Family and Politics

[Eddie Teach]

 

[derspiess]

My family is uniformly conservative/GOP.  Extending out to aunts, uncles, and cousins I can only think of one person (a cousin) who is not.  And he's too chicken shit to ever tell you what he's in favor of, he just bitches about those on the right.

[Valmy]

And he's too chicken shit to ever tell you what he's in favor of, he just bitches about those on the right.

Maybe he doesn't have anybody who represents him.  There are, after all, only two choices and they both are pretty horrible.

If I go out to cousins and uncles we have everything from insane Jesus freaks to crazy commies.  In my nuclear family I am one of the right wingers, me and my dad are probably the only two who have ever voted for Republicans.

[Iormlund]

Family are mostly social democrats. I'm more liberal (in the classical sense) and hawkish on defence and foreign relations.

[Admiral Yi]

My dad is a peacenik commie, my mom is maybe a Blue Dog. 

Never discuss politics with my brother or sister.

[Grey Fox]

Around here, we don't separate on a left-right divide but a Separatist-Federalist divide.

My family is historically federalist, I am much more ambivalent on the question.

[Beenherebefore]

I used to be the most leftwing in my family. Now, evidence suggests I am the most moderate after my stepfather's conversion to the Labour Party. I'm not member of any party any longer. I sympathise with and vote Labour most of the time, but the liberal party Venstre is also a party I have voted for.
I think I may be the only one in my extended family still harbouring any hope and wish for a Norwegian EU membership, although that's not a left-right divide only.

[Ed Anger]

I support the Kaiser.

[Sheilbh]

I also used to be the most lefty and now I'm the most moderate. My parents are both left and moving further left as they age.

But I think one of my brothers is Ukip and the other's probably a Tory.

[garbon]

Hard to say. At one time, I would have said my family is mostly made up of democrats - however, since the older generation has died off, more and more relatives are popping out of the woodwork as republicans.

[derspiess]

Maybe he doesn't have anybody who represents him.  There are, after all, only two choices and they both are pretty horrible.

I'm pretty sure he's a left-wing Obama-ite Democrat.  When you're 100% critical of one side and 0% of the other, it's not too hard to connect the dots.  He's a steadfast atheist & sci-fi nerd, plus he works for NASA.  He'd be a perfect fit for Languish, now that I think of it.

[Valmy]

I'm pretty sure he's a left-wing Obama-ite Democrat.  When you're 100% critical of one side and 0% of the other, it's not too hard to connect the dots.  He's a steadfast atheist & sci-fi nerd, plus he works for NASA.  He'd be a perfect fit for Languish, now that I think of it.

Well if you only hang out with Republicans chances are you will spend most of your time being critical of them.  If I do something stupid and go talk politics on NCAA football sites it does not take me long to get labeled as a far left hater of America and God, or on a computer game site where I quickly get labeled as a reactionary Nazi who gains strength from every injustice in the world.

[11B4V]

We rarely talk politics.

[garbon]

I'm pretty sure he's a left-wing Obama-ite Democrat.  When you're 100% critical of one side and 0% of the other, it's not too hard to connect the dots.  He's a steadfast atheist & sci-fi nerd, plus he works for NASA.  He'd be a perfect fit for Languish, now that I think of it.

Well if you only hang out with Republicans chances are you will spend most of your time being critical of them.  If I do something stupid and go talk politics on NCAA football sites it does not take me long to get labeled as a far left hater of America and God, or on a computer game site where I quickly get labeled as a reactionary Nazi who gains strength from every injustice in the world.

Being a democrat is mandatory in SF and little time is spend discussing the failures of democrats.

[Valmy]

Being a democrat is mandatory in SF and little time is spend discussing the failures of democrats.

I guess I should have qualified that with the caveat that you have big issues with both parties to the point you will complain about them.  Or just said that is how things work for me.