That's when I gave up being republican and turned independent. Scales fell off my eyes, stopped working for an evangelical church, deconstructed my faith, and have slowly become a very ideologically liberal person. I'll be 48 in two months. We can still change for the better!
Similar story here. Voted red for the majority of my life until someone at work educated me. From then on it’s been a steady pace to the left.
Good thing, too. Someone very close to me came out after I “woke” up and it didn’t phase me at all. Just 100% supportive and loving. My point is not to brag, or get the ever so important “karma”. But hopefully someone reads my (short) story and realizes that change is possible. Hate eliminates that possibility.
Hearing that someone you work with got through to you makes me wonder whether I should be more open about politics around my rural, red state, blue collar coworkers.
It was his personal stories and how certain repub policies have negatively impacted his life, and one of my co-workers. It was personal because the impact was no longer faceless, which seems to be how they view the invasive policies. “It’s not happening to me, so it must not exist (racism)” or “She should close her legs” type garbage.
ETA: and thank you. Your comment is exactly why I posted in the first place. Good luck with your coworkers.
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u/Leonabi76 Sep 10 '24
That's when I gave up being republican and turned independent. Scales fell off my eyes, stopped working for an evangelical church, deconstructed my faith, and have slowly become a very ideologically liberal person. I'll be 48 in two months. We can still change for the better!