Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Anyone surprised at your kid’s (young adult) political opinions?

My son is certainly more conservative that most people he knows (he lives on the West Coast) but he says we’re making a mistake not backing Antifa because we have a common enemy - corrupt gov’t.

I told him that might be true, but I’ll never turn my back on a commie because I’ll get a knife in it.

Nope, both kids were raised and taught to be self reliant, Both are solid conservatives and will be for their entire lives.

My boy would rather slap a liberal than to look at one.

I think my mother is surprised in me. I am not sure why. She taught me not to expect handouts, to work for what I get and to be responsible and accountable, She can not understand why I am not a democrap.

I kinda get his sentiment, but he's simply wrong. The enemy of my enemy can still be my enemy as well. Thats been the hot topic on "libertarian" forums today, and that is the general consensus. F*** those commies, they want big .gov, and now they're getting it.

Edit to add, I'm speaking of the supposed "kidnappings by secret Feds" taking place in the northwest.

My adult sons and my grandsons are staunch conservatives....well, one adult son is very libertarian. My stepsons, 17 and 18, are very conservative as, apparently, are most of their friends.

You know I have to laugh...back when I was in college I was a frequent of this group. Different user name as emails etc have changed over the years but I find that funny. I was on the old marlin talk board starting when I was maybe 14 or 15...graybeard outdoors etc.

Always into guns and outdoors. I think I credit that with my beliefs more than anything perhaps

Doesn't surprise me, I'm a "native" as well, and although I'm a bit older than your grandsons, myself and most of my buddies, as well as guys on the job in the same age bracket fit that description.

Not at all.
My son is just about 15 1/2 and has already had it out with several teachers on their ultra-liberal stances. He's smart enough to keep just inside of 'professional ' and his work is at a level where they can't hurt his grades.
His Trump sticker on his school laptop has drawn some looks travelling, but he cares about strangers ' opinions about as much as I do.

George

No, I raised them right.

Not at all.

By and large, I agree with your sentiments. But there are also plenty of them (us) who are purely concerned with Liberty, IE, the very folks who fought the Revolutionary War.

The only arch-conservative I got in the next generation is a nephew on my Ex’s side who just graduated high school.

My own son and my nephews on my side are more middle of the road, the sort who decide elections.

OUTSTANDING COMMENT!!

I aint doubting you, but I find it HARD to believe that there is anyone undecided on their vote at this point in America.

May God bless and keep him and all who are like him.

I would never compare a libertarian of today to people that fought during the revolutionary war.
That is a huge insult to those Patriots
And putting both into the same context as a comparison is wrong..
Almost sounds like a catch phrase comparison for some to proclaim for relevancy.
To each their own I geuss.
Not trying to slam what you said .
But the analogy is weak.

JMO....



2 words

ROSS PEROT.
The mordern libertarian poster child that got it rolling to this day.
The swing/ independent voter movement really took hold with him

evenone that voted for him...
Got us 8 yrs of clinton and everything associated with that schit show....

Yaayyyy
We Libertarians/Independants got recognized by Perot .
He told us what we wanted to hear, cherry picking down the middle of the row.


Comparable to the fools who voted Camelot in 60 and Great Society in 64 that layed the foundation of todays schit show.
All of those people still alive today who voted for those 3 and throw in Peanut Boy also.

Need to OWN what they caused with their votes.......

Thanks Dikheads........



JMO........

These little l libertarians nowadays are a far cry from that. Most are waaay to the right of the average "conservative",which IMO is too far left currently. No way I'm voting for Jorgenson, their candidate, but if I did, I'd evidently have 3 votes: one for her, one for Trump, and one for Biden. That should tell a thinking man something.

no

The ones where I know how they voted voted against Hillary, these same people thought Obama was not all that bad of a President. Probably as they get older they will turn more Conservative, my own brother has done a 180 in his lifetime.

Young people of all persuasions are notoriously unreliable voters, I’d guess many of my 12 nephews and nieces have yet to vote at all.

My daughter asked me today about the gov rumors of people being disappeared in Seattle I think it was by unmarked feds. She read it and was on it before I was keen to the news.

lol

I told her like North Korean type chit? lol

She said yeah

We laughed


Then had some ice cream