I got super-steamed by a Facebook post from the head of my town's (small) Republican Club, which I'll post here:
"Raising offspring to adulthood successfully is essentially and inherently a conservative effort, otherwise the offspring perishes. If parents are not willing to be conservative in their childrearing (discipline, education, limits, standards, law abiding, respecting authority, teaching a child to think and see clearly), a child may be at greater risk of failure from injury, accident, social dysfunction, etc. There are ideological risks, too, but those are longer term, IMO.
I find here in Montclair there are political 'oreo' couples/families...quite successful, and perhaps the ultimate social combination: very liberal on the outside (looks & sounds good to our progressive community), conservative on the inside (kids are highly disciplined, skilled in firearms use, go to private schools, attend orthodox house of worship regularly, etc.)
I agree with [earlier post] about making a match with someone with similar political views. Too much energy would be spent trying to get around those rocks in the river...folks should be on the same team.
If you're asking about a particular liberal partner putting the child(ren) at risk, the messaging from the liberal partner was not in touch with reality as the children were passing through adolescence. Conservative partner saw this as a bid no-no.
I try to love and learn from all."
So, talk me down or tell me what you think she got right/wrong here.
"Raising offspring to adulthood successfully is essentially and inherently a conservative effort, otherwise the offspring perishes. If parents are not willing to be conservative in their childrearing (discipline, education, limits, standards, law abiding, respecting authority, teaching a child to think and see clearly), a child may be at greater risk of failure from injury, accident, social dysfunction, etc. There are ideological risks, too, but those are longer term, IMO.
I find here in Montclair there are political 'oreo' couples/families...quite successful, and perhaps the ultimate social combination: very liberal on the outside (looks & sounds good to our progressive community), conservative on the inside (kids are highly disciplined, skilled in firearms use, go to private schools, attend orthodox house of worship regularly, etc.)
I agree with [earlier post] about making a match with someone with similar political views. Too much energy would be spent trying to get around those rocks in the river...folks should be on the same team.
If you're asking about a particular liberal partner putting the child(ren) at risk, the messaging from the liberal partner was not in touch with reality as the children were passing through adolescence. Conservative partner saw this as a bid no-no.
I try to love and learn from all."
So, talk me down or tell me what you think she got right/wrong here.
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