Sometimes you meet people that you feel in your heart that you were always meant to encounter. That happened to me when I met a British conservative while traveling in Madrid as he red-pilled me, changing the trajectory of my life. In October 2018, I was bouncing around Europe by myself & Madrid was one of my stops on vacation. Prior to setting up my trip, I thought I checked to see if one of my favorite teams, Real Madrid, was playing but saw they were playing away that weekend.
I think the Twitter files has shown us that there is a group out there that is desperately trying to control the narrative and prevent people from experiencing what you have. Scary when you think about it.
By the way, i have really been enjoying reading your thoughts, but I may have to reconsider after you revealed your true self as a Chelsea fan...lol! Go City!
I grew up around conservatives, many of them religious with very non-PC opinions about gay people. During college, I met a woman whom I quickly became friends with. One day she mentioned "my wife." I did a double take and then I realized I didn't care. I later found out her "wife" (gay marriage wasn't legal in those days) was black (my friend was white), and they didn't make enough to survive so (in something that was also looked down upon where I came from) they had government assistance. But none of that mattered to me, and the part of me that might be judgmental was overridden by the side that cared about her. She was the reason I became far more liberal in my thinking. I finally understood and saw the world from a perspective I would have never considered.
That sad thing about our world is that we don't learn because we allow other people to tell us what X group is like rather than finding out for ourselves. And, yes, there are some very powerful people who depend on the fact that we don't even try.
Thank you for a wonderful article, and I'm glad I get a chance to compliment you on your last article for the New York Post about Cori Bush and "blacking wrong."
Beautiful story of two people with open minds and hearts converging in a providential meeting. I was already conservative when an atheist fellow teacher shared with me Bret Weinsteins podcast and that led to me finding other podcasters. Through this I realized my view of my country was a lie! I had an open mind to this fellow teachers opinion and was “red pilled” to being awake.
Thank you for the ‘red pill’ article. Many happenstance meetings in life, especially random ones, can become a life-changing occurrence; right place, right time etc.
Hopefully everyone will have one in their lifetime and be ‘open’ to it.
The one thing Conservatives, Libertarians and Socialists all have in common, is better future for our children. Once we realize, we all have the same Boot on our necks we can come together to stand against a common enemy, Industrialized Government control. We are in the Matrix.
Great story. But, I think you were already more than half way to being red-pilled just by your openness to such a discussion. The metaphor works and I get why it's so often leveraged to describe major realizations. However, sometimes the mind virus is so far along that no amount of red pills will do the trick. I appreciate your writing. Keep up the good work.
I enjoy your journey, Adam, and many thanks for sharing. I served in Germany while the Wall was up and down so I witnessed and experienced communism; once you see a soldier holding a rifle guarding a minefield on HIS side of the fence... there wasn't really a political choice, the only choice is freedom.
Remember that conservatives have no interest in telling you how to live your life - that is what the Left does as we have experienced it the last three years(among others).
If you want the best characterization of what conservatives are I recommend you watch Rush Limbaugh's - the best professor I have ever had - 2009 CPAC speech; one of the best speech's I have ever heard. Perhaps even better than Donald Trump's 2017 Inaugural address.
What a wonderful story! It’s amazing that these serendipitous events can have such a dramatic impact on our lives. Thank you for sharing this, Frederick
The US media's framing of Brexit as xenophobic is correct, I'm a Brit who was ready to vote for Brexit until the referendum campaign started, when the Brexit campaign published no manifesto and stirred up nationalistic and xenophobic sentiment, especially among the disenfranchised working class. If there was a case for a Brexit, it wasn't this one at this time. The implementation of Brexit has been about as xenophobic as possible, with 100s of 1000s of Europeans resident for many years in the UK finding themselves with admin hurdles to staying here and a strong sense of not being welcome. Ask them.
Good on you we need debates if that changes your views that's fine as well. We all can change or be different. Too much we stick to bubbles and push our beliefs or bubbles onto others never accepting their views.
I just realized I did not understand red pill coming from the matrix by another commenter. I thought it was becoming conservative but I ad a conservative became red-pilled by my friend who shared a podcast of Bret Weinstein
The only issue I take here is the "red pill" analogy. It suggests that you went from believing something that is False to discovering something that is True.
Both sides are incomplete. (Hayak and Marx both have something to teach us). The value of your experience is the bit of agnostic humility gained about your own views and that you got there by relating to others outside of the pre-formed "sides" too many people are stuck in.
