your parents political opinions in contrast to yours?

[zorra_chiflada]

just interested, i suppose, to see if your political opinions differ to your parents'

my dad is a commie from way back. by commie, i mean union rabble-rouser and worker's activist. he hates the government and is very skeptical of everything they say. he's also into conspiracy theories. he doesn't believe they actually landed on the moon, for example. he does not have a conservative streak in his body.

my mother is similar, i would put her on the far left of the political scale. she is really knowledgeable about history and political events and she yearns to talk to people about it. she keeps up with current events - and is the go-to person for political discussion. she too refers to the government as "all damn bastids."

yeah.

[ggirlballa]

my mom is a conservative complete opposite of me....not sure what my dad is.

[QueenAdrock]

My parents can be more liberal than me, which is saying something. They both vote Democrat, and my mom volunteers at the DNC.

My dad is libertarian in every sense of the word EXCEPT fiscally. He hates the whole trickle-down bullshit that Republicans offer, but is totally for people doing what the fuck they wanna do as long as it doesn't affect others. He's atheist, believes in evolution, and hates how religion plays any role in politics. His view on life is that if you wanna walk around naked, it doesn't hurt anyone, so why the hell shouldn't you be allowed to do it?

My mom grew up Catholic, converted to Mormonism in '00, long story short, she's Catholic again. She's ultra-liberal too...the church's people were kind of assholes to her and didn't agree with her interpretation of the religious books. Not many Mormons are super-liberal like my mom, so they rejected most of her ideas, stuff like "feed the hungry" and "help your fellow man," in favor for "abortion is bad" and "don't accept homosexuality" messages instead. My mom's a good person and believes Jesus wanted acceptance, tolerance, and love, and focuses on getting these messages out. Which is why she is a Democrat. :)

I'm a little more moderate on some issues than they are, but overall I'd say we have about 90% of the same views. We get together during holidays and bitch about the GOP over turkey dinner. It's fabulous.

[zorra_chiflada]

I'm a little more moderate on some issues than they are, but overall I'd say we have about 90% of the same views. We get together during holidays and bitch about the GOP over turkey dinner. It's fabulous.

oh yeah, mum has a great time having heated discussions with joe about "those doity bastids in duh white house"

[kaiser soze]

My parents are conservatives alienated by bush's scallywaggin' bullshit.

they respect my views

[Drederick Tatum]

my dad is an academic and vice president of his university's branch of the nationwide staff union. he's a member of the Green party here in NZ. my mother although not an academic is still definitely to the left and is also a member of the Green party. both their respective partners are as well.

I am much the same.

[QueenAdrock]

oh yeah, mum has a great time having heated discussions with joe about "those doity bastids in duh white house"

(y) It's good times.

Kaiser, how'd you get to be the way you are, then? Most people learn their fundamental beliefs from their parents (religion, political views, etc.) so it always surprises me to see people with views very different from their parents. Did you once believe in the same thing they did, and if so, how did you branch away?

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

My uncle called up my grandparents the day before they were going to go vote and told them that if they wanted thier grandchildren to live very much longer that they should vote for Bush because if we voted for Kerry appearentley we'd meet a grisley faite?
So they voted for Bush. :confused:
I honestley dont think that my parents really care one way or another. Im truely convinced they go there on the day and stand in that little booth and look for who has the coolest/dumbest name and they vote for them - god my familys fuckin stupid. :mad: (n)

[QueenAdrock]

If I were your grandparents, I'd be kicking your uncle in the balls right about now for being so ridiculously wrong.

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

My uncles a devout - something or other. Something that has to do with god thats not Christian or Catholic - it might be Baptist, and he preaches all that stupid bullshit. He wont let his kids read Harry Potter because its the work of the devil. I wanted to take my cousin to a green day concert (because its her fav. band) when she was FIFTEEN and he refused because he said they sing satan music or something.

Oh he hates me - you better believe that. So every time I go to his house I try to wear the most satanic shit I can find. I dig out my black pants and KISS/Judas Priest shirts and have a hop diddley doo of a good time listening to him bitch about me being the "bad" one in the family.

