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cyclonefence

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1. This is my story, too

Reply to TexasProgresive (Original post)

Sun Feb 18, 2018, 07:51 AM

Feb 2018

My husband comes from a family of hard-right-wingers ("Roosevelt was a Jew" for example), but after we were married a couple of years he began to understand left-wing values and is now as progressive as they come. We had arguments about politics (I remember repeating and repeating "there wouldn't be regulations if there hadn't been abuses" until my eyes crossed), but those became fewer and fewer. It took what I think is a remarkably short period of time to "turn" him.

Maybe that's the answer--all you unwed progressives need to marry or at least breed with right-wingers.

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I just read an amazing post on quora.com to: "Do conservatives ever become liberal?" [View all] TexasProgresive Feb 2018 OP

This is my story, too cyclonefence Feb 2018 #1

I think there are a small percentage of conservatives (and gun-obsessed, for that matter) who may be hlthe2b Feb 2018 #2

its possible but rare from observations on politics over the last 5 decades. beachbum bob Feb 2018 #3

My hubby Happyhippychick Feb 2018 #4

I can say I am such a person. heckles65 Feb 2018 #5

anti-choice, not anti-abortion Skittles Feb 2018 #9

Thanks for sharing this story. Nitram Feb 2018 #6

This is especially good: raccoon Feb 2018 #7

I was a real, rah-rah Ronald Reagan fan in high school. Aristus Feb 2018 #8