Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

MaryMagdaline

(6,849 posts)
66. 2naSalit your struggle would be insurmountable to me
Sun Aug 26, 2018, 02:26 PM
Aug 2018

Racism, misogyny, anti-intellectualism - 3 headed monster.

Things that made you a liberal [View all] MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 OP
Ironic, you're handle being what it is. Glamrock Aug 2018 #1
The Gospels were a huge influence MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #7
Hear, hear. Glamrock Aug 2018 #10
I hate LOL but I actually did laugh out loud at balancing their check books! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #15
I am a recovering Catholic also, I worship in a different denomination gopiscrap Aug 2018 #98
Catholic here also - the Catholic teachings on social justice rurallib Aug 2018 #13
Very similar to my family's history MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #17
I also say the 1982 NCCB Pastoal Letter on the Economy with the teaching of gopiscrap Aug 2018 #100
That was significant in our world as well MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #109
same here,Catholic school late 60s and early 70s DBoon Aug 2018 #136
What you are describing is the Jefferson Bible genxlib Aug 2018 #20
I only just heard of the Jefferson Bible. Probably here in DU MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #35
Some of the most honorable and decent people I have ever met... 3catwoman3 Aug 2018 #122
Yes my SIL grew up in that church. Very open minded and committed to social justice MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #124
Book suggestion from one recovering Catholic to another, Bro Glam Docreed2003 Aug 2018 #78
Thanks man Glamrock Aug 2018 #104
Sounds interesting. Thanks! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #126
It's a great book Docreed2003 Aug 2018 #128
I was nine years old... zanana1 Aug 2018 #2
A lesson well learned! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #8
good schools Angry Dragon Aug 2018 #3
Public schools? What state? MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #19
Single mother.... Tikki Aug 2018 #4
That will definitely do it MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #9
My 9th grade Social Studies teacher, Jack S. Lewis, got me started down the path. lark Aug 2018 #5
Great teacher! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #12
Excellent I had a teacher in high school who taught a class called gopiscrap Aug 2018 #102
Nixon jpak Aug 2018 #6
Oh Lordy yes! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #21
My family came from somewhat liberal New England stock, but we moved to a small southern town dameatball Aug 2018 #11
Moving north to south in those days was quite a shock MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #14
Thanks Mary. Mom is gone now but she always loved the Kennedys....:) Have a good day. dameatball Aug 2018 #25
Compassionate parents bottomofthehill Aug 2018 #16
Absolutely! The greatest liberal speech ever given MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #18
also: gopiscrap Aug 2018 #105
Soros is paying me. Ok now that the trolls have been fed. My life's experiences starting in mulsh Aug 2018 #22
That's a great story! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #36
My 5th grade social studies teacher CrispyQ Aug 2018 #23
That's a great quote from Karl Rove ... MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #45
My dad fought in WWII. onecaliberal Aug 2018 #24
My cousin and I were lamenting that very thing MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #37
: onecaliberal Aug 2018 #43
Same here,,, mitch96 Aug 2018 #62
Wow one thing to talk labor rights ... another thing to go toe to toe with management MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #71
That is a good question genxlib Aug 2018 #26
To value truth over acceptance ... true strength! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #38
Sarah Palin. GemDigger Aug 2018 #27
Sarah Palin actually sealed the deal for 4 of my McCain-leaning friends MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #39
I should clarify MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #40
Am glad you did. GemDigger Aug 2018 #47
Looking at issues and making an informed conclusion. yallerdawg Aug 2018 #28
Your avatar says it all! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #41
I think the seeds were planted during a car trip with my family The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #29
No wonder the South is different MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #50
I give a shit. (n/t) Iggo Aug 2018 #30
Yep. Only one way to vote once you give a shit MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #42
Straight up. Iggo Aug 2018 #58
My Christian precepts, coming of political age in 60s, parents' reverence for FDR. Sneederbunk Aug 2018 #31
these MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #68
Life elleng Aug 2018 #32
That'll do it MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #73
The way my family lived their lives and JFK. Fla Dem Aug 2018 #33
Good liberal heritage for sure MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #46
As with some of the above... N_E_1 for Tennis Aug 2018 #34
Funny how many ex-Catholics are Dems MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #48
Richard Nixon also made me a Democrat DBoon Aug 2018 #139
Its a great question. mysteryowl Aug 2018 #44
All things worth preserving MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #49
My birth and two wonderful parents. CentralMass Aug 2018 #51
Things to be glad of MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #76
The 60's, the Vietnam War, Kent State Cousin Dupree Aug 2018 #52
Those years were so divided. You had to take sides MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #75
Exactly! Cousin Dupree Aug 2018 #138
Took my first multiple choice in Government class benld74 Aug 2018 #53
