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Sort of both. Growing up, my parents and I were all moderate Democrats. As we've aged, my parents have gotten more conservative and I've gotten much more liberal.

In some ways I'd say I'm less liberal than my parents, but still very liberal. My parents were both very serious second wave feminists - my father a professor of feminist philosophy, and my mother a lesbian separatist. My father remained firmly fossilized in his second wave viewpoint until the day he died, and I'd have loved to have had a chance to raise his consciousness in recent years. My mother is beyond hope.

After being beaten over the head with my father's feminism and my mother's man hating I really went a different way. I understand that their views are largely reflective of their world in which they were raised, but I don't generally seek to emulate them.

My mom and dad did not share political views, although, my mom remained quiet about hers. I grew up in a very red area. The turning point was in 9th grade civics class when the teacher wrote out characteristics of republicans and democrats on the chalk board and then asked us to raise our hands to say which party we identified with. Only two of us raised our hands as democratic, and I've never looked back since!

I have always been more liberal than my parents. I think my mom would think differently if she did more research, or tried to understand politics more than what's on the news at 6pm.