What exactly is being a middle aged conservative? Can someone please explain this concept to me? What is it's importance in the grand scheme of life? And why on earth would this vast population of the human race refuse to evolve and leave the cave already. Because the way I see it middle aged conservatism is fast approaching extinction and the saddest part is, their refusal to see that our social environment has changed in such fundamental ways, that simply reminding themselves that they are conservatives doesn't quite bring about the same comfort as it did in the past. Does this remind anyone else of the ostrich with it's head in the sand?
Part of the problem is that people have infused so much religion into our daily lives that its hard to figure out what ideas and beliefs are actually ours and which were pounded into our subconscious by well intentioned parents and other adults during our formative years. Another part might be just doing business as usual. For a long time there was no other acceptable way of living your life but collectively conservative. Anyone acting or speaking out of the norm were labeled as rebels, hippies, communist, anarchist; whichever label that threaten their lively hood sufficiently enough to get them back in line.
This anal conservatism would permeate all aspects of life. From deciding what professional field your female child should pursue to deciding if she should bother to dream of pursuing any professional field at all. It even intrudes in the bedroom. It would be impossible to estimate how many relationships have been affected by the puritan conservative notions of what constitutes acceptable sexual behavior between two consenting adults. If anyone believes that I am spewing nonsense, just ask any military personnel what would happen to them if their superiors found out that they are engaging in any type of sex with their legally married spouses other than in the missionary position. For those that are not familiar with the term, missionary position refers to the man being on top of the female. That is all that is allowed. Anything else, could land a soldier in jail.
I am of a more liberal mind. I believe in the freedom that comes from the expression of thought. In the live and let live, philosophy. In the pursuit of happiness but not at the detriment of others. In the let's enjoy love while we are lucky enough to have it. In the, oh my gosh, let's see what surprises are in store for us tomorrow. In the, "All that I'm saying is give Peace a Chance."
And yet, as a cruel test of fate, but well within the roller coaster that is my life, I must find a way to reconcile the two colliding worlds that is that of Liberal and Conservative, because as luck would have it, I am in love with a Midwestern Conservative.
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