[hitmonlee]

pretty much the same (left wing). whenever i started to show right wing tendancies (mum, why do i have to pay union fees when other people don't and they get the same benefits as me) they'd act really disappointed in me. we're all for the decriminalisation of marijuana and anti-war. i'm surprised my parents aren't more right wing, as my dad is a small business owner and they are fairly well off and live in a right wing area, and are better off under a right wing government (financially). but ideals > money.

mmm election year.

[The Notorious LOL]

my parents are fairly left of center, as are my grandparents.


I tend to fall into the same group, although liberals kind of piss me off.

[Bob]

my mom's pretty liberal, but i never knew it until after i'd got liberalism into my system in college. i don't think my dad knows/cares about much. he doesn't talk about it anyways, not that i ever ask him

currently though, liberalism's out of my system, it's replaced with a combination of skepticism and apathy. the law school i go to is very politically active and if anything, it's made me more apathetic, because there are apparently about a billion causes out there that i can't be bothered to get involved in, but they all NEED MY HELP TODAY and their members range from annoying to slightly less annoying

quite honestly i think i've got some hedonism that i need to work out of my system, but instead i went to law school

[jabumbo]

i think i generally draw from my dad's philosophy on things, with my mom's greeny side sticking out on occasion


i don't really voice my opinion on political items very much, but i think most people who know me already know where i stand by the way i act and carry myself

[saz]

i'm pretty much the same as my folks, ie an independent thinking socialist-populist, plus libertarian, but not in terms of limited government/social programs, and screwing those who need assistance. being fiscally responsible is important, but it is possible to be fiscally conservative and fully fund social programs and health-care. my libertarian streak comes to the surface in regards to the legalization of drugs, and prostitution, which should both be regulated and taxed by the government. the revenue would be insane. i always vote for our social democratic party, but am not that partisan, nor afraid to call out certain representatives, or any leader whether provincially or nationally, on their b.s. but i also can appreciate and support legislation and concepts from other or rival progressive parties, whether it's the greens, bloc quebecois, liberals, or even red tories, who are too few and far between these days. the only difference really is with my mother, who loves the british royal family, whereas i consider them aristocratic parasites belonging to a grossly outdated neo-colonial institution, that serves no worthwhile purpose whatsoever.

[Loppfessor]

Wow I'm really glad someone posted something like this...because I'm at my wits end! Recent political developments are seriously tearing my family apart...I know voting (http://fftf.doritos.com/)is our civic duty but I never thought it could cause so much hurt and pain in my family...I'm all about Wild White Nacho, but my mom says she will disown me if I don't start supporting Smokin Cheddar BBQ! I can't belive it I've never seen this side of her before.....she keeps saying little things like "You just weren't raised that way" or making subtle references to "their kind" as in the people who enjoy White Nacho....:( I'm sorry moth-er, but I just don't it as a color I enjoy it for the content of its taste!

[Schmeltz]

My parents belong to a religion that demands total political neutrality from its followers - military service, involvement in public office, and voting are all expressly prohibited, although paying taxes is allowed.

As a consequence, my mother is completely apolitical and is interested in world events only insofar as they provide clear and direct evidence for the implementation of God's purposes on earth. She's fairly open-minded, much more so than other women in the faith, but you couldn't call her a conservative or liberal in any sense at all.

My father is different, he was very left-wing before he married my mom and he's still really pro-union, pro-gay rights, pro-socialist economics, etc. He's mellowed quite a bit, but his take on religion is quite different from my mother's - he puts a quasi-intellectual spin on it that kind of reconciles his education with the fundamentalism that has grown on him over the years. I probably got most of my politics from him, but I bowed out of my religious upbringing toward the end of high school, though it took a couple more years to get it out of my system for good.

[na§tee]

my parents are jedi knights.

my parents and i don't talk to each other about anything, really, so they might as well be. viva la revolution!

[na§tee]

oh oh! my dad did sat next to alex salmond on a plane once. he'll tell anyone that over and over again!

scottish nationalist party jedi knight. yeeaaaah.

