How NPR Made Me a Conservative

Front Page Magazine ^ | March 29, 2004 | Paul Beston

[teldon30]

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[XEHRpa]

Great article! In my wayward youth, I used to watch Donahue, listen to NPR, and donate to Green causes. But Praise Jesus, I saw the conservative light.

[an amused spectator]

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[kitkat]

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[teldon30]

same here...i was definitely uninformed....i can excuse young folks for not being aware...but old liberals are pitiful. I really enjoyed the part in this article that describes the built up rage in people that try to be so passive and non-judgemental. It's true!! I have to rant and be a troglodyte on occassion or i get ill :)

[jackbill]

I assume that the author is currently gainfully employed. He sounds like the kind of person who would be.

[XEHRpa]

In those days, I had a very liberal girlfriend (fortunately, I now have a very conservative wife). She was very nice, but hopelessly leftist and "cause" driven (and neurotic). And despite her professing the leftist mantra of "tolerance," the one thing she could not tolerate was a conservative who wasn't open to liberal persuasion.

The election of Bill Clinton spelled an end to our relationship (though it dragged on a few agonizing years, much like the Clinton presidency itself). For it was Slick Willie that galvanized every latent conservative fiber in my being.

She went on to marry a Turkish muslim, and works in a university library with a bunch of leftwing lesbians and other assorted leftists. It's a pity. She was one of the few nice liberals I've known.

[Tribune7]

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[Feiny]

Of course she still works at the college. It is one of the few places her views are reinforced. No one has to grow up at college.

[syriacus]

I enjoyed reading this. The journey was different than mine, but the starting and ending points are similar.

The slanted coverage of the Clarence Thomas hearings, on PBS and the major networks, by Nina Totenberg and others, convinced me to break away from Liberalism and the Democratic Party. I watched most of the hearings and was stunned at the huge gap between what happened and what the liberal reporters said happened.

Who wants to be associated with a group that needs to lie so much?

[speedy]

An entertaining and incisive description of making that great intellectual and moral journey from the dark side. It's always inspirational to hear what motivates people to see the truth. Of course there are those who make the opposite trek -- but they always seem, like David Brock or Arianna Huffington, to have deep-seated emotional problems. There is no question in my mind that conservatives in general are more stable and balanced than liberals.

[TASMANIANRED]

Liberalism is a mental illness.
They cannot look at real life and the consequences of their beliefs. They require a utopian delusion.

They look at the Ideals of Stalin rather than the graves.
They look at the Words Peoples Republic and see a concept of egalitarianism rather than the graves.

They live in a nebulus world of feelings and ideals and do not engage with reality.

When you are out of contact with reality , you are psychotic. Hence liberalism is a mental illness.

[knarf]

"(FR: Leaving the burning dog poop bag of Truth on the front door step of the liberal media since 1996)"

Yep, you're a conservative alright.

A true lib wooda' rung the bell, accused the stomper-outer of poluting the environment and summoned the ACLU to argue for the rights of the neighborhood, picked up the bag and gone on to the next door.

(I obviously enjoyed your tagline)

[speedy]

You nailed it. Reality is not a major consideration in their outlook. It's like dealing with small children, but without having the excuse of being too young to understand the consequences of their actions. But why are there so many of them?

[WorkingClassFilth]

It took G-d to open your mind?

[henderson field]

"Liberals - they require a utopian delusion."
Almost true. What they really require is a delusional utopia. It's delusional because the real utopia is the one they came to from the old country. It's the real utopia of George Washington and his Anglo Saxon Protestants. They built and country, and the liberals are here to destroy it.

[First_Salute]

Nice catch.

[GOPJ]

Thanks for a great ping.

[zeugma]

Excellent post. Thanks for making it. I think it needs to be reposted to get wider viewership.