My Mother Is A Feminist

RightBias.com ^ | November 12, 2007 | Nancy Morgan

[rwbusa50]

My mother is a feminist. A die-hard, take no prisoners, true-blue feminist. Armed with a hard-won PhD., she has made her life's work the counselling of the transgendered, the gay and the sexually confused. Honest work in which she is passionately invested. The only fly in the ointment is me, her conservative daughter.

I am as passionate a conservative as my mother is a feminist. It's hard to imagine two more diametrically opposing viewpoints. I view the current state of feminism as doing more harm than good. As undermining the traditional and family values that I consider the backbone of our country. On the other hand, my mother considers conservative values as outdated, invalid, and as having absolutely no intrinsic value.

[higgmeister]

Anyway, we’ll see what she pops up with tomorrow.

I would set ground rules first thing. You lover her and will not even listen to or discuss any broad social issues that could bring disharmony.

I think Nancy Morgan is right. I am much less likely to accept anyone's opinion that differs from mine.

[aberaussie]

On this coming Thanksgiving holiday, get down on your knees and thank the good Lord that your mother did not decide to abort you. You dodged a bullet.

Abortion wasn't available - if it had been, we probably would not be reading this article.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I had a number of interesting dinners with my late grandparents and my aunt. 3 liberals vs. me. It was like one of those politically unbalanced TV shows, like Deface the Nation. At one of these dinners, I actually called my aunt a socialist to her face. That didn’t help, and I apologized afterward.

[Mercat]

I do appreciate ground rules. If I say anything to her though she runs to her mother (92) and they tell my husband and it’s a huge cf. I’m better off in the family (38 years) if I just smile and go into the other room. I remember once at Easter dinner my mother started in on me about me being a Catholic and how it would ruin her grandchildren. Happy Easter!! Well, I choose not to live in that pain.

[cricket]

How is urging men to reject the divesity of female life-companionship for a sex-and-more relationship with other men “feminist”?

Liberals color with many crayons. 'Feminism' is just one color. . .our of the Liberal crayon box.

[toddlintown]

So this makes the writer a turkey-baster baby? So apropos for Thanksgiving!

[wardaddy]

My family is either all conservative or a few stupid

[Mercat]

“mother in law” NOT “mother.”

[cricket]

ahh. ..that would be 'out of the Lib crayon box' - so to speak. . .

[vpintheak]

NMy mother is a feminist too. She pationately believed in staying home, and taking care of her children. My wife is a feminist as well. These new age “feminists” are insane, nothing more.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

(And I am a feminist, of the conservative, pro-life, traditional family values variety.)

Just a Susan B. Anthony kinda gal. :-)

[originalbuckeye]

I used to be a Feminist. That’s until I realized that the Feminists were only using women to further their leftist agenda. Otherwise they would have held Clinton accountable for his seductions of young women/the groping of his women peers and the rape of a woman who would lose her livelihood if she had tried to confront the sitting Attorney General of Arkansas. I pointed out, to all my female lefty friends. that all Clinton’s accusers were Democrats. I also pointed out that Feminists said, in regards to Anita Hill, that women always tell the truth about sexual harassment. That’s when I got it. Only Conservative men are held accountable for perceived slights to women. When asked about Clinton’s affair with Lewinsky, Anita Hill said “well, you really have to consider his voting record”. Your mother has been sold a bill of goods and can not, at this point of her life, turn back the clock. She would be devastated if she realized how she (along with thousands of other women) has been completely used. My condolences.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Bring em on............

A Class III weapon should take care of that.

[Old North State]

I think that the author understands the real issue but is dodging around it. Her mother’s beliefs and opinions are informed by emotion, not thought. You cannot, for long, maintain a composed dialog with emotion-based people, they quickly get their feelings hurt and lash out. Think of trying to have a rational, or even humorous, dialog with a fanatic Muslim about their ‘prophet’(cartoons anyone?)
Liberals, whether under color of feminism, anti-war protests, or racial identity groups quickly revert to form.

[cowboyway]

A Class III weapon should take care of that.

I'll just stuff a few extra mags in my BOB, grab a couple of my M4's and my H&K USP Tactical and wait for the action to start.

[Noumenon]

The Left is full blown psycho.

They're going to start open civil war in 2008. We're going to finish it. With extreme prejudice.

[Zack Nguyen]

My mother and I don't communicate anymore.

What a terrible shame. Politics shouldn't split families like that.

[Noumenon]

The broadcast of the rioting will be kept to a minimum

But only in the MSM. There are now too many other outlets for the distribution of information.

[Jaysun]

The radical left has fomented themselves into such a frenzy they might riot if they lose the election. I am not kidding, these people have become nuts.

I know that's true. We should make them set aside some money now just in case. Someone is going to have to clean up the mess when they throw themselves from buildings.

[Traveler59]

A Class III weapon should take care of that.

Or a #9 loon mallet ;)

-Traveler