Sometimes, I confess to certain feelings of envy regarding our friends (and my relatives!) on the other side of the aisle, not really about their beliefs,which I still don't like, but sometimes because it's got to be easier(and I wouldn't have to feel so guilty about my occasional cheeseburger cravings, to be honest.) Sometimes I envy the money on the other side, especially when there is conference and an organization that I volunteer for takes really long to raise a small amount of money, after a lot of hustling.Sometimes even that Koch money could look pretty tempting. But then, I thought it over some more and realized the grass isn't greener.
First of all, for all the certainty they try to project, really conservative people seem to beafraid all the time and not just of the scary-smart Kenyan in the White House. Women in power, long-lasting lightbulbs and other things I think of as good are signs to a conservative that the world is slipping from his grasp. Rather than just enjoying the ride, this makes them panic.
Maybe my path through my life as a disabled person could be easier if I had some hard-core Christian faith to sustain me. Maybe my friends and neighbors would get really invested in helping me solve my problems, once we all agree that we are God's most special children. Maybe I would think that, if I hadn't read aboutChristin Bates, a Texas woman who can't get attendant care if she pursues her dream and gets her doctorate. All that stuff about "the least of these" appears to be a brand name in Texas as it is in so many places. And she can't even feel as though her choices deeply threaten the status quo.
Cheeseburgers aside, I guess it's not easier being a wingnut, at least not at a time when so many previously cast-iron truths get cast aside every day.