Mom Confessions

I listened to this segment on NPR today and literally sat in my driveway for about 5 minutes while it finished up. What struck me was the abusive nature of growing up in a right wing, militia, evangelical environment. Of course, not every child in these kind of situations have similar experiences but it just seems we give many of these adults a pass in the name of freedom and the children are still being abused.

Anyway, thought I'd share. It's less than a 10 minute listen but really interesting and given the attention to J6-ers recently (to pardon or not to pardon), timely.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/04 ... eepers-son

I've read some about his life. He has an interesting perspective.

It's as ingrained as high school football. My high school athletic director is a prime example. His sons and now his grandsons are all the proud, patriotic alumni of this high school, that college, the Republican party, the war of Northern Aggression, Bill Buckley and the National Review and...