It is difficult to work through, and I admire this person for getting this far. As a former liberal, I always had felt that the right wingers were a bunch of mean spirited people... I still believe that many of them are, and even some people who post here on FreeRepublic would meet those standards, but the LEFT has taken the cake in that respect. That part of the realization had me feeling ill as well.
To the liberal in the midst of The Change, I offer you comfort. Not all conservatives are bad, you can still feel compassion for your fellow man, and be a conservative. You can still revel in your high IQ and be conservative. I urge you to make the final step. You need not fundamentally change your views about love, life, and happiness, you just have to use reason as your primary tool, and accept the data and information that is out there, and has been out there, for years.
I still remember the day that I decided to leave them forever. I was sitting with my newborn son watching CNN, and there was one of those typically bitter feminists talking about abortion in such a casual way that it made me physically ill. I could not reconcile my feelings as a father with what the party stood for, and it was at that moment that I understood how unfeeling and inhuman they really were. I could not go back.
Though their are rotten apples in every barrel (this place included)...don't confuse indifference and apathy to being "mean" or "hateful"...you will find many indifferent or introspective conservatives...I being one...I have a real hard time feeling someone elses pain, especailly when its self inflicted...I refuse to cry for anyone who still has bootstraps and ability to pull them...