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"While he screamed at me, I wanted to ask, "Who are you, and what have you done with the man who raised me to be tolerant, patient, peaceful and charitable?" "
I think the same thing sometimes when I'm arguing with my parents over the latest news item, like the so-called "War on Christmas." My parents always raised me to be kind to other people, to help those less fortunate, that kind of thing... and then my mother says something like (and this is majorly simplified), "Poor people are lazy." Of course, she listens to Bill O'Reilly when she's driving around (and living in the suburbs, she does a lot of driving) and parrots his talking points back to me.
And my mom is defintitely NOT dumb - she's a very skilled RN, and she's extremely kind and compassionate to her fellow woman. But sometimes the stuff that comes out of her mouth, that is exactly whatever the Republican party line is, makes me want to shake her and yell, "Who are you, and what have you done with my mother?!"
