Growing Up American: Words From Generation X

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Growing Up American: Words From Generation X

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I grew up in a family who I always considered to walk the fine line between conservative and liberal. Before I was born, my father was in the Navy, stationed on a ship during the early days of the Vietnam War. My maternal gr-grandfather was in the Civil War. My paternal uncle was in the Army. My paternal cousin was in the Navy and is now in the Army, as an MP doing his tour of duty in Iraq. My mother, on the other hand, was an ERA supporter. She was a member of the League of Women Voters. Growing up, I never remember politics as being neither taboo nor something we talked about much. I learned about current events on my own. I learned to choose between conservative and liberal in my own due time. I presume my parents wanted their children, my sister and myself, to make up our own minds regarding where we stood in the world.

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