Service Journalism: Republican Target Practice
Your Surrogate Conservative Father
This is genius.
Not that anything more is necessary, but several additional observations:
1. If you’re a moderate liberal and you often argue about politics with your misguided conservative father, there’s nothing to worry about. However, if you’re a moderate liberal and you find yourself constantly arguing about politics with not only your father but also your mother, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, neighbors, people outside of Wal-Mart, etc. - then you’re probably not a moderate anymore. Shut the fuck up.
2. As a strict moderate, I look forward to dying laughing on the day when all of these blue-in-the-face liberals someday stop renting and own the piece of land (or, in many cases, concrete deck supporting the condo or co-op) that they’re living on, and then suddenly start calling their own kids worthless hippies. (On the other hand, conservatives are unintentionally hilarious at any stage in life)
3. If you’re arguing with your conservative parents, most topics are accessible. But, please, whatever you do, don’t argue about abortion. The irony potential is staggeringly large. Through the grace of God, you did not end up as a terminated pregnancy yourself. After all, it’s likely your parents have contemplated that possibility multiple times since you learned how to walk and speak. (Like when you wanted to join the Peace Corps at 23 so you could tag along with that cute girl/guy on a hunger mission to Africa, and you baldly asked your parents to pay off your credit cards and the last 3 months of your lease.)