(July 19, 2016 at 4:01 pm)Mathilda Wrote:(July 19, 2016 at 3:54 pm)Rhythm Wrote: LOL, no, Bella, actually. I'm with you on that one. Bellas become infamous on the boards for a "UK because self determination, lol fuck scotland" stance since Brexit. Nominally scottish too...been wondering about that, actually. Kind of a riddle...to me.
I'm assuming that her parents are Tory voters. Possibly even from the south of England originally. I used to be a Tory voter at her age because I was raised in a Tory voting Daily Mail reading household on the south coast of England. The parent's political views are normally the biggest influence on how people vote. Even today I still can't bring myself to vote Labour. And we all know on this forum how strong childhood conditioning can be. It's not just religion.
It takes a concerted effort to challenge your own conditioning and to question your own assumptions. Propaganda works for a reason.
The only thing my father disliked about me was the idea of supporting Manchester United, liking Sir Alex Ferguson and wanting Stephen Hendry to win the World Championship at the crucible. For the politics and the religion, at 11 years of age, I have no leanings in politics and I am agnostic (roughly 5.5 on the Dawkins scale) in my religious, or non-religious leanings.
