How to Deprogram a Liberal in One Year Or Less

[Lord Undies]

How to Deprogram a Liberal in One Year Or Less
By Robin of Berkeley
 
So what do you do when you realize that everything you've ever thought and believed no longer worked for you?  Where do you go when the bubble of progressive politics bursts in your face and you're left in the leftist place on earth?  It seems that the choices are as follows:  either you cling to your beliefs even more zealously and attack anyone who dares to disagree.  Or, if you're like me, you embark on a journey of discovery and recovery.

I wrote another piece recently for American Thinker, a letter of amends to conservatives.  In it I described why I transformed from a Berkeley leftist to a talk radio loving conservative the last 1 1/2 years.   I realized the Democratic Party wasn't what I thought, that it had mutated into something mean and rough, and that I had probably been living in a fantasy world all along.  I very much appreciated the outpouring of support, wisdom, and forgiveness from American Thinker readers. 

Many said something to the effect of:  Robin, congrats, but what in the world took you so long?  So let me explain.  I wasn't just your garden variety liberal who voted Democrat and that was about it.   I was a true believer.  A zealot.  Like many leftists who had abandoned Judeo-Christian religion, I worshipped at the altar of liberalism.  For instance, I never missed watching the Democratic National Convention.  I watched every speech, with tissue box handy.   (What kind of a freak was I anyway?)  The Democratic Party symbolized hope, love, compassion, promise, everything that was good and holy in the world.   I gave money, my time, my heart, my soul.  I cried with joy when Democrats won; I was distraught when they lost.

continued at http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/how_to_deprogram_a_liberal_in.html

It's a start.  Worth reading.

[Rebel]

I think Paglia will soon follow. Tammy Bruce did years ago.