Comments on: Family Reunions http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2007/07/10/family-reunions/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:34:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Southern Beale http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2007/07/10/family-reunions/#comment-13 Southern Beale Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:06:25 +0000 http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2007/07/10/family-reunions/#comment-13 <i>Then she asked, with a tone that seemed to combine confusion, frustration, and utter terror, “Are you a Democrat??”</i> I think what's most disheartening to me right now is that there are thousands of intelligent, decent people out there whose minds have been poisoned against anything that looks, talks or acts like a liberal. Democrat is not a dirty word, you know? When did we get to this place where having a <i>Democrat</i> in the family was like some badge of shame? And how did this happen, right under our noses? Then she asked, with a tone that seemed to combine confusion, frustration, and utter terror, “Are you a Democrat??”

I think what’s most disheartening to me right now is that there are thousands of intelligent, decent people out there whose minds have been poisoned against anything that looks, talks or acts like a liberal. Democrat is not a dirty word, you know? When did we get to this place where having a Democrat in the family was like some badge of shame? And how did this happen, right under our noses?

]]> By: Music City Bloggers http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2007/07/10/family-reunions/#comment-12 Music City Bloggers Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:07:27 +0000 http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2007/07/10/family-reunions/#comment-12 <p>[...] Dolphin relays a tale about his last family reunion Last family reunion was the first that I attended “as an adult,” in which I had to do more than simply submit to hugs from random people who I assume are my family but whom I scarcely remember having ever seen before (or worse, don’t remember at all). This time I actually had to talk with these people. … To be honest, I was probably the strange one, after all, who brings a “roommate” to a family reunion (coming out is a bit more drama than I feel like investing in people I only see for one weekend every several years). [...]</p> [...] Dolphin relays a tale about his last family reunion Last family reunion was the first that I attended “as an adult,” in which I had to do more than simply submit to hugs from random people who I assume are my family but whom I scarcely remember having ever seen before (or worse, don’t remember at all). This time I actually had to talk with these people. … To be honest, I was probably the strange one, after all, who brings a “roommate” to a family reunion (coming out is a bit more drama than I feel like investing in people I only see for one weekend every several years). [...]

]]> By: KipEsquire http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2007/07/10/family-reunions/#comment-10 KipEsquire Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:44:54 +0000 http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2007/07/10/family-reunions/#comment-10 Next time wear an <i>"I Can't Even Think Straight!"</i> t-shirt. ;-) Next time wear an “I Can’t Even Think Straight!” t-shirt. ;-)

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