"libs want to be loved.
conservatives want to be respected.
those who cant' see the diff will never be respected."
And recovering libs still need to be loved. I witnessed this when I took a recently reformed liberal to the move america forward pro troop rally. He was very nervous that libs he knew would find out. He left even before the bus arrived. Liberalism is very tough to kick...worse than heroin I'm afraid....
so is stupidity, but some of us got by it...
"Liberalism is very tough to kick...worse than heroin I'm afraid...."
It's difficult to break off from an entrenched mindset you've had for a while. It just takes time and surrounding yourself with the right people. Back in high school when I started paying attention to politics my last couple of years, I had some liberal tendancies that were tough to break out of (before then I just went with the flow and didn't care to form any political opinions), and I still sometimes find myself having to fight back a few liberal-leaning tendancies in my thinking towards things. Doesn't help that I'm at a liberal university, but a little time at freerepublic and at the fire station will definitely cure that.
And occasionally feared.
Are you certain he is a reformed liberal, not just someone playing both sides?