Mom Knows Best

Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:

When kids grew in the 1960’s, Mom ran the household.  She decided when you had to get up, whether you had to make your bed, what kind of shampoo you used in the shower, what was cooked for meals, what clothes you wore, how much makeup you could wear, how long you could grow your hair . . . and as a kid, you were expected to shut up and do it.

Mom was the adult and you were just a kid, therefore she knew better than you and whatever she decided was for your own good, whether you understood it or not. You never got to make any of your own decisions.  At best, you might get an allowance but even then, your entertainment choices were regulated.

Same thing at school.  Class subjects, length of class, rules of behavior, what to eat, what to wear . . . all determined by your “betters” on your behalf.

Living under Liberalism is like being a permanent 12 year old.  I resented it then, and I resent it now.

Joe Doakes

Years ago – when I was still sorting out the details of my political worldview – a very left-of-center acquaintance described society as “like a big family – with mom and dad watching out for the kids”.

And then I realized – while I had some problems with some conservatives, I could never, ever be a “progressive”.

7 thoughts on “Mom Knows Best

  1. Geez, Mitch. I half expected you to say that he ended that statement with a “sieg heil”!

  2. NW, well, a literal translation is “Glory to Communist Party of Soviet Union”. Presented with same fervor as sieg heil, albeit without the raised hand.

    I am surprised Shvonder-eTASS did not jump in with an explanation because both of these terms must be intimately familiar to them. I would not be surprised if they have them tattooed – “sieg heil” on the right arm, and “Слава КПСС!” on the left.

  3. To quote Limbaugh, “Liberals live in constant fear that somewhere, somehow, somebody is having a good time.”

  4. The state cannot love you. There is nothing more forlorn than an unloved child. That is what the Left wants you to be.

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