This is one of those articles I'd love to clip and send to my dear, sadly deceased, incredibly conservative dad who was often baffled by his left leaning youngest. I guess I'm not entirely liberal. There are some issues about which I'm incredibly conservative, others I'm about as far to the left as you can get. All told, if I had to take a stab at putting my political leanings neatly into a box, I'd self-report I was "liberal".
And I certainly fit the bounds of the study detailed in the article. I had sort of a rough upbringing. Nothing more crazy than a lot of folks dealt with. My parents were still married, so I didn't have divorce in the background, but things were tough and true to the study, I came out of the thing fairly liberal.
I think the study is interesting if a little shortsighted. I'm sure that the issue of conservative vs liberal is a lot more complex than just one contributing factor.
It doesn't take into account things like....up to about my mid 20's, I was quite conservative. Hell, I even voted for Bush Sr. Twice.
In my late 20's a lot changed. The first time I voted anything other than Republican I felt....naughty. Like I was a bad child and letting my folks down....
Now I just feel like I'll vote for whoever in the hell from whichever the hell party seems like less of a weiner, which is getting a lot harder to tell these days.....
But the study is interesting, if entertaining.
Meanwhile, off to begin enjoying my Memorial Day weekend. Wishing all a happy, safe and fun long weekend!
