Or email tell values" continued.Īll that the social liberal democrat party is - is the valuing of the collective over the individual. Write Tell All, 100 State St., Madison, WI 53703. You also wouldn’t be the first parent whose radical child moved toward moderation after graduating from college.ĭo you have a question about life or love in Madison? It shouldn’t be hard to find examples of political firebrands taking the law into their own hands with disastrous results-see the Vietnam-era bombing of Sterling Hall right here in Madison.Īnd take heart, Small-d. Your best move is to continue making the sorts of rational arguments your son understands, based in historical fact. Your son hasn’t yet taken the plunge into violence and vandalism, so you have a window of opportunity. As you surely know, you’re not the first parent whose child came back from college as a fiery radical. It’s been impossible to make any headway, intellectually or emotionally.ĭid we create a monster by politicizing him at too young an age? And is there any way to turn him back toward moderation?ĭear Small-d: You can’t blame yourself for “creating a monster.” You simply exposed your son to your reasonable democratic values while he was growing up. We’ve tried to talk our son out of his extreme positions, but he has a well-thought-out argument justifying his new radicalism. We believe in peaceful, democratic solutions to problems and condemn violence on both sides.
#Left wing or right wing im pro violence free#
We believe in free speech even for those we strongly disagree with. Neither my husband nor I condones this activity. I’m worried that his next step will be joining up with them. He also defends Antifa, the left-wing group that violently confronts right-wing groups. He defends the destruction of private property to make a political point (although I don’t think he’s actually done so himself, at least not yet). He’s been involved in protests aimed at shutting down right-wing speakers on campus. Since then, my son has become increasingly radicalized. My husband and I were proud of his political stance…until he went off to college at a small liberal-arts school in the Northwest two years ago. In high school, he learned to make sophisticated arguments for his liberal positions on civil rights and economic fairness. When he was in middle school, we took him to rallies to protest Scott Walker’s union-busting Act 10. When he was in elementary school, we took him door-to-door to canvass for John Kerry and Barack Obama. Dear Tell All: My son grew up in Madison and learned progressive values from my husband and me.
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