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Surya Gayatri

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93. Are there any other 'conversion' stories among your entourage?

Reply to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #91)

Sun Jun 28, 2015, 12:13 PM

Jun 2015

Love this kind of anecdote proving that intelligent people eventually find their way to the light.

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'NEVER, in almost two decades of politics, have I seen a trend line like this one..." [View all] Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 OP

Yes, that's the key HassleCat Jun 2015 #1

Yes, when it gets 'up close and personal', and fears of the Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #2

It is only when "mine" equates to "yours, too" that the conservatives get on board. libdem4life Jun 2015 #9

The Cons are so boringly predictable...wish they'd change their act... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #12

Living with Conservatives and living in a rural area, I know why the heritage is one of me, mine libdem4life Jun 2015 #18

My dad became a RW-nut as he aged, badly. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #20

Around age 9 or 10, I was so proud to go with my Dad to the little puddlejumper libdem4life Jun 2015 #21

Former Nebraskan here, and boy, do I know what you're sayin'. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #25

Oh my, my Dad was a preacher, so that would be too risque...LOL. libdem4life Jun 2015 #31

Born in Lincoln and moved north to the Platte River valley Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #32

Interesting Ms. Toad Jun 2015 #46

Thanks for the response. I haven't been back there since I was 9 years old. I just looked and libdem4life Jun 2015 #53

I'm heading back in a little over a month. Ms. Toad Jun 2015 #54

Howdy former Husker! Can't believe you lived along ole' Highway 30! Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #60

I was about 2 miles north of it. Ms. Toad Jun 2015 #65

I must have been due east of you, then! LOL! Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #68

East, I think. Ms. Toad Jun 2015 #72

Had my head-map wrong way round....EAST, obviously. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #74

So you had me surrounded! n/t Ms. Toad Jun 2015 #96

Looks like it. LOL! Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #98

Wondering if you happened to see this. "'Everything we ever hoped for': Nebraska makes history with Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #81

Sure did! n/t Ms. Toad Jun 2015 #95

"Once the fear goes away, acceptance will follow." collinsrent Jun 2015 #41

I'm just sorry that it took me personally SheilaT Jun 2015 #3

Interesting personal trajectory...mine was similar, but I was even Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #6

It's not over. randys1 Jun 2015 #4

100% true. GOLGO 13 Jun 2015 #14

+1 nt Quayblue Jun 2015 #30

I don't think it will be over for a long time. More than 40 years after Roe v. Wade Republican totodeinhere Jun 2015 #58

I suspect they will fold and retreat to "right to work" and "at will" and just fire folks for TheKentuckian Jun 2015 #99

Simple. The internet expands our knowledge and communication about each other. Yavin4 Jun 2015 #5

So very true. That and the lowly cellphone...see Police Violence. Technology. libdem4life Jun 2015 #10

Truly the proverbial double-edged sword. But, the InnerTubes Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #11

Before the internet, the media shaped public opinion Yavin4 Jun 2015 #34

From the ground up--a ground-swell of grassroots awareness and activism. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #37

It's a generational shift. roamer65 Jun 2015 #7

^^THIS^^ BumRushDaShow Jun 2015 #16

I think that is true with respect to a lot of artificial differences. hifiguy Jun 2015 #50

Yup. To most young people of all political persuasions, it's simply a non-issue. pnwmom Jun 2015 #59

The 2010's have been shaping up to be its own distinct decade AZ Progressive Jun 2015 #8

And, it's only half over! Watch this space...! Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #13

I remember when we said the 90s would be the 60s turned on it's head. It was true. They bore the libdem4life Jun 2015 #19

It is the internet Egnever Jun 2015 #63

The millenials are growing up TBF Jun 2015 #15

The French have a great expression to describe Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #17

Here's another graph, from an article from Nate Silver AZ Progressive Jun 2015 #22

Thanks for sharing... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #26

The 2004 wedge strategy has backfired for the GOP over the long term. MohRokTah Jun 2015 #23

Love trumps hate AZ Progressive Jun 2015 #27

And, long may the repercussions of Rovian policy Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #28

The 2004 elections were the beginning of the end Terra Alta Jun 2015 #56

The big reason - and why it hasn't worked to create the same attitude change for races Ms. Toad Jun 2015 #24

Excellent point--sort of a stealth invasion of love and acceptance. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #29

Yup! n/t Ms. Toad Jun 2015 #33

And they not only knew you and loved you before they found out your sexual orientation, kelliekat44 Jun 2015 #35

I never thought much about gay people hifiguy Jun 2015 #48

Agree. The downward slide in women's and voter's rights is almost.. ananda Jun 2015 #36

The Cons will NOT 'go gentle into that good night...' Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #39

There's a very similar trend line on marijuana legalization. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #38

The pro-pot lobby will have to bring their public clamor up to the levels Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #40

I think it's going to happen the other way around with pot. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #42

Slowly, but surely, the pendulum will swing... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #43

I think you are very correct about that. nt hifiguy Jun 2015 #49

I have to give credit to the "librul Hollywood elite" as well LiberalLovinLug Jun 2015 #44

Can't speak from first-hand experience, having been away from the American social scene for years... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #80

While there were a number of great gay characters in shows like Roseanne, Ellen's first shows rhett o rick Jun 2015 #84

I also don't think its a coincidence it spiked in 2012...the year Obama came out in support of it. Drunken Irishman Jun 2015 #45

Even the professional pollsters agree. (In the original article...) Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #73

Around 05 I made the switch from awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #47

The LGBT community here on DU has been instrumental Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #77

I'm a bro awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #85

Ok, bro it is! Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #86

I used to think I was a republican awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #91

Are there any other 'conversion' stories among your entourage? Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #93

Nah, I'm a home body awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #94

Keep the dialogue going. Person to person, one by one, and the pendulum begins to budge. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #97

There's also this jfern Jun 2015 #51

And, may this positive trend continue on its upward track... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #76

Rec! progressoid Jun 2015 #52

I think its the TV shows CANDO Jun 2015 #55

^^^This!^^^ Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #75

Will and Grace started it....! nt MADem Jun 2015 #78

Thanks for posting Omaha Steve Jun 2015 #57

... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #61

It's the internet Egnever Jun 2015 #62

GOOD observation...^^^ Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #66

That's a great point. lovemydog Jun 2015 #69

Luckily, the 0.01% doesn't give a shit about the issue anymore eridani Jun 2015 #64

Well put...^^^ Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #71

I believe that TV shows like "Will and Grace" and "Queer Eye" also tblue37 Jun 2015 #67

Having lived abroad for many years, I wasn't able to Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #70

Agreed. Don't forget 'Ellen,' and I've been rewatching 'Will And Grace' Hissyspit Jun 2015 #79

Both Ellen's sitcom and her daytime talk show--especially her daytime show, tblue37 Jun 2015 #92

This Is How Fast America Changes Its Mind (...for comparison) Hissyspit Jun 2015 #82

Went over there and K & R'd immediately. Thanks for posting. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #83

I think President Obama deserves most of the credit for the 2008-2015 improvement in Public Opinion stevenleser Jun 2015 #87

Agree that he deserves a lot of credit. Most? The LGBT community worked their Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #88

Basing that on the graph. From 1999-2008, 5 points change. From 2008-2015, 20 points change. stevenleser Jun 2015 #89

Point taken. His unequivocal support put the issue front and center in the 2012 election. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #90