Why I left the GOP
I grew up in a rich, conservative household, but after Katrina and Iraq, I realized my priorities were out of order
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/10/why_i_left_the_gop/
I see bits of myself in the author’s descriptions. While not an exact path, I did go through several layers of awakening, but for the most part, since I like reading about history when written objectively (well, as objectively as it can be written when the writing is being done by a representative of the victors), I had had exposure to these ‘liberal’ ideas and then did research to investigate more fully. I guess it is human nature to indulge in bias confirmation; I have read a number of articles where ‘liberals’ are equally as clueless of information that fails to confirm their biases. Sadly, it seems it is a tiny minority of people who haven’t already made up their minds and thus are OK to be ‘bothered’ by facts. The leaders ‘elected’ by our populous are thus elected by people trapped in conformation bias, so those few clear thinkers are left to be blown to the left and the right by the prevailing winds.
