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Economic Activism and Progressive Living

Adrahil

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11. For me, it was, like for many, college.

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2015, 07:35 PM

Feb 2015

I majored in engineering, but I took sociology and anthropology. The basic theories involved in those studies gave me a whole new perspective. I reinterpreted a great deal of my childhood experiences and i thoughts.

The final nail in my former conservatism is when I heard Rush Limbaugh for the first time. I could NOT be on the same side as THAT guy.

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Help! For liberals/progressives/leftists who once held conservative/right-wing beliefs— [View all] Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 OP

Worldview SamKnause Jul 2013 #1

I'm interested in examining the factors that lead people to change Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #2

Worldview 2 SamKnause Jul 2013 #3

My conversion eric1 Aug 2013 #4

Thank you. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #5

I am a political refugee myself. redruddyred Nov 2014 #10

It Took Time albino65 Nov 2013 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2014 #7

What is the "conservative end game"? When will we no longer need conservative ideology? arcane1 Oct 2014 #8

I was never a very serious conservative, redruddyred Nov 2014 #9

For me, it was, like for many, college. Adrahil Feb 2015 #11

I was never a hard line right winger Kalidurga Mar 2015 #12