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Originally Posted by jalfrezi
There is a measurable rightwards shift that often accompanies age, but there are several of us here who are older than wilch and who don't see the world in the selfish terms of the simplistic fool.
The rightward shift makes sense since as we age we accumulate knowledge and grow wiser. The biggest shift really is that the aging process makes people more self aware and better able to see things as they are. When you're younger, you are more concerned about what people think about you. If you have fallen into the liberal crowd, you will do everything you can to maintain your liberal image. As you get older, you know longer care as much about what people think about you. You become more honest with yourself and the world. Dreams of a perfect kumbaya existence begin to fade.
To say that conservatives are selfish and don't care is simply wrong. Over 90% of the worlds food banks and shelters are funded by churches. I doubt many of you or any of you attend church.