It is possible that there are other Democrats that post on this site that could be encouraged by your presence. It is truly a blessing to hear that you are a recovering liberal.
I admit that seeing your post admitting to be a Dem was something of a shocker . . . kind of like a Catholic in a room full of Baptists.
In fact, it would be great at some point to see someone post a vanity on this very subject - how a Democrat can be a Freeper. You’ve been here since 2000 so maybe you did do that (I’d love to see the link if so).
If more of us knew that there were honest Democrats on board they might be more careful in their broad strokes. I have made such statements, but for the most part I have tried to use ‘liberals’ or ‘leftists’ in my criticisms.
FReep on!
FWIW, I think that there are 2 kinds if lefties: idiots/ignorants and ideologues. I was one of the former. The seeds of my conversion were sown in 1986 when I spent 6 months in Europe. Made me very glad to be an American, something I had taken for granted. In 1998, we got internet access. Around the same time, thanks to Newsweek (heh heh heh) I was introduced to FreeRepublic, the Drudge Report, and Rush Limbaugh. Those exposures led to others. I was getting more info, from more viewpoints. Lots of that info jibed with my life experiences, and I realized after a while I was no longer a lefty.