Category talk:Rightists who turned left with age

The Young Turks turned left with age

Q: You began as a Republican. What accounts for your transformation?

Cenk Uygur: The Republican Party. [Laughs.] My favorite quote is from Charles Barkley, who said: "I was a Republican until they went crazy." That about sums it up for me.

I was a liberal Republican in New Jersey, back when such a thing existed. I was socially liberal, economically conservative. Several things went wrong. Number one, I realized that the Republican Party is not at all fiscally conservative. Then there was the issue of foreign policy and there they went nuts: They invaded Iraq, when it made no sense whatsoever, then they started torturing people and engaging in warrantless wiretapping. All of this was insanity, and I had no interest in being stained by being near a party like that.

https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014748/http://www.questia.com/library/1G1-299257454/cenk-uygur

Cenk Started out right wing. 2607:FB90:DD2D:3C35:AC39:89F1:4DC8:58BC (talk) 23:01, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

There must be a bigger list of Former Right Wingers who turn left with age

So far only 10 articles but the articles showing Leftists who turn right with age is 130 so far. ^{— Unsigned, by: 2607:FB90:9F07:4A45:AC39:D191:7EEF:7E22 / talk / contribs}

Is Frank Schaeffer (son of Francis Schaeffer) notable enough to have a page? or should I link his dad's page?

I find the case of Schaeffer Jr to be really fascinating as not only has he been completely sincere (last I saw he now supports trans rights and campaigned against Putin despite being an Orthodox convert as well - good man!) about leaving his ways, but past his books and some satirical b-movies, would he count for his own article? Justhere (talk) 16:08, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I sincerely question the usefulness of this category, as well as its counterpart Category:leftists who turned right with age. GeeJayK^{Where all evil dwells} _{Where every lie is true} 16:20, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I mean it's a little funny, as well as showing how peoples political values often shift over time. As to *why* they shift, it depends Justhere (talk) 14:05, 26 May 2024 (UTC)