The American Thinker has a great article written by Danish V. Goska about leaving the leftist fold.
How far left was I? So far left my beloved uncle was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party in a Communist country. When I returned to his Slovak village to buy him a mass card, the priest refused to sell me one. So far left that a self-identified terrorist proposed marriage to me. So far left I was a two-time Peace Corps volunteer and I have a degree from UC Berkeley. So far left that my Teamster mother used to tell anyone who would listen that she voted for Gus Hall, Communist Party chairman, for president. I wore a button saying “Eat the Rich.” To me it wasn’t a metaphor.
I voted Republican in the last presidential election.
Below are the top ten reasons I am no longer a leftist. This is not a rigorous comparison of theories. This list is idiosyncratic, impressionistic, and intuitive. It’s an accounting of the milestones on my herky-jerky journey.
It’s a long article, so I won’t post all of it (read the details here). But here are the 10 reasons.
10. Huffiness
9. Selective Outrage
8. It’s the thought that counts
7. Leftists hate my people.
6. I believe in God.
5 & 4. Straw men and “In order to make an omelet you have to break a few eggs.”
3 & 2. It doesn’t work. Other approaches work better.
1. Hate