The American Academy is sick joke.
I love that hypnotize example. I’ve never tested this out yet, but I always viewed that I could never be hypnotize either. I hate losing control of myself
My immediate first thought at the article title:
Dude, you grew up.
Now there is some real hope and change.
I like the honesty of her story. Not too many of us are so purely conservative that we never have a liberal pang or two.
For sure the left enables the feelings of victimization. It enhances their power over us. We must stand up for ourselves and this horrible man who is president may be the catalyst for awakening.
Shouldn't that read "God forsaking", as a "secular Jew"? ;-P
My story is a little more simple than his....i actually voted for carter in ‘76, then joined the military...i watched and lived the dismantlement of our armed forces in the late ‘70’s...vowed never again to vote for a liberal, and have not since
As a Conservative (former) resident of Berkeley, I know where Robin is coming from.
I lived in Berkeley for years, happy as a pig in slop. But suddenly, the blinders fell off and it was clear how ridiculous that entire town was. For me, the only thing to do was leave.
Berkeley was beautiful, and I still miss the climate, the scenery and other things. But I only have to remember the screwed up politics to know that I never want to be in that town for more than a few hours ever again.
I was raised in a mixed home with my mom being the zombie trade union lib and my dad being the conservative.
I voted for Reagan in my first election (so did everybody else in the country), but was made to feel uncool and guilty for my conservative leanings among friends in college.
During the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings I was pretty much split right down the middle. I honestly did not know who to believe and I thought that the incident had great historical significance; either this woman with her exceptional credentials was lying or the Supreme Court had a perjurer on it's bench.
When I discussed this dichotomy with a liberal friend, and mentioned that it was difficult to ponder, she told me flat-out, that it really did not matter whether Thomas really harassed Hill or not, as long as he was kept off the bench.
The liberal side of me looked at her and kind of thought; he's a black man, he's accused by a woman of having done something terribly wrong.
I got this same outcome from more than a few libs, when I came at them from the liberal side. It was like honor among thieves and they assumed that I was ALL lib and naturally on their side and would arrive at the same conclusion. However, this turned me into a conservative.
A few years after this event, with Clinton in the White House having done far worse things to Monica Lewinsky and Kathleen Wiley and then having attempted to destroy both women for far less than talking about “pubic hair” or X-rated film. What Thomas had been accused of was practically moot, whether it were true or not. What was very clear to me after these events is that a woman, and a true liberal, with impeccable credentials, such as Anita Hill, would have no difficulty lying about a man such as Thomas.
And that is how I eventually became a conservative.
My work with clients changed. I stopped reinforcing their stale, rigid stories. Rather than dredge up the past, we talked about how to live now, how to harness inner resources like courage, perseverance, and faith. I hoped to offer them the guidance and wisdom that I lacked in my younger years.
And then two years later, Obama came on the scene. He felt creepy; and I saw before my eyes that the sick, evil fringe of the far left had invaded the Democratic Party. As though I'd been slapped across the face, I snapped out of my trance. The last vestiges of my liberalism flew the coop, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Interesting. I’ve always been conservative, so have trouble understanding the whole liberal thing.
Excellent article!!!
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Robin's journey to Conservatism is pretty typical of most Conservatives who themselves started out as Liberals. However, he took a little longer.
Myself, I was a college student when my professor took up all our class time bashing the U.S., its policies and (the clincher) the Military. At that time I was not real close to my dad…but I had (still have) the most unalloyed respect for him as a man and as a former soldier.
Bashing the Military (and in wartime) was the ultimate anathema for me-altogether apart from the abjectly unprincipled and unprofessional advantage this professor was taking with the students. I was instantaneously a Conservative... and immediately began educating MYSELF about all the points of divergence between Liberalism and Conservatism.
I almost feel I ought to thank that guy for the ‘slap in the face’ he handed me. But, I still feel a sense of betrayal and resentment at what he was doing… A man in a position of accountability…a grown man who should have had the sense to know better than forcing his personal bias on students for whose educational development he was responsible.
Every time I recall that moment, it seems that the event is happening again, right now! The shock has NEVER diminished for me. It lives in my memory like one of those indelible snapshots we carry with us to our graves…. The moment we leap from one understanding of ourselves and the world to the next.
He was ONE dishonorable man! That was ONE dishonorable institution. I lost all respect for the University and for him in one instant!
BTT. Very interesting.