I'm a student at Texas A&M University in the class of 2008 (Whoop!). For the most part I love my school, but sometimes I wish I had decided to go elsewhere.
For those of you who don't know A&M is one of Texas's two big public universities (The other school being the University of Texas), and we are well funded by oil and taxes. Since it is a school with military roots in the small town South we have our share of rednecks, and more than our share of conservatives. What we are lacking is diversity and understanding.
When I was in high school I generally assumed that redneck super-conservatives were a mythological breed, or at the very least they were restricted to the portions of America that lacked education. After two years surrounded by well educated conservatives, I am afraid that I must admit that they exist in large numbers.
So what is it that makes people follow the President unconditionally? What makes them think that, in a nation founded on civil disobedience and questioning authority, the only right way is the president's way? How do they see that it is right to torture prisoners of war and invade upon citizens’ civil liberties, but are unable to accept gay marriage and abortion because they are crimes against humanity? Why do people assume that Protestant Christian values should be carried across all people, and inserted into American law?
If you can figure any of this out, props to you.
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Support for the president in all times is not just a conservative value. Everyone in the United States sort of goes along with the president, no matter who he is or what political party he comes from, becasue some people see lack of support as unpatriotic.
Francesca Chambers
I don't know anyone who follows the President unconditionally. If someone happens to share the president's point of view, then it's only natural for him/her to agree with the president. Of course it'll look like he/she is following the president because he's the president and he/she is not.
The answers to your questions can actually be figured out. It's just a matter of different beliefs and backgrounds. If you can't see from the other's point of view, then you must be quite a narrow-minded one!
Then you have not meant my debate partner in high school, lol. I know that she knows that the president is not always right, but she would never show it in public. In public she is all gung ho and who is this God you speak of? Is he not synonymous with Bush--granted shes only joking when she says that, but that is how Republican she is.
Francesca Chambers
I'm from a small town just outside of College Station and I too was raised in a conservative home. However, I chose to open my mind to different points of view when I left the house and went out on my own. Today, as an independent conservative, I still like to look and listen to all points of view before stating my opinion or, what I believe to be best. It is for this reason that I'm an independent because I feel like the Republican Party is too closed minded. However, when it comes to the Office of the President, I respect his position even though I may not agree with him all of the time. I disagreed with most of Clinton's policies and a lot of Bush's policies, but if anyone disrespected his office, as Chavez did, I would say that person is disrespecting the United States. Our nation was founded for religous freedom. We continued to pay the British taxes and live under the British law until the British showed an act of agression in not allowing us the proper representation in our own colonies. Now, we live in a country, that is not perfect by any means, but allows every state to be equally represented in Congress. Our federal government even allows individual states to make thier own decisions to an extent. Now, it's ok to disagree with our politicians and our President, but let us also appreciate the right to disagree and respect every office in our United States Government.
I live in a small town in Texas and believe me "redneck super-conservatives" are plentiful here. I believe their undying allegiance has to do not only with their ignorance but with their "Christian values" (I use this term loosely). During the last presidential election, Bush represented values, he represented the normal Texan Christian. Now I personally believe this is far from the truth. But ultra conservatives lapped it up. It seems that in today's society tends to elect people to think for them instead of them thinking for themselves. And Bush provided this in a appealing way.