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Nope, can't say as I do, particular. Sounds like a lot of oversimplified, partisan drum banging.
I have a cousin who is a third generation family farmer, died-in the wool, regular church-goin' conservative type. His boys were little hooligans, appeased rather than disciplined.
My mother is quite liberal, in her way, particularly on social issues, and boy, did we mind.
I've voted a mostly liberal ticket through the years, but my kids will learn to mind, same as I did.
I think the writer is confusing political leanings with basic parental laziness, and a general feeling of "It's all about my rights" that cuts across society as a whole. Everybody is just too damn defensive anymore, whether of themselves, or their children, kinda thing. Sorta like: "Well, okay, my kid is being an ass, but how dare you, a perfect stranger, point that out to me. Are you trying to tell me I'm not a perfect parent? Just for that, I'm gonna let my kid keep being an ass. That'll show you!"
I guess my point, if I have one, is to ask why everything has to boil down to a liberal/conservative issue?
I'll be quiet now.
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