You could see you were being manipulated. Good catch! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #135
Being female Freddie Aug 2018 #54
Salute! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #59
Being 2naSalit Aug 2018 #55
2naSalit your struggle would be insurmountable to me MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #66
It's been a struggle for well over half a century 2naSalit Aug 2018 #82
F**k. Just f**k I can't believe you have to deal with that either. MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #115
Becoming a union ironworker at 18 helped but, Hotler Aug 2018 #56
Cool experience as iron worker MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #63
My parents. We're related to one another! Liberalism is in my spirit, I guess. sprinkleeninow Aug 2018 #57
Empathy rules! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #60
For me tazkcmo Aug 2018 #61
Yep. They sure are an accumulation of haters. MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #64
Growing up in Dallas when schools were still not desegregated. It struck me as being so wrong. CTyankee Aug 2018 #65
Looking back, studying those great Supreme Court decisions from the 50's through the MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #67
Most of all my parents. llmart Aug 2018 #69
Interesting about your grandfather. Not too many people copped to being MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #70
Ha! llmart Aug 2018 #81
Great guy! I love him posthumously. But yeah liberal family MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #116
Mostly through absorbing my parents' values. cemaphonic Aug 2018 #72
Really interesting that Iran-Contra got you MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #74
Miss Rosenthal, saidsimplesimon Aug 2018 #77
Good job, ms. Rosenthal! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #88
Growing up in the Deep South klook Aug 2018 #79
I admire anyone who can see through adult hypocrisy as children MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #89
I'm the child of Hollywood liberals, anti-war activists, and Catholic Social Justice traditions. hunter Aug 2018 #80
Interesting family history! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #90
When I was 5... cannabis_flower Aug 2018 #83
5 years old! Early enlightnment MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #91
Christianity - Love your neighbor as yourself. nt LAS14 Aug 2018 #84
Says it all MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #134
Mrs. Klimko, who showed us slides of lynchings in 7th grade. byronius Aug 2018 #85
Kudos to your teacher for showing horror of racism. MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #92
My father and solidified by Saint Reagan hibbing Aug 2018 #86
Peace to you as well. Great dad MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #93
RW asshats billh58 Aug 2018 #87
Yeah it does help that their ass-hattedness is so unattractive MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #95
RFK (specifically his assassination), Watergate, Reagan... lastlib Aug 2018 #94
I had a postcard of RFK "some men see things as they are" MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #96
That would be cool! lastlib Aug 2018 #119
Aww tears 😭 just thinking of your friend's letter. Bobby was my hero. MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #130
mine also! And still is. lastlib Aug 2018 #132
My mom's plight as a German refugee and her having her leg amputated as a result of that gopiscrap Aug 2018 #97
So sorry for what you've suffered. Glad you are with us MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #99
thank you, I just answered a thread of yours gopiscrap Aug 2018 #101
Thanks much - back at you MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #107
My father. no_hypocrisy Aug 2018 #103
You have to be psychologically strong to overcome parental authority MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #111
I grew up in the 60s Cairycat Aug 2018 #106
I remember Time or Look magazine with My Lai vicitms in the cover MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #113
also on October 27, 1988 gopiscrap Aug 2018 #108
Wow I had forgotten about those Buchanan brown shirts MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #112
Maggie Thatchet Doodley Aug 2018 #110
Yeah she hated poor people from the get-go MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #114
The Vietnam War. It drag on and on. People wanted to get out most Americans dead raccoon Aug 2018 #117
Went on forever. I was so grateful my brothers did not have to go MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #118
As a white male Christian, what made me a liberal was a childhood witnessing injustice Aristus Aug 2018 #120
Those experiences with dramatic historical pieces ... MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #133
Harper's Magazine brought me to the Democratic Party and progressivism. Grasswire2 Aug 2018 #121
Yes i remember thinking the evangelicals would all be like Jimmy Carter. MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #131
Being poor myself and having friends who were poor. hay rick Aug 2018 #123
Thanks Rick. Humbling to learn of your experiences MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #129
I was born a socialist. Vote Dem because we'll never have a true Socialist candidate bif Aug 2018 #125
I truly believe FDR is as close we will come. He must have been a political genius to MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #127
Truly. What a genius! bif Aug 2018 #140
Having a heart that no one is allowed MuseRider Aug 2018 #137
Strangely enough, ashling Aug 2018 #141
Quite a heritage MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #143
My mother, my upbringing, my education proglib217 Aug 2018 #142
I remember Barbara Jordan well. Kudos to your mother and Brooklyn MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #144
Latest Discussions»The DU Lounge»Things that made you a li...»Reply #66