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2011-10-02 06:44 PM

Veronica
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One lovely summer evening, many years ago, I had Dinner with some neighbors who were members of the John Birch Society:

That summer, I had met a nice couple who were fervent Birchers, & I saw them several times at various functions in the neighborhood. They worked at American Opinion bookstores, & chauffeured their state's Senators & officials around the town. They sent their little 10 yr old girl to Birch camp. I assumed that it would be a lot like a typical Girl Scouts camp, so when she got back, I asked her, "And what did you learn at camp today, honey?" She looked up at me, sweetly, and said, "Oh, we learned about all the people we (the Birchers) are going to torture when we take over." (meaning when they takeover the US govt). I was more than slightly appalled that they would be teaching horrible ideas like that to little innocent ten year old children. (It reminded me how Nazi children were taught to hate the Jews).

Later on, the subject turned to Politics, where I was told by the mother, that all Democrats are "devils" and "Communists" and traitors to their govt. Well, I was a Democrat & my parents also were Democrats, and last time I looked, none of us were devils or Commies. In fact, I had gone to church every Sunday since I was 4 yrs old. My parents were strict, but pretty average in most of their ideas & the worst thing they did was play cards & go bowling. They voted for Roosevelt, Truman & Kennedy. And they taught me many good values. Like honesty, respect for others, sympathy for those less fortunate, love of God and a desire for Peace. And patriotism, like you love to see the Flag & all that it symbolizes. And to stand up for the Constitution, protect our rights, & above all protect freedom of speech & Liberty.

The Birch Mother said my "liberal" ideas obviously came from some Communist professors at my college. Well, at that time, I had not taken much political science, and had no occasion to discuss politics at all on campus. With professors or anyone else. But I did resent that this woman (who was typical of Birchers, with NO college education), was trying to tell me what horrible indoctrination I was supposedly getting. I began to see and fear the Birch Society mindset, that had begun to permeate the whole right wing of the Republican Party. And I wondered what would happen if millions of 10 yr old girls would grow up hating Democrats, due to their incessant brain-washing in early childhood.

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