and have said when it comes to politics I am "out there". When I ask them on what they base that statement all they can provide is that I vote Republican, something I have done since I worked on President Reagan's first campaign.
The sad part is they are conservative and they know it. They hate high taxes, they disapprove of both abortion and homosexuality, they have religion and they beleive in a strong national defense. So why do they vote democRAT? Because the media tells them to. The media tells them being a Republican is a terrible thing. Basically, they are intellectual cowards who are too lazy to investigate and make a decisions based on fact. The democRAT party relies on that, without it, it would never get their vote.
I think I’m finally getting to one of my cousins. Within a month of the inauguration she began expressing concerns about O’s spending plans. She sent me an email and asked “Can we impeach him”. I wrote her back thinking she was pulling my leg and she said that she was very serious. She even went to DC for the “ascension” but she has had it with him. She’s a strong believer in Capitalism and she’s got O pegged. Unfortunately her husband is still mesmerized. She’s also beginning to see that the press is in the tank for Obama. I encouraged her to start listening to talk radio. A few months ago I had a really good conversation with her dad, my uncle, and we bonded over Sean Hannity.