Visiting Hot Air I came across a post by Anita MonCrief giving some insight on how she became an “ex-liberal”. I found her blog and the entire post is there. One of the parts that grabbed me is this paragraph:
The Democrats seemed to be the answer: social programs, better schools, and politicians who cared. I do think that if I had never seen the other side of community organizing that I would still be blindly following along that same path. Being a conservative gives me hope, and peace. While it has not been easy, I decided to start with what made me love America as a child – its history and Constitution- and go from there. Friends who are still radicals rail at me for loving a country that enslaved us, and I tell them I don’t. I love a country that had the guts to stand up time and time again and right a wrong. A country that is not afraid to pick itself up and start again.
Her love of our history and Constitution is something we share. I know we are not perfect, and many liberals want to focus on the flaws to minimize the positives, but we have a great deal to be proud of.
Being Conservative/Libertarian in my values and actions if not in name for my entire life, I have no first hand knowledge of what it is like to be a liberal just as I will never know what it is like to be a black woman. I have enjoyed discovering Anita’s blog and I look forward to hearing her perspective as she becomes more involved in the Conservative movement.
- FOP Vermillion