You used to be a conservativeyou gotta elaborate on that one. How'd you get into that mindset and what made you change your mind?
I've beenat Republicans and conservatism since high school when they were trying to convince me to sign up to go to Iraq and shyt.
It's a long story, but here's the short version:
It had to do with a church I used to attend. I felt that my identity as a Christian was more important than my identity as a Black man.
Then Ferguson happened (Ferguson/North County St. Louis is my hood), and then a bunch of police-instigated shootings happened (chiefly the Philando Castile case--there was NO WAY that could be justified, but I heard the same bullsh*t justification).

Then they started supporting Trump, who has always been a buffoon to me, and called him God's chosen.

I got my NWUC (nikka Wake-Up Call), checked completely out after that. After feeling despondent, I re-read MLK's "Birmingham Jail" letter, and it helped me to realize I was being sold a version of right-wing conservatism under the guise of profound spirituality.

Lost most of my friends and my [Black] wife over that sh*t.