I think the Twitter files has shown us that there is a group out there that is desperately trying to control the narrative and prevent people from experiencing what you have. Scary when you think about it.
By the way, i have really been enjoying reading your thoughts, but I may have to reconsider after you revealed your true self as a Chelsea fan...lol! Go City!
I grew up around conservatives, many of them religious with very non-PC opinions about gay people. During college, I met a woman whom I quickly became friends with. One day she mentioned "my wife." I did a double take and then I realized I didn't care. I later found out her "wife" (gay marriage wasn't legal in those days) was black (my friend was white), and they didn't make enough to survive so (in something that was also looked down upon where I came from) they had government assistance. But none of that mattered to me, and the part of me that might be judgmental was overridden by the side that cared about her. She was the reason I became far more liberal in my thinking. I finally understood and saw the world from a perspective I would have never considered.
That sad thing about our world is that we don't learn because we allow other people to tell us what X group is like rather than finding out for ourselves. And, yes, there are some very powerful people who depend on the fact that we don't even try.
Thank you for a wonderful article, and I'm glad I get a chance to compliment you on your last article for the New York Post about Cori Bush and "blacking wrong."
Beautiful story of two people with open minds and hearts converging in a providential meeting. I was already conservative when an atheist fellow teacher shared with me Bret Weinsteins podcast and that led to me finding other podcasters. Through this I realized my view of my country was a lie! I had an open mind to this fellow teachers opinion and was “red pilled” to being awake.
Thank you for the ‘red pill’ article. Many happenstance meetings in life, especially random ones, can become a life-changing occurrence; right place, right time etc.
Hopefully everyone will have one in their lifetime and be ‘open’ to it.
Thank you for sharing your insight.
The one thing Conservatives, Libertarians and Socialists all have in common, is better future for our children. Once we realize, we all have the same Boot on our necks we can come together to stand against a common enemy, Industrialized Government control. We are in the Matrix.
Great story. But, I think you were already more than half way to being red-pilled just by your openness to such a discussion. The metaphor works and I get why it's so often leveraged to describe major realizations. However, sometimes the mind virus is so far along that no amount of red pills will do the trick. I appreciate your writing. Keep up the good work.
Great story. Lots to be learned from it.
I enjoy your journey, Adam, and many thanks for sharing. I served in Germany while the Wall was up and down so I witnessed and experienced communism; once you see a soldier holding a rifle guarding a minefield on HIS side of the fence... there wasn't really a political choice, the only choice is freedom.
Remember that conservatives have no interest in telling you how to live your life - that is what the Left does as we have experienced it the last three years(among others).
If you want the best characterization of what conservatives are I recommend you watch Rush Limbaugh's - the best professor I have ever had - 2009 CPAC speech; one of the best speech's I have ever heard. Perhaps even better than Donald Trump's 2017 Inaugural address.
Peace.
What a wonderful story! It’s amazing that these serendipitous events can have such a dramatic impact on our lives. Thank you for sharing this, Frederick
Well, you white-pilled me with this one. That is notoriously hard to do. Well done!
The US media's framing of Brexit as xenophobic is correct, I'm a Brit who was ready to vote for Brexit until the referendum campaign started, when the Brexit campaign published no manifesto and stirred up nationalistic and xenophobic sentiment, especially among the disenfranchised working class. If there was a case for a Brexit, it wasn't this one at this time. The implementation of Brexit has been about as xenophobic as possible, with 100s of 1000s of Europeans resident for many years in the UK finding themselves with admin hurdles to staying here and a strong sense of not being welcome. Ask them.
Love this!
Good on you we need debates if that changes your views that's fine as well. We all can change or be different. Too much we stick to bubbles and push our beliefs or bubbles onto others never accepting their views.
I just realized I did not understand red pill coming from the matrix by another commenter. I thought it was becoming conservative but I ad a conservative became red-pilled by my friend who shared a podcast of Bret Weinstein
Superb ! Soccer Sir.
The only issue I take here is the "red pill" analogy. It suggests that you went from believing something that is False to discovering something that is True.
Both sides are incomplete. (Hayak and Marx both have something to teach us). The value of your experience is the bit of agnostic humility gained about your own views and that you got there by relating to others outside of the pre-formed "sides" too many people are stuck in.