These totalitarian bastards just never quit, do they?
Yes, they do quit, and sometimes even get converted. David Horowitz was pretty high up in leftist circles when he had is “road to damascus” moment and became a conservative.
Mike Royco was a staunchly anti-gun for most of his career, but became a fan of the 2nd Amendment just a few years before he died.
Al Capp became disenchanted with liberalism, and the cartoon strip “Lil’ Abner” started having conservative themes late in his career.
Still, “The price of liberty is eternal vigilance” is as true as it ever was.