For me it was 1981. I was the radical left back then. In my own arrogance I thought I knew all the answers back then. I really thought that if I could sit down with President Nixon for 10 minutes he'd see my wisdom and end the war. All the wisdom of a college kid. All my old friends have changed as well...some I would have never thought would. We've experienced life and the realities...geeezz it's a little embarrassing now...but we were stupid kids then.
2006-08-21 05:29:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
JimW...I know where you are...it's okay dude!
2006-08-21 05:52:22 · update #1
a couple years after college, when I saw how the real world worked.
2006-08-21 05:36:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
How old were you when you stopped envisioning making a difference,or when you stopped having hope that you could change the government and instead jumped on the narrow,one sighted look of the conservatives view of the world?
I will never give up on equality,freedom,and a world that has peace ,for all..I will never close my eyes ,my heart or my mind to new ideas while still embracing the need to help others.I feel sorry that you lost that zest for life and became just another sheep,to follow blindly the sheep in front of you, where the view never changes.
I also own a successful business and am not a socialist,communists or any other "ist" except a realist.I simply ignore shiraz
2006-08-21 05:50:51 · answer #2 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually I'm the rare exception to the rule. (Interesting to note a large amount of recent research indicates that people as well as animals tend to become much less flexible in their thinking and willingness to try new or unusual things. In people it is usually around age 30 that this occurs.)
As I said, I used to be an "arch-conservative" until around 26-27. A return to collage and being exposed to a lot of ideas that totally flew in the face of my long-held beliefs, and a new-found willingness to keep an open mind slowly turned me into a much more liberal/midle or the roader.
But, as in any question you need to carefully define your terms. As in what is a radical?
An interesting interview happened on NPR, where a kid, 18, had a chance to actually ask a series of questions of Nixon at a press conference. Instead of cutting him off Nixon engaged him in a series of questions and answers, and pretty much blew the kid out of the water, making even him feel like an uninformed idiot.
So, the difference between youth and age is often realizing that one person cannot change everything fast. But, one person can make slow incremental changes to the world around them.
If you disagree, look at what Ghandi accomplished. Not alone, but he was the instrument of change. I think as we age we are not so much disillusioned, as no longer quite as willing to risk ourselves and security to push for change.
It's not the fear of losing, it's the sheer weight of overcoming inactivity.
2006-08-21 05:49:38 · answer #3 · answered by William B 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The liberal way of doing issues as someone said might want to be to pool each and every of the sweet mutually and divide it both so the youngsters that stayed abode get some... to boot the bullies will grab fist fulls of the pooled sweet and make off like bandits. The libs hadn't accounted for that... besides, operating as meant amirite?
2016-11-05 07:33:47 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How old were you when you quit being afraid of Reactioanry venom?
How old were you when you quit taking right-wing verbal abuse?
THAT is the honest question here.
I was raised in a conservative backround.Namecalling,homophobia,
racism,vulgarity,you name it.All washed down the false swooning of
a religious practice that was usedto justify,not elliminate hurtful behaviors.I am no socialist,I own a business for cdrying out loud.
but please,Vietnam killed 60k men for what?
For what?To satify the Archie Bunker types?
It's a little embarrasing,hell its VERY embarrasing that I grew up
among conseravtive bullies and almost became one permanetly.
Maturity is centrism,not right-leaning.
The highest accomplishment of my life was to NOT permanetly
lose what I had in my youth to the profanity and violence condoned by CONservatives.
2006-08-21 05:35:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I was never a liberal. My Mom was, but has gotten more and more conservative over the years. I think Carter did it. She saw how miserable his Presidency was, and has been more conservative ever since.
2006-08-21 05:41:33 · answer #6 · answered by ItsJustMe 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
19 and up to my hemeroids in a rice paddy , being told NOT to shoot back .
2006-08-21 05:51:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the day some commie pinko lib allowed the killer of my mother to go free on a technicality
2006-08-21 05:50:15 · answer #8 · answered by W E J 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
When I had to work and pay taxes to support someone who has no plans or desire to work for themselves.
2006-08-21 05:46:10 · answer #9 · answered by Tahavath 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
never had that disease............
2006-08-21 05:37:59 · answer #10 · answered by 1hunglo 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