My dad is a right wing a-hole

A lot of fru-fru nonsense in his response (too much "love" talk for me), but I really like this part:

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The world isn't being destroyed by democrats or republicans, red or blue, liberal or conservative, religious or atheist -- the world is being destroyed by one side believing the other side is destroying the world. The world is being hurt and damaged by one group of people believing they're truly better people than the others who think differently.

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Whenever a party puts their agenda before the country, then yes - that is correct.

Why don't we swerve this thread into parent/child political relationships amongst our posters? I'm curious to see how many people here diverged from their parents' and/or grandparent's views.

I'll start:

Past Generation:
Mom and Dad were blue collar and registered Democrats since the early 1940s. But they were never liberal. They really weren't interested in national politics. In New Iberia all politics was local. Politician Hebert running for city council would knock on our front door which had a mosquito screen. He was never invited inside. But mom and dad would invite him to sit down on the old wooden front porch based on the brick pillars of our bungalow.

He would explain why he is for fixing roads and making the schools better. The pitch would usually last 15 minutes. He would always leave a card.

Next generation: My son and daughter (in their late 30s now) are conservative Republicans. They don't understand Libertarianism because it involves too much reading. They don't like to read political philosophy.

Watcha got?

i like how the answer was completely and utterly neutral, and devoid of a shred of partisonship, and then one political side grinds on the dude in the comments.

only one side though.

My dad is a left wing nut job. He rails about corporations ruining the country by buying our government. My response..."That wouldn't happen if our government wasn't for sale".

I am a hyper Libertarian and he is a probably left of Warren and Obama.

He uses Bible verses to support his view of government assistance for the poor and how he is on the right side of things. My answer..."Why do you think we can saddle non christians with Bible mandates?" and "Jesus said, give to the poor. Not Give to Ceasar to give to the poor". It finally stopped when I challenged him to compare tax returns to see which of us gave to the poor and who gave to the government. Turns out I did both and he did none of the first and a little to the second.

Parents with extreme political views make shite hard.

I know CSB....