I recently had an "encounter" with someone that I once sort of knew in another time of my life and it has led me to some serious thinking about judging people. This person, who shall remain nameless, has very liberal views and is very adamant about her views. This is all well and good except that she chose to "attack" me on my views which tend to be conservative. It really doesn't matter to me how anyone feels about a great number of issues...everyone has had a different life experience and that will shape his/her opinion. For the life of me, I just don't get why it is okay to "attack" someone for having a different viewpoint. Yes, I am conservative in my views most of the time...I don't believe I am "led" by journalists since I don't really watch television, listen to the radio, or read news magazines. I am conservative in my views because I was raised in a conservative household. I married a conservative man who proudly served in the United States Air Force for 20 years and now works for the Veteran's Administration providing the exact same health care that he provided while on active duty. I am a Catholic convert (when I was almost 30 years old), but I don't agree with everything the Catholic Church advocates. There are things that I wouldn't do in my personal life that I believe is the right of others to choose to do in their personal lives. I truly try to live my life without judging or lecturing others about what is "fair/unfair", "right/wrong", etc. Everyone, even liberals, can be misled by the powers that be...it isn't just those of us who are conservative in our decisions that can be manipulated.
So, please don't judge me for my rather conservative opinions and I will not judge you for your more liberal opinions. Let's focus on making positive choices for ourselves and leave the negativity at the side of the road.
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