Then after talking about the NCAA tournament for a few minutes, my very liberal brother, as he usually does, brought up politics.
Did I mention my brother is a hard liberal? He just couldn't believe I didn't love King Barack and all the wonderful things he's done for the country.
Of course, I didn't share my brother's love of Dear Leader, so the conversation got pretty contentious. We went back and forth. He was convinced the middle class is disappearing because the rich don't pay enough in taxes, Obama is responsible for the "great" economy, free market capitalism doesn't work, socialist Europe is a better place to live than here, etc...the usual leftist rant.
I replied with the standard conservative mantra about too much government and an assortment of facts and statistics...the one percent pay 40% of all fed. income taxes.... many socialist European countries, like Greece, are going bankrupt....social security is a Ponzi scheme....etc.
Nothing I said made a dent in my brother. He was convinced I hadn't read enough leftist literature or watched enough leftist tv programs. I told him I'd read and seen all the leftist stuff when I was younger.
He asked me why I could turn conservative. I told him it was because, thanks to the internet, talk radio, and library research, I learned what a pile of lies liberalism is.
Mercifully we finally ended the conversation . I wished him well, and he said he hoped I got better too. I laughed at that last remark of his knowing what he meant.
I've had these same conversations with some of my equally lib sisters. The info I give them doesn't seem to affect them either. They're absolutely convinced their liberalism is right and just.
I'll keep on giving them info. But we're all getting old. I hope to subvert their children if possible. My plan is to give them information. Unlike my siblings, maybe their children will listen.
“He asked me why I could turn conservative. I told him it was because, thanks to the internet, talk radio, and library research, I learned what a pile of lies liberalism is.”
Got that issue with one of my kids. My standard answer is that I understand history, economics and context, and believe in reason, responsibility and accountability. I then tell him we will agree to until he comes to his senses.