when he spoke of creating alternate realities it was an admission of what many of us thought.

Three very illustrative paragraphs:
Waking up to a fuller spectrum of reality has proved long and painful. I had to question all my assumptions, unlearn so much of what I had learned. I came to understand why we Republicans thought people on the Left always seemed to be screeching angrily (because we refused to open our eyes to the damage we caused or blamed the victims) and why they never seemed to have any solutions to offer (because those weren’t mentioned in the media we read or watched).

My transition has significantly strained my relationships with family, friends, and former colleagues. It is deeply upsetting to walk on thin ice where there used to be solid, common ground. I wish they, too, would come to see a fuller spectrum of reality, but I know from experience how hard that can be when your worldview won’t let you.

No one wants to feel like a dupe. It is embarrassing to come out in public and admit that I was so miseducated when so much reality is out there in plain sight in neighborhoods I avoided, in journals I hadn’t heard of, in books by authors I had refused to read. (So I take courage from the people who have done so before me like Andrew Bacevich.)
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I have often felt this was one reason so many Republicans stay Republicans. How could they admit their whole lives and belief systems were built on LIES?

and while Liberals on DU will applaud his journey of discovery ... I implore that you launch one's on journey; because so much of what he said, applies here.

getting my brain wrapped around the beliefs of those on the right. I want to believe that there is enough information out there that can break through the Fox bubble and the gated community that they inhabit. This article really underscored for me how hard that is to do. It really took this man actually removing himself to other environments to experience life without a filter.