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I browse conservative forums regularly and the only former liberals I see are rather obviously so young that they only reason they were liberals before is becau
by wilsonnb 8y ago
I browse conservative forums regularly and the only former liberals I see are rather obviously so young that they only reason they were liberals before is because they hadn't given it much thought. The number of actual liberal to actual conservative conversions, and vice versa, is incredibly small.
In my opinion, the best way to describe what you call conversion of liberals is radicalization of the youth. This is happening both on the right and the left, to varyi g degrees, probably because the two sides are more divided at the moment than they have been in the past.
Anyways, Peterson's popular book doesn't really have anything to do with his political stances. It's a typical self help book.
- cosmiccartel 8y agoTo your first point, all I can say is that I doubt it. I see a lot of moderate liberals becoming more conservative. It's anecdotal, of course, but it's everywhere. > the best way to describe what you call conversion of liberals is radicalization of the youth That might be accurate if Shapiro or Peterson were radical conservatives. Both fall squarely into the "social liberal" category.
- wilsonnb 8y agoYou're right, radicalization isn't the right word. Indoctrination is a better word choice for how I feel about it.