Some people can change and evolve!

[Docreed2003]

I've talked about my conservative upbringing in the south here many times, but I just had to share this bit of personal info with you guys because I'm laughing so hard right now...


My conservative mother, she's a incredible woman and she's actually opening up her world in many ways, texted me tonight and was appalled that someone had posted on her "Next Door" app that the WHO had said asymtomatic Covid patients couldn't spread the disease. This was a post in response to our counties recent mandatory mask policy. Now my mother is a simple country woman but I had to lol at her take:

"That’s exactly what is wrong with this whole thing. You got Orange face saying stupid stuff and all these Orange lovers believe every word that comes out of his mouth."


Lmmfao, my beautiful mother calling the Orange Asshole "Orange face"...I've never once referred to him as that to her. I have no clue where she got it, but damn I love her for that and for the fact that she sees this whole debacle for what it is.

FYI, she's already said she's voting Biden in the fall.

[elleng]

1. Great to hear it, Doc!!!

[Docreed2003]

9. Ty Ellen!

It seems strange to defend my mother on an online forum, but, she's a wonderful woman, and I'm so happy that she's coming around to our side of the fence, so to speak

[soothsayer]

2. Yay for your mom!

[GulfCoast66]

3. Many DU members are ex-conservatives. Myself included.

You often find we have what religious folks say is the zeal of converts. Once we realized the damage our votes did we try to make up for lost ground. And many things can bring about the change.

For me it was the company I work for and more importantly, the chance to spend time in Europe. Changed my life. I realized I had been lied to and it pissed me off.

So I’m a former non-religious conservative who now proudly proclaims myself a a social democrat. I’ve actually brought a couple of my friends around.

[Karadeniz]

4. Yay! Way to go!

[Docreed2003]

8. I think my mom is in the same boat Gulfcoast

She was the Southern Baptist side of my upbringing...she voted the way she thought she was supposed to, despite the fact that my Grandparents were unabashed Roosevelt Democrats. I think she's finally understanding the interconnectedness that we all share: straight, LGBT, black/brown/white. She's getting it, and that just makes me love her that much more

[sheshe2]

5. I love your mother!

[Docreed2003]

7. Thanks sheshe...I do too

She's an incredible woman...and I'm so happy that she and I are on the same page politically right now, now I just have to keep her here!

[quickesst]

6. Good for you

But sadly, there are many on the left who, with broad blankets, choose to judge us by the ground our feet are standing on instead of where millions of our hearts and minds stand.