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Originally posted by Not Bob
That's kind of her point -- apparently, tmdiva's father is a Not Fan of the ACLU, and seems to think that anything traditional going on at school will be opposed by those Commie Bastards who took God out of the classroom, and replaced Him with touchy-feely Wiccan socialistic nonsense, like New Math, "winter concert" instead of Christmas Play, and don't even get me started on the "whole language" reading fiasco instead of sounding words out.
And, tmd, no, he won't get the point. I have an uncle who's the same way. He'll tell you about an ACLU lawsuit Paul Harvey talked about, or some court order mentioned in Reader's Digest a few years ago.
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Aw, NB, I knew I could count on you to be understanding. And yeah, Gwink, I think you would need more context to know why it bothered me so much. On a trip earlier this year to visit my parents, my dad told of how my mom's sister had been appalled at my dad's shiny, new and GINORMOUS gun safe, and said something about how she'd been brainwashed by the gun control people. It's not just that he's conservative, it's that on certain topics he turns into this complete freak incapable of rational discussion, angry and bitter and sarcastic and mean. My sister and I have both tried to get him to stop, at least in front of the kids (he's pretty scary when he gets going), but he interprets our efforts as personal attacks. Ugh.
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