I was NOT bashing my mother ( she made me a news & political "junkie" fro a very early age and taught me a LOT about politics and history! ), who was THE best political debater, bar none ( and that includes William F. Buckley !), I have EVER heard. She, along with everyone else in my family, hated, loathed, and reviled stinking Commies; she was just from a different generation and believed in being polite, having good manners, and doing things by the book. It's just that that idea was wrong and outdated; the late '60s and onward proves that.