my sisterinlaw said something similar to me, that she was kind of sorry that she had conveyed to her kids how bad things were going to be and how hopeless, and her college freshman was beyond depressed at the election results. i said that it was far better for them to have a realistic appreciation of the situation, no matter how hard it is, than to have a false sense of reality. only by knowing what we face can we gird ourselves to deal with and fight it. my 14 yo is the only republican in her small private school class. she took incredible grief on election day from the other kids and didn’t want to go to school yesterday to face more of the same. my husband went in to talk to the administrator and said, i hope that the school will use this as a teachable moment about TOLERANCE, since i know you would not sit still for this were it directed to someone’s race, religion or physical handicap, tolerance towards differing viewpoints should also be taught. they did go into the class and talk about how different people have different opinions and those who were sad about mccain losing should be sad inside and those happy about obams winning should be happy in side. that did the trick and they laid off of her, thankfully. she can stand up for her political viewpoint quite well and the adminstrator acknowledged that the kids are passionate about the win but have no KNOWLEDGE, unlike our daughter, whom they know to be well-informed. that made her feel good to know.
Poor thing. It’s like she is Elizabeth Hasslebeck of her class.
And those who make fun of her for being a wimpy conservative... I always ask if they would mind getting the flack she gets and if they would be a strong as her for sticking up even though she gets hell everyday.