My Parents Hate My Boyfriend!
Dear Biff,
My family members are all strong supporters of the Democratic party, and denigrate Republicans every time the conversation turns to politics.
This is heartbreaking, because I myself am a “secret” Republican. My mom knows that the man I’m dating is a Republican, and she condemns his political beliefs behind his back. She even calls him names like “right-wing nut job.”
My brothers like to insult Republicans, too, and say things like, “Republicans are dumb-asses.”
I don’t want to tell them about my beliefs because of the things they have said. Also, since I’m a teenager, I can’t move out. What should I do?
— a Republican in hiding
Dear RePube,
I can see your problem. You obviously need to watch the news more often, and read newspapers.
After all, the only way you could remain a Republican these days is that you are doing neither.
Because if you did, you would see that Repubicans are not only dumb-asses, they are crooked, power-hungry monsters that will subvert the constitution to stay in power, enrich their powerful friends, and screw the rest of us.
But, have no fear. Even if your mind is set in its Repubican ways so thoroughly that opening your eyes to the world around you doesn’t change your political leanings, there is still hope for you.
You allow your parents to support you, even though you strongly disagree with their beliefs, all the while railing against the Democrats’ “welfare economy.” With willful cognitive dissonance that highly-tuned, I think you probably have a bright future ahead of you in the Republican party.
I hope this helps.
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