My oldest friend 'came out' as conservative to me today. Was saying 'we' need to have more respect for the centre-right when she said this.
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laughing at 'came out' because it's absurd and completely reasonable at the same time.
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Hence my scare quotes!

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Well in some milieus it may seem quite hard to admit..
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Yep. Weird on reflection that a mild-mannered Conservative is the devil incarnate to swathes of the left.
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But a foaming at the mouth revolutionary communist is a good person albeit a little over-exuberant.
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But I think that's changing. From recent essay of mine.pic.twitter.com/BJw2c2bFKG
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I'm not convinced conservative and liberal are opposites. I've become pretty (lower case) conservative in my dotage.
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I've come to appreciate how extraordinarily good we have it being broadly free and how vulnerable that position is.
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