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abq e streeter

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5. Very political as a kid. Parents had been YPSL's (Young People's Socialist league) in the 1930's.

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Wed Nov 27, 2013, 02:50 PM

Nov 2013

They'd moderated somewhat from that but still liberals. My dad is now 95 and watches Rachel Maddow and Lawrence ODonnell every night and refuses to even refer to the republicans as a political party; calls them a criminal front group.
Meanwhile, I was reading Karl Marx (I've moderated from that ,lol) by time I was 12. Right now I feel more radical than any time since my 20's (I'm 62) .Happy to report that the vast majority of my liberal friends from college etc and younger, whose views I still know, have remained progressive. Not all, but large majority; probably 90 %.

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To the extent you were political as a kid - were your politics then similar to what they are today? [View all] Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 OP

I was, like Hilary Clinton, raised by rabid right wing radical Goldwater supporters. rgbecker Nov 2013 #1

My folks were moderate Republicans Freddie Nov 2013 #2

1 and 5. FSogol Nov 2013 #3

In 6th grade d_r Nov 2013 #4

Very political as a kid. Parents had been YPSL's (Young People's Socialist league) in the 1930's. abq e streeter Nov 2013 #5

Trotskyist in '71........ socialist_n_TN Nov 2013 #17

'Whenever I see an American with a glow in their eyes talking about workers and peasants uniting Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #23

I believed in fairness as a kid. My views on this have only gotten more strident. canoeist52 Nov 2013 #6

Same. WinkyDink Nov 2013 #7

As a marine and a college kid I was a Marxist...now I'm an Anarchist (Left Libertarian). Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #8

Somewhat moderate but waxed more liberal over time. TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #9

I was a Repbulican for about eight minutes shenmue Nov 2013 #10

I grew up in another country nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #11

As a young person, I was liberal. PDJane Nov 2013 #12

If you listened to my dad he sounded like Archie Bunker but my doc03 Nov 2013 #13

I grew up in a white middle class family where our magazine subscriptions included... DreamGypsy Nov 2013 #14

I actually teased my brother for liking Jimmy Carter by putting fake blood on a peanut and Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #15

My dad was in a union and my mom TBF Nov 2013 #16

I was raised in a right-wing environment LumosMaxima Nov 2013 #18

for some more results Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #19

From the minute I saw Jerry Falwell flapping his gums on the tv about some shit called the Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #20

My war experiences changed my right-wing leaning dramatically Victor_c3 Nov 2013 #21

My parents are moderate Democrats, so I was, more or less, too clyrc Nov 2013 #22