One of the best things my parents did was refusing to have political views in front of me so I never internalized it as a normal thing for adults to do
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when I was 16 I asked my dad what he thought of abortion he furrowed his brow and said "Oh! Well, I'm glad you asked! I think it should be encouraged--probably everyone should be aborted!" this was of course a major influence on my own View of the matterhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1096302002449969152?s=19 …
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a complete enumeration of advice adjacent things my dad has delivered unto me over the years 1. "If you major in psychology, I'll disown you." (He has a PhD in the field) 2. "But I won't disinherit you so if you must it's probably fine."
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3. "Well, just remember that after breaking up with someone you're not obliged to talk to them again." 4. (After mentioning [3] later) "Wellllll--I mean, you're not obliged to tell your mother you love her, either." Mixed messages, probably good
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5. (Upon learning I was going into economics) "Well, all right. Those guys seem like they usually manage to end up rich."
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6. (Age 7, informing him that I wanted to grow up to be a crime boss) "You know robot, those guys usually end up dead."
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That's about all I've got. Hmmm. Hmmmmmm. May be hard to improve on this model.





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It is The American Pastime, and has been traditionally as well!
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And look where thats landed us!!
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u think so? saying you don't have political beliefs or not expressing political beliefs doesn't remove you from politics
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we have different intuitions here: i am quite glad my parents raised me w an appreciation for politics and justice. as a kid i was taken to marches etc.
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