The Friendship Test: What Happens When They Learn You’re Conservative
By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
I don’t have to reach back into old stories to explain why I believe the Left has become unmoored. I can simply look at the present, at what happens in ordinary human moments, and watch the evidence unfold in real time.
For years, the popular narrative has been that conservatives are the ones driven by fear and hostility. That we are the ones who are “other” people. That we cannot live alongside disagreement without turning it into a moral indictment. I used to take those claims seriously, partly because I wanted to be fair, partly because I assumed good faith is the default in grown-up relationships.
But something has changed. Not in headlines. Not in party platforms. In people.
And the change is easiest t...
