Our experiences are very similar. My daughter were nicely conservative, veered libertarian with the gay issues, now just plain lefty. We cannot discuss politics any more. What I am resenting most is the smug, holier-than-thou attitude. She works at being respectful until it comes to politics, then you can see her swallowing her tongue.
Have any of your lib friends’ kids turned conservative or is it only a one-way street? I’ve only seen it go that one way.
“Our experiences are very similar. My daughter were nicely conservative, veered libertarian with the gay issues, now just plain lefty. We cannot discuss politics any more. What I am resenting most is the smug, holier-than-thou attitude. She works at being respectful until it comes to politics, then you can see her swallowing her tongue.”
This is the exact case with my middle daughter — read Atlas Shrugged — bent libertarian — but now leaning left. Just.don’t.get.it. Thank God she at least didn’t vote for Obama! Your description of the superior attitude is right on — and I’m the one accused of not being open-minded by her!