One of the sources of our great country divide is that conservatives understand socialism, but liberals don’t know conservatism. Leftists have been branding conservatives as racist, bigoted, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, sexists for the last 50 years, and with the reinforcement of a leftist media and no push back at all from the Republican Party, the label has stuck. As a result, many conservatives consider themselves leftists because they think they’re not any of those things, and they don’t really know or understand what conservatism is all about. Everyone knows people like this. They live their lives according to conservative…
My road to conservative awareness
I believe most everyone is born conservative. Most everyone is born with the tools to act pragmatically, given the information and tools available to them. Most people are born in good moods, excited about the future, and ready and able to help others. It’s only after we’re taught to hate and despise and be angry about perceived global injustice that we start veering left. And so it was with my conservative awakening. Prior to the mid-80s, I, like most children, wasn’t very politically aware. Sure, I remember vividly arguing with kids on the bus to school that “Carter sucks,”…