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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 5599029" data-attributes="member: 12508">I come from a Far Right family. My late father introduced us to guns (and gun safety) when I was 7 or 8. I got my Ruger .22 when I was 11 and still have it today. My Mom and family were really religious and I always knew it was BS. I escaped from Vacation Bible School and walked 6 miles home. After a good dose of leather belt, I was forced back the next day and once more trekked 6 miles,evading the minister and several teachers by using the woods. It has always been pure Fool-Aid to me, and that bumper sticker (one of my favorites) is a personal mantra. The higher I climbed educationally, the less sense it made, and it never made sense in the first place.Far Left Libs (aka Berkeley types) annoy me about the same as Far Right Bible Bangers. Both are insane and you will never find common ground with either. Somewhere in the middle is the sweet spot and where the truth resides.I have lots of Conservative friends and family and we can always talk about cars, trucks, guns, airplanes or almost anything but politics and religion. There is still a lot of common ground between most people, even if they agree to disagree politically. Some days I think we&#039;re heading toward civil war and others, I come across someone from the other side that still mostly makes sense. It gives me a small measure of hope.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 5599029, member: 12508"] I come from a Far Right family. My late father introduced us to guns (and gun safety) when I was 7 or 8. I got my Ruger .22 when I was 11 and still have it today. My Mom and family were really religious and I always knew it was BS. I escaped from Vacation Bible School and walked 6 miles home. After a good dose of leather belt, I was forced back the next day and once more trekked 6 miles,evading the minister and several teachers by using the woods. It has always been pure Fool-Aid to me, and that bumper sticker (one of my favorites) is a personal mantra. The higher I climbed educationally, the less sense it made, and it never made sense in the first place. Far Left Libs (aka Berkeley types) annoy me about the same as Far Right Bible Bangers. Both are insane and you will never find common ground with either. Somewhere in the middle is the sweet spot and where the truth resides. I have lots of Conservative friends and family and we can always talk about cars, trucks, guns, airplanes or almost anything but politics and religion. There is still a lot of common ground between most people, even if they agree to disagree politically. Some days I think we're heading toward civil war and others, I come across someone from the other side that still mostly makes sense. It gives me a small measure of hope. [/QUOTE]

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