[roosta]

My dad isn't really anything, he's kind of "whats right for the country right now". He's into his politics and all, but I can't say you could put him anywhere on the spectrum, it all depends on the topic and whats going on at the moment.

I used to be very liberal, anti-government rah rah rah, but im kind of left of center now. Im liberal on most things, but lately ive noticed im getting more and more conservative on crime and dealing with criminals. I don't know where that came from.

On international politics, i used to be very anti-US/British policy and all, and i still am but more and more im getting tired of making excuses for terrorists and rogue states. Both sides are as bad as each other. My dad would be the same there too. Although he'd be more pro-Israel than me, in that im not pro-Israel at all.

[trailerprincess]

My dad always has pretty much always voted Liberal Democrat. Though probably at a push he's vaguely conservative (with a small c). My mum can't vote at general elections in the UK as she doesn't hold a British passport. And though she can vote in local elections, she doesn't on principle (why one and not the other?) I think I am probably more liberal than my parents but they are both big into their international history and have very much taught us that there's more going on in the world than what's on the news or in the papers

[Drederick Tatum]

hmmm, international history. kind of a large topic there.

[trailerprincess]

hmmm, international history. kind of a large topic there.

They don't go further back than 1990 which makes it easier all round.

[Drederick Tatum]

yeah, well not much has happened internationally since 1990 anyway...

[camo]

I've never had one single political conversation with my parents. Not one.

[trailerprincess]

yeah, well not much has happened internationally since 1990 anyway...

And by international, I of course mean the UK, Ireland and maybe France at a push.

[trailerprincess]

When I was about 15 I asked my folks if it was ok to go with some friends to an Anti-Nazi demo in London and they looked at me in a rather confused mannre but said ok. Then the next day, my mum came up to me and was like 'I know we brought you up to think for yourselves, but your father and I have to admit that we're kind of surprised that you want to go on this demo'

In turns out that they had missed the 'Anti' bit of anti-Nazi and thought I was happily going off to march with a load of facists etc

[zorra_chiflada]

my parents once told me they'd be proud of me for getting arrested protesting about something important. awwww

[QueenAdrock]

In turns out that they had missed the 'Anti' bit of anti-Nazi and thought I was happily going off to march with a load of facists etc

:D

'Scuze me mom and dad, I'm gonna break out the Nazi regalia and go a-marchin' up and down the square with the rest of my fascist buddies. Be back in time for dinner!

[Lo_Lyfe]

My Dad never wanted me to have to study other cultures at school, but rather travel there when I was old enough. He said that if we were studying cultures that existed within our country, we were really just alienating and singling out the differences and not embracing the commonalities.

My Mum watches 8 news shows a day.

We have never really talked politics. Mum has the hots for Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton asked Monica Lewinsky to lift up her skirt. When she did, he said: "Nice."

[scotty]

Ma and Pa are pretty much dyed-in-the-wool green lefties. They run their house completely off solar energy and live as self-sufficiently as they can manage. I'm probably bit more militant than they are, being the kind of person that's faced down bulldozers in old growth forest and taken some beatings from rampaging loggers. They're more your live and let live types, with the odd 'that bastard PM' comment dropped after a few bevvies.

[DandyFop]

My parents are weird...They are both so intelligent but sometimes I just don't get where they are coming from. My dad is an independent and just kind of picks and chooses political leaders as he goes along (he was a big fan of Howard Dean which influenced me to know more about him), and my mom is, I don't know, she probably gets all her info from watching Oprah which I guess means she likes Obama.

As far as me I'm left-wing but I honestly don't keep up much on the news or issues as much as I should/could (like almost every one else). I do appreciate that my dad does to a degree because I might be totally oblivious without him.

Although politically my dad varies, lately the religion aspect in the household is getting stronger. They are both Catholic and have gotten much stronger in their views since I was a child (thank god it's only happening now... lol "god"). Where as, I am almost positive me and my siblings are all atheists, or at least pretty cynical when it comes to that type of thing. This has created an interesting tension lately as I tend to brush off all their religious "encouragement". But, mostly they are just into "Jesus taught that love was powerful" bullshit so it's not too bad I guess.

