How to Stop Being a Conservative Person

For years, you have followed a conservative line of thinking. You have supported the death penalty, voted a straight Republican ticket and opposed gay marriage. Now, however, you are having second thoughts about your position. You're ready for a change. It's time to expand your thinking process. Read on to learn how to stop being a conservative person.

Instructions

1. Live and let live. This motto resounds in the halls of liberal thought. Pay attention to your own life, being the best person you can be and allow others to follow a different path if they so choose.

2. Support organized labor. Unions, long the bane of conservatives, serve to bolster the rights of the common worker and represent their needs against the domineering umbrella of the employing company.

3. Join a liberal environmental action group that opposes the fossil fuel industry due to the polluting emissions when refining their product. Research renewable energy sources and write letters to the editors of newspapers advocating responsible energy development.

4. Review your position on gay and lesbian marriages and civil unions. Realize that people are people and valuable as human beings no matter what their sexual orientation might be. Become a spokesperson for the rights of gays and lesbians to marry and legally adopt children.

5. Support the public school system and oppose any voucher program that offers children a financial opportunity to attend a private institution.

6. Register as a Democrat. Although not all Democrats are liberal, the party is mainly comprised of individuals who oppose conservatism because it allows a caste system to form between the wealth and the poor.