Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: Does Ohio seem wrong? [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Live outside their little box of provincial nonsense, they can and will change.
I had a female relative, and she was very RW when I was growing up. Despite her friends and her spouse being progressive, she would say things like, "Hitler would have a solution for the blacks, and I would approve of that solution." !!!!
Then her neighborhood changed and the store where she assisted management became a place where AA's spent quite a bit of money. After several months of daily contact, she was in love with the African American community. Her daily contact with real people had her soon realizing they were not all on welfare, any more than "all white people" were. She soon realized that they were not sub-par for the human race, but instead extremely intelligent and creative. And whatever other nonsensical stuff she had believed was put behind her as well.
I found her transformation amazing, but it does make sense. We all are often afraid of the unknown. And often once it becomes known it is not at all scary.