Some people do finally grow up. On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote:
> > http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/letter_of_amends_from_a_recove.html > > Letter of Amends from a Recovering Liberal in Berkeley > By Robin > Dear friends, family, loved ones, conservatives, Republicans, > libertarians, my brother in law, Sam, and my cousin Joe: I am sorry > and you were right. > > These are not easy words for anyone to utter, much less a leftist from > Berkeley, or a recovering leftist, that is. Even though I've been in > recovery for 14 months, 2 weeks, and 3 days, leftists are always right > in your face, in an I-hate-you-if-you-disagree sort of way. Hence, > this letter of amends to all the people I've lectured, scolded, ranted > and raved at, and otherwise annoyed during my 30 plus years of > "progressive" politics. > > My recovery program urges a fierce moral inventory, a cleansing of > heart and mind (kind of like a "forgiveness tour" but without the > scary dictators), so here goes: > > To my brother in law, Sam, for blasting you in that Chinese restaurant > for voting for Reagan, mea culpa. > > To my cousin Joe for calling you a traitor when you became an MBA, > started holding a real job (as opposed to most of us Berkeley types > who are psychotherapists, massage therapists and aromatherapists), and > became a conservative, my bad. > > To my goddaughter whom I told when she was l0 years old that > Republicans were bad, Democrats were good (yes I really did say this), > and who got confused and tearful because she lives in a suburb where > most people are Republicans, kid, what in the world was I thinking? > > To my leftist friends, with whom I agreed that 9/ll was the US's > fault, you and I were all such jerks. > > To those potential friends whom I dumped when I found out you were > conservative, your gain is my loss. > > To all those columnists and editors whom I harangued with angry > letters and e mails, sorry, sorry, sorry. > > And finally to me, Robin, for installing you for the last 27 years in > the far left cult of the People's Republic of Berkeley, where Patty > Hearst was kidnapped by the SLA, where the Black Panthers had their > violent beginnings and the heads of the Black Muslims are jailed for > murder and rape, my apologies, girl. > > I didn't know any better. I thought the whole world lived in areas > where the streets are filthy, aggressive street behavior is allowed > because the perps are victims of capitalism, and where you can easily > get mugged walking down a street or eating in a restaurant at noon. > (By the way, with the Left in charge, expect gangs, crime, > indoctrination of 5 year olds and general anarchy to be coming soon to > a neighborhood near you.) > > Given that the media is pretty much censored (good luck finding a > conservative book in your local "independent" book store or hearing a > Republican speak anywhere), you didn't know that a party of grown ups > even existed that didn't advocate screaming at others as the preferred > mode of communication. So to my dear Robin, apologies for what I put > you through, what I deprived you of, and my pledge to do better. > > Cousin Joe, Sam, et al, you may be wondering how I did a l80 in 1 1/2 > years. How did I go from a rabid, sanctimonious liberal whom you > steadfastly avoided at family gatherings to a fan of Limbaugh, > Hannity, and Savage? Recovery encourages us to share our story, so > here's mine: > > In February of 2008, I saw a new client, a bright and sensitive young > woman who came in looking like she just escaped a war zone. In some > ways she had; she had innocently shared with others at her job that > she voted for Hillary rather than Obama. Immediately she was being > targeted for abuse that put her in fear for not only her job, but her > life. > > We both suddenly became aware that something had grown really dark in > the Democratic Party. I started hearing about many other incidents > where loyal Democrats were being physically and emotionally threatened > for supporting Hillary. A woman in Berkeley had her front window > broken because it displayed a poster of Hillary. Randi Rhodes, an Air > America talk show leftist, called Hillary a f______ witch. (Rhodes was > recently promoted to a national talk radio show, illustrating another > disturbing trend: the deafening silence about what Rush Limbaugh has > dubbed the new "thug-ocracy.) > > An acquaintance had her car broken into, and the only item stolen was > a NoObama bumper sticker. A South Park episode featured an episode > where a nuclear weapon was being aimed at Hillary's genitals. My local > greeting card store sold very flattering cards about Obama, insulting > ones about Hillary, and a Hillary "nutcracker." When I complained, the > young male manager literally laughed in my face. > > Things went from bad to worse when Sarah Palin entered the scene. When > Geraldine Ferraro ran for Vice President, there was no debasement of > her character, no sexual threats. But with Palin, a full scale > "wilding" ensued that chillingly reminded me of the random sexual > attacks on women by gangs of men in New York. She was called every > vile name in the book by both male and female liberals. > > Actress Sarah Bernhardt hoped a gang of black males would rape her. > When Palin's church was torched with children inside, the press was > missing in action (somehow I imagine the press would have been all > over this if Obama's church were torched). Not only was the misogyny > disgusting, but the classism was abhorrent. The Democrats, by > ridiculing Palin's voice and her education, were acting like arrogant > snobs. The party had changed, I had changed, and the differences > looked irreconcilable. > > The final straw for me was when a close friend flew into a rage at me > when she learned I wasn't supporting Obama. The political became > personal when she began impugning my character. Worse yet, she tried > to intimidate me into changing my mind by threatening to dump me. > > Suddenly a light went on. The peace and love and flower power of the > old left was dead and gone (if it even existed to begin with except in > my imagination). The Democrats had morphed into a power hungry Thought > Police, and I was done with them. My new motto in life: don't PC on > me. > > So this is my letter of amends, and I hope that I can be forgiven by > all whom I've offended. I knew not what the heck I was doing. But now > the problem is: how in the world does one be a conservative these > days? How to stay brave and committed when conservatives are being > targeted, punished, and shunned on a daily basis? How to sleep at > night knowing that the country I have finally come to love may be > destroyed from within by a massive Big Brother government? > > I guess I'll just have to do a step one, as we 12 stepper's call it, > and turn it all over to my Higher Power. > > Love, > > Robin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297136 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
