From the comments:
There is no "hatred" anywhere in the book, as suggested in other reviews, nor is there any attempt to proselytize our kids into any political party.
Uh... but it uses "liberals" as a dirty word. I can tell -- it's in the title.
Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Emily - Aug 22, 2005 9:49:40 am PDT #9008 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Betsy HP - Aug 22, 2005 9:50:35 am PDT #9009 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
The trouble with liberals under your bed is that they spend all night having non-procreative sex.
Volans - Aug 22, 2005 9:51:30 am PDT #9010 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Sometimes not even in the missionary position!
erikaj - Aug 22, 2005 9:56:12 am PDT #9011 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
BWAH! There's a story like that in Hockenberry's book. (Only he's under their bed and the guy is a LOTR fanatic.)
Jessica - Aug 22, 2005 9:56:14 am PDT #9012 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sometimes not even in the missionary position!
If they're under a bed, what other positions are there room for?
Frankenbuddha - Aug 22, 2005 10:22:47 am PDT #9013 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
If they're under a bed, what other positions are there room for?
SPOOOOOON!!!
meara - Aug 22, 2005 2:42:38 pm PDT #9014 of 10002
Hee! I love y'all's responses to the book, even if the book itself is...frightening. Though I do like the companion suggestion of the "Help, there's Conservatives in my Closet!".
I'd heard of "King and King" (and the uproar against it) but not the other two. Whatever, man. Indoctrination only goes so far...my Ashcroft-loving dad has a pot-smoking son, a queer daughter, and another daughter who married a guy who is black and Muslim. Not super conservative.
Cass - Aug 22, 2005 4:08:20 pm PDT #9015 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Whatever, man. Indoctrination only goes so far...my Ashcroft-loving dad has a pot-smoking son, a queer daughter, and another daughter who married a guy who is black and Muslim. Not super conservative.This gives me hope.
I sent the link to my brother noting that my niece's birthday is coming up soon. He thanked me. With no irony.
I think he missed my point.
Volans - Aug 22, 2005 9:14:31 pm PDT #9016 of 10002
move out and draw fire
"Help, there's Conservatives in my Closet!".
And the whole point of that book is the kid has to help them come out of the closet.
It's a fine but important difference between the liberal kidprop and the conservative kidprop: one seems to be focused on teaching hate, intolerance, and name calling. The other is like "people make their own decisions: rope or dope?"
Volans - Aug 23, 2005 5:39:15 am PDT #9017 of 10002
move out and draw fire