Choose This Day

[keross]

I ran across this the other day written by a dear lady that I’ve had the privilege of meeting earlier this year.

When I was young, I was a crusading, socialist Liberal. As I grew older, became a Libertarian. Then, as I have recounted elsewhere on this blog, I hit a point when I withdrew from politics worked hard to understand each side.

I became a

Comments

[allaboutweather]

Excellent article and yes, conservative doesn't equal Republican.

[keross]

The author is a nice lady who also happens to be a writer. She has several young adult fantasy novels that are a joy to read. (I still owe her a review)

"conservative doesn't equal Republican."
That is part of the reason I say to throw off the labels. Not all Christians are good. Most Muslims I know are not only not evil, they are good people. All Democrats aren't liberal. Liberals aren't always Democrats. Labels don't define us, the limit us. We're so blinded by the labels that we don't take the time to step back and look at what is really going on. We all have the capacity to be our own person. Jagi is right, it is time to stand up for what we believe in.

[allaboutweather]

Labels merely put people into little boxes. No one could truly follow a party line 100%.