Dear conservative family,
I may have different views than you, but that doesn’t mean that I am against you
No, you didn’t “raise me better than that”
No, you didn’t “lose your (grand) daughter”
No, you didn’t “fail as a (grand) parent”
My views are mine. You don’t have to support them because they are mine.
Just because I grew up in a hunting family, doesn’t mean I believe in all gun laws.
Just because I grew up in a traditional family where the men are the bread winner, doesn’t mean I believe men are the superior sex.
Just because I grew up around adults making conservative jokes, doesn’t mean I found them to be funny.
I thought for myself and decided on what I believed was right and wrong.
When I choose a card when playing Cards Against Humanity, it doesn’t mean “that’s the liberals choice.”
When I bring a friend over, it doesn’t mean they are a liberal ready to debate with you.
When I talk to you, I’m not always against you.
I’m not sorry your views didn’t rub off on me.
–Your liberal (grand) daughter
About the Creator
Bry Frank
Just a liberal with anxiety that speaks what’s on my mind
Snacktime Sonata Challenge Winners
Well, your Snacktime Sonatas made us hungry, and that’s about the highest compliment we have. Food — taste, smell, sensation — is a powerful conduit to the past, to memories pleasurable and painful and sometimes bittersweet, a mixture of comfort and challenge. Congratulations to Penny Fuller for Sativa — it’s a first win for Penny — a hymn to the “secret, unbounded/freedoms” of fresh peas in the pod. The narrative voice of the poem doesn’t really want to be outside, but finds joy in the green things of the earth; this is a lovely work of resilience.
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