Usually, but not always. I've lost friends and even some family members because I'm a conservative, something considered unforgivable when you're a black man. I never 'pushed' anything. I just refused to have my views dictated to me as if I were an intellectual slave and questioned the qualifications of one B. Hussein Obama.
Usually, but not always. I’ve lost friends and even some family members because I’m a conservative, something considered unforgivable when you’re a black man. I never ‘pushed’ anything. I just refused to have my views dictated to me as if I were an intellectual slave and questioned the qualifications of one B. Hussein Obama.
PRAISE GOD FOR YOUR ALERTNESS, SANITY AND INTELLIGENCE.
GOD’S BEST TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
And may God give you many more richly rewarding friends who are worth it.
I helped a disabled girl and her family (Democrats) for several years and then the young girl said she felt she wanted to vote for Al Gore as Bush would take her SS away. I told her she was stupid. (Well??? What are good friends for? LOL!) She told me to get off her porch and hated me ever since. I also had a friend (liberal and from Korea) who told me we needed a new President as the economy was bad under Bush. I told her we were just going into a recession when Clinton left office. I suddenly heard “Click” and realized she hung up on me. I never called her back. I was in shock as I was truly wanting to converse and help them out with the truth and all of a sudden, I was drop kicked with no warning. LOL!
You and I are hoeing the same row, my friend. As black conservatives, we've got double duty.
My uber lib brother recently called me a "traitor" because of my conservative views. He and other deeply liberal family members have slowly dropped off my lines over my politics, but I refuse to moderate who I am, or what I stand for because of that.
These are grown people who refuse to take the responsibility to educate themselves. They also refuse any attempt on my part to fill in the gaps in their political education.
So be it. When the inevitable Reckoning arrives, I know that I will be on the right side of the fight, and will have a place in a restored America. They will be left with nothing but the horror of their grave mistake.
That sounds very much like a speech given by Justice Thomas. Are you familiar with it?
South40 I commend you for this.