and some people make up stories and post them to their web sites as truth.
On May 13, 2009, at 5:23 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > 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:297140 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
