Self-Therapy

Until 8 years ago I never thought of myself in terms of a conservative or a liberal. When Hillary Clinton talked about a ‘right-wing conspiracy’, I thought she was insulting and condescending. We knew her husband was fooling around. Seriously, what conspiracy was she talking about? And I certainly never thought she was talking about me.

Then we had the 2000 Presidential election. Our nation became polarized. Common sense was replaced with sheer nonsense. Instead of taking advantage of the boundless information available at our fingertips we became a nation of non-thinking, non-questioning robots. At least it seems that many on the left are not doing much critical thinking.

A few years ago I decided to go back to college. Perhaps living in one of the most liberal counties in Northern California is not an accurate portrayal of what is going on in our nation as a whole. And maybe San Jose State University is not your typical college environment. But it is my world right now and I find it frightening. Growing up in the sixties and attending college during Watergate was a more civil time than what is occurring on our college campuses today.

As self-therapy I thought I would blog about some of my observations from the ‘belly of the liberal beast’.