Why They've Got No Further Use for You

Once, when discussing politics with my grown children, I explained my liberal convictions as a young man and how, at the time, I considered myself a liberal and gave examples of the causes I was interested in and my voting record. They listened in shocked silence, their mouths slightly open in apoplexic attention. Up to that conversation they had enjoyed (as did I) their ribbing of their conservative dad. Now, however, that I displayed a change of "flags", I couldn't have been as welcome as an English privateer would have been flying a French flag. Since that conversation, and some attempted followup conversations, communication on politics has been smothered. It's sad. But, perhaps, each generation has to learn on its own by making its own mistakes. That isn't comforting when you think of the lessons that need to be learned. Anyway, my experience was very similar and thought I should repond. You have a great website.

Posted by Peter Hughes at March 28, 2005 4:57 PM

Glad you discovered neo-neo-con - she's great!

Posted by Yehudit at March 28, 2005 5:49 PM

I second Yehudit. neo is a daily stop for me, and linked, as well.

Posted by TmjUtah at March 28, 2005 8:04 PM

I’d not recognized this as a phenomenon until reading your post. I had this experience late last summer. After five months of believing the woman of my dreams had appeared in my life…poof. In a matter of 48 hours gone with nothing left but a rambling voice mail about my damaged spirit and our incompatibility due to my (sincere) misgivings about John Kerry’s abilities as commander-in-chief.

Fast forward five more months and my 26 year old daughter breaks up with her boyfriend of a year with the best line of all. (From him to her I proudly add) “You’re such a Republican.”

Posted by brad at March 30, 2005 11:41 AM