It’s not easy being a conservative in a city so dominated by the Left. Routine social interactions can be awkward when most of your neighbors assume that you share their unshakeable belief in the received wisdom of Barack Obama, Al Gore, Noam Chomsky, and John Maynard Keynes.
Our dilemma is shared by “Red” residents of other “Blue” communities around the country. Recently, I came across an article by “Robin of Berkeley,” a regular contributor to the American Thinker web site. She writes about the difficulties of finding kindred spirits in a left-wing enclave:
… It’s still really hard to have to hide who I am, to smile blankly when old friends talk up Obama. I’m the kind of person who doesn’t have a public and a private face; with me, what you see is what you get. So masquerading around as a supporter of all things Obama is just not me and, frankly, having to do so pisses me off. But part of my recovery from being a starry eyed utopian is living in reality zone. We are in dark times, uncharted waters, and I live at Ground Zero. Until it’s safe to come out of the closet, I’ll have to stay in here. But finding new friends, and knowing that there are others out there as well, makes the closet a bit less lonely.
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