I grew up in a red state, worked in nothing but red states, was in the Army for 9 years, moved to Ireland and now I'm a liberal. I'm working on eradicating all the lies that have been stuffed into my head over the years and would like some feedback on any additions from other recovering Republicans.
Here's the list as it stands so far.
1.) Don't change horses midstream
2.) Don't trust bleeding heart liberals.
3.) Believe that your superiors know more than you and they are doing what's best for you and the country.
4.) Liberal states want to take from the (hard working) red states and give it to their (many) poor.
5.) Republicans believe in democracy, they just have different issues than liberals.
6.) Get an education, get a good job, raise a family, stick with it for 40 years and retire.
7.) Social welfare is bad.
8.) Socialized medicine is bad.
9.) A large powerful army is necessary to protect the US.
10.) Being involved in politics is bad. (Or something along the lines of: Politics is corrupting, since we want you to remain pure, we'll handle everything for you.)
11.) Liberals have no moral values.
12.) Liberals will bankrupt this country, spending your hard earned money on those who are too lazy to work.
13.) Habitat protection friendly methods are bad for business. It's either the local wildlife habitats or your job. (Slightly reframed.)
14.) Trade unioins are bad.
15.) Greed (by the rich) is good. (Greed by the poor is bad.)
16.) Bureaucracy is an inherent evil of big government and big business.
17.) Secrecy is necessary for America to survive.
18.) Liberals hate religion and are faithless.
19.) Overturning Roe vs. Wade will make abortion illegal again.
20.) Logic and reason are the domain of conservatives, liberals use unreasoning emotion.
21.) Liberals cannot manage a war effectively or will refuse to fight even after those commie's have invaded us. (I spiced it up a bit. :-))
22.) Our founding fathers were great proponents of democracy.
23.) Republicans are the defenders of the little guys.
24.) Paying taxes is bad.
25.) Liberals hate America and are intent on destroying America.
26.) Liberal media bias.
I plan on going on and writting essays on each one of these topics and any more that come up.
I think that addressing each of these will help all recovering Republicans, not just me.