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In reply to the discussion: Things that made you a liberal [View all]MaryMagdaline
(6,853 posts)93. Peace to you as well. Great dad
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I hate LOL but I actually did laugh out loud at balancing their check books!
MaryMagdaline
Aug 2018
#15
Yes my SIL grew up in that church. Very open minded and committed to social justice
MaryMagdaline
Aug 2018
#124
My family came from somewhat liberal New England stock, but we moved to a small southern town
dameatball
Aug 2018
#11
Thanks Mary. Mom is gone now but she always loved the Kennedys....:) Have a good day.
dameatball
Aug 2018
#25
Soros is paying me. Ok now that the trolls have been fed. My life's experiences starting in
mulsh
Aug 2018
#22
Wow one thing to talk labor rights ... another thing to go toe to toe with management
MaryMagdaline
Aug 2018
#71
My Christian precepts, coming of political age in 60s, parents' reverence for FDR.
Sneederbunk
Aug 2018
#31
My parents. We're related to one another! Liberalism is in my spirit, I guess.
sprinkleeninow
Aug 2018
#57
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
I'm the child of Hollywood liberals, anti-war activists, and Catholic Social Justice traditions.
hunter
Aug 2018
#80
My mom's plight as a German refugee and her having her leg amputated as a result of that
gopiscrap
Aug 2018
#97
The Vietnam War. It drag on and on. People wanted to get out most Americans dead
raccoon
Aug 2018
#117
As a white male Christian, what made me a liberal was a childhood witnessing injustice
Aristus
Aug 2018
#120
Yes i remember thinking the evangelicals would all be like Jimmy Carter.
MaryMagdaline
Aug 2018
#131
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