thanks for your story, I was also bullied but ironically, I was one of those anti-religious, pro-abortion libtards then too, since my sister was an outspoken communist sympathizer lol. My dad was ashamed. Only after he passed in 2013 did I start to undo the programing and realize what he was trying to teach me the entire time I was becoming an adult.
It took a lot of angst, pain, fear and self-doubt coming to terms with the fact that I had been deceived, and by taking everything I heard that I liked as hard fact with no research or understanding had caused me to become a monstrous puppet. I threw hate at the conservatives just like a good sheep.
But when I started to disagree with some things on the left (Trans children, UBI, Late Abortion, illegal immigration, deteriorating public schools and healthcare) guess what happened? My loyal, loving tribe of liberals began to turn on me, attack me, gaslight me, tell me I'm stupid or I don't understand things properly. I was used to this kind of scorn and ridicule from Conservatives!
Conservatives will make you the butt of a joke and laugh at you, but I have never seen them try to shut down free speech or use violence when they disagree. Never, in 33 years. However, the Liberals went out for blood and tried to hurt me. Took my friends away. Put a target on my back. Made me feel stupid and like a bad person, just for using my mind. When I talked to some conservative friends and family about this, this is what happened: I was congratulated for thinking for myself, given tidbits of info and facts to help me connect more dots on my own, and welcomed for my input to the conversation, regardless of my beliefs.
This crazy journey that flipped me upside down has taught me how to tell good from evil, and truth from lies. I'm thankful for this daily.
Good on you for removing the leftist blindfold. Most of my former college friends are leftists/liberals, and maybe one moderate with left-leaning views, though again I went to a Catholic college (these people are everywhere). I always had to keep my mouth shut around them when it came to politics, but they would constantly not shut up about "orange man bad" or "mansplaining" or "gender-queer rights" and crap like that. I remained their friend only because I had no one else, and we all still got along fine, we had our little inside jokes and stuff.
But then last year, the godforsaken year of 2020, I really noticed a huge shift in my friends. They were outright blasting their leftist propaganda, on facebook, in person, everywhere all the time. I got so sick of it I blocked a few of them, just couldn't stand it anymore, and then 4 days ago I unblocked them and tried to warn them that something might happen on the 20th that they wouldn't like (this is when I and all of us assumed that Biden would get arrested on live TV. Yeah that was probably dumb to think that), and that they should avoid all protests in case things got violent. One of the more, ahem, rainbow-y friends got super mad at this, called me a right-wing conspirator and told me to "f*ck off". The others questioned my sanity and asked if I was okay and in any danger. I couldn't believe how they were reacting. Like I had just "come out" to them and told them I killed puppies for a living or something, it was THAT kind of reaction (although I bet if I'd said I do abortions for a living they'd be okay with that, hypocrites that they are).
But now that nothing happened on the 20th I'm SURE they're all messaging amongst themselves like "oh my gosh, she really IS crazy, let's never mention her again, let's report her to the police for possible terrorist activity" yadda yadda.
For some I think the blindfold never comes off. Other willingly keep it on. But for others, like yourself, you had people helping you slip yours off, and I can only hope that if Bidey and the rest DO get arrested, that I'll be vindicated and won't be the "crazy" one anymore and they'll come to me to get their questions answered, and their blindfolds will fall away. I can only hope.
thanks for your story, I was also bullied but ironically, I was one of those anti-religious, pro-abortion libtards then too, since my sister was an outspoken communist sympathizer lol. My dad was ashamed. Only after he passed in 2013 did I start to undo the programing and realize what he was trying to teach me the entire time I was becoming an adult.
It took a lot of angst, pain, fear and self-doubt coming to terms with the fact that I had been deceived, and by taking everything I heard that I liked as hard fact with no research or understanding had caused me to become a monstrous puppet. I threw hate at the conservatives just like a good sheep.
But when I started to disagree with some things on the left (Trans children, UBI, Late Abortion, illegal immigration, deteriorating public schools and healthcare) guess what happened? My loyal, loving tribe of liberals began to turn on me, attack me, gaslight me, tell me I'm stupid or I don't understand things properly. I was used to this kind of scorn and ridicule from Conservatives!
Conservatives will make you the butt of a joke and laugh at you, but I have never seen them try to shut down free speech or use violence when they disagree. Never, in 33 years. However, the Liberals went out for blood and tried to hurt me. Took my friends away. Put a target on my back. Made me feel stupid and like a bad person, just for using my mind. When I talked to some conservative friends and family about this, this is what happened: I was congratulated for thinking for myself, given tidbits of info and facts to help me connect more dots on my own, and welcomed for my input to the conversation, regardless of my beliefs.
This crazy journey that flipped me upside down has taught me how to tell good from evil, and truth from lies. I'm thankful for this daily.
Good on you for removing the leftist blindfold. Most of my former college friends are leftists/liberals, and maybe one moderate with left-leaning views, though again I went to a Catholic college (these people are everywhere). I always had to keep my mouth shut around them when it came to politics, but they would constantly not shut up about "orange man bad" or "mansplaining" or "gender-queer rights" and crap like that. I remained their friend only because I had no one else, and we all still got along fine, we had our little inside jokes and stuff.
But then last year, the godforsaken year of 2020, I really noticed a huge shift in my friends. They were outright blasting their leftist propaganda, on facebook, in person, everywhere all the time. I got so sick of it I blocked a few of them, just couldn't stand it anymore, and then 4 days ago I unblocked them and tried to warn them that something might happen on the 20th that they wouldn't like (this is when I and all of us assumed that Biden would get arrested on live TV. Yeah that was probably dumb to think that), and that they should avoid all protests in case things got violent. One of the more, ahem, rainbow-y friends got super mad at this, called me a right-wing conspirator and told me to "f*ck off". The others questioned my sanity and asked if I was okay and in any danger. I couldn't believe how they were reacting. Like I had just "come out" to them and told them I killed puppies for a living or something, it was THAT kind of reaction (although I bet if I'd said I do abortions for a living they'd be okay with that, hypocrites that they are).
But now that nothing happened on the 20th I'm SURE they're all messaging amongst themselves like "oh my gosh, she really IS crazy, let's never mention her again, let's report her to the police for possible terrorist activity" yadda yadda.
For some I think the blindfold never comes off. Other willingly keep it on. But for others, like yourself, you had people helping you slip yours off, and I can only hope that if Bidey and the rest DO get arrested, that I'll be vindicated and won't be the "crazy" one anymore and they'll come to me to get their questions answered, and their blindfolds will fall away. I can only hope.