Sorry I turned it into a religion thing, politics and religion just seem to go hand in hand these days.

[Yeti]

Oh Yes..........
My folks are sheep for the Republican party. I never get into conversations with them because they have very strange views and my father gets very defensive.
They can't believe that they raised a commie pinko freethinking authority hating liberal bastard.

[M.C. Guevera]

My parents are both straight up Democrats, while I don't know what the hell I am. The libertarian party has been looking more and more interesting to me though.

We don't really talk about politics much. All I know is that we both don't like Bush or the War In Iraq.

Although the other day, my mom talked about how next year I'll be able to vote, and she said, "You WILL vote for Hilary Clinton right? To continue our family's Democratic leanings?" And I said, "God no! If anything, I'll vote for Obama!" And I don't even like him!

She didn't like that.

[cosmo105]

my mom's very liberal, and pretty much a dem. she's done some leg work with moveon.org campaigns and such. but she's skeptical and smart enough to know you should be wary of all politicians. she usually votes along with whatever the Sierra Club endorses, because she's very active in it.

i'm a little more liberal than she is, but we agree on most issues. but she and i both usually end up calling my grandpa (her father) when we're not sure which way to vote. :)

OH SHIT LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE TODAY! bah fuck this town.

[DroppinScience]

My mom is mostly moderately left-of-centre. Not hugely radical, but has never voted for a Conservative as far as I'm aware. She's covertly religious (not blatant about it, but underneath it all, she has a god-fearing streak).

My dad is mostly apolitical but has his opinions. Typically, he seldom votes, but this has changed since my brother and I are voting fundamentalists, so he seems to vote whatever we tell him to vote (that or whichever candidate is an attractive woman :rolleyes: ). He's extremely organized religion-adverse (which is partly the reason for his Islamophobic tendencies, as some of you are aware. Does also cast suspicions towards Christian fundamentalists, too), but claims to be "spiritual" (mostly because he wants to go to heaven to meet Jimi Hendrix, I presume).

Both drive SUVs, though. :p

Myself, I range from moderately liberal to ultra-liberal, depending on the issues or my mood at the time. Seldom, if ever, have any conservative leanings. Afterall, I'm some crazy wing-nut who thinks a big chunk of Defense spending should be diverted to Education and Health Care. Yeah, I'm a whacko. :eek:

[GreenEarthAl]

My mother and I were on the same page. Whenever our views differed, we would have discussions, at the end of which one of us would usually change our minds, and then we'd be on the total same page again. Once we both had the same information, we would process the info the same and come to similar conclusions.

[little j]

i avoid talking to my parents about politics. they are pretty far right conservative. LOVE bush. LOVE. LOVE.

i was conservative republican, mainly because that is how my daddy told me to vote.

i moved out of my parent's house, started doing some research and paying attention. now i'd say im moderate with leftish leanings.
i do not love bush.haha. dirty.

my little sister (fifteen) says that she doesn't love bush, and she kinda has leftish leanings too... i hope she learns to think for herself when it comes time for her to vote.

[Dorothy Wood]

my family's pretty liberal. my aunt and uncle lean toward socialism, my uncle and my cousin (their daughter) are duel citizens of the U.S. and Canada. they're moving there soon. again (they left originally because a DUI my aunt got in the 70's prevented her citizenship approval and she found it hard to get work).


my mom's pretty religious now, but she didn't really raise me to be. She's conservative in her personality, in that she doesn't like swearing or violence or pornographic stuff. she just wants everyone to be nice to everyone else. she believes in serving your community and taking care of your fellow man. so whatever falls into that category is what she supports. she usually votes democrat.

I'm not quite as self-less as she is, but I believe the same things. fairness, intelligence, responsibility.

[HotAndWet]

Both of my parents are pretty liberal, although my dad as well as myself could be considered conservative I guess on illegal aliens, etc.
Most of my family are liberal as well except for my crazy severe right wing uncle who calls muslims "towelheads" and such.

[icy manipulator]

i wouldn't have a clue what my parents are