LC turned me into a leftist

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

I very strongly relate to this.

I was a church kid and got out between 10 and 20 years ago when I was about 19 or so. The conservative brainwashing was powerful, I had internalized a lot of that. I was homophobic, had warped, toxic ideas of masculinity, had trouble relating to women, major repression issues, sexual and otherwise, and on and on. My brother is still involved with the LC and it's pretty clear that it has only been reinforcing a lot of his already vile opinions.

The same pressures that got me to leave also forced me to reevaluate pretty much everything about what I believed. It was a psychologically painful, emotionally agonizing process, but I definitely came out the other side as someone that I can be proud of. Part of this was a categorical rejection of economic and social conservative beliefs. As I've gotten older and continue to keep evaluating what I believe and why, I've only gone further and further left.

I can relate to an extent. I think much of this is a by-product of the LC system; as a man being able to relate to women, repression, lack of boundaries, etc. Boundaries in particular, for a young person to set boundaries, in the local churches that could be labeled as rebellious. Think of this being a teen or a young adult and telling an older brother they are violating your boundaries? I got into a bad habit in the local churches and life in general saying yes became too easy and saying no became too hard. It goes back to boundaries.
Young people who come out of the local churches, I am not surprised there would be repression issues. We were all brainwashed to believe expression of opinion is a bad thing. As a parent now, I want my children expressing their opinion. From my 24 year old to my 22 year old and to my 14 year old. I may not always agree with them, but it opens meaningful conversation.
Except for my salvation and baptism, I have come to re-evaluate everything I was taught while I was in the local churches. How much of it was twisting to fit a narrative?