Mommy and Me

Okay, you know what? My Mom drives me nuts. I love her. We (compared to some families) have a great relationship. But she drives me nuts.
Tonight I called her up, because I said I would talk to her later, and she started preaching politics about a half hour into the conversation. She does this so often and it drives me nuts because we almost completely disagree, politically.
I did not intend to bring politics into this blog. I'm not sure why. Maybe because I hate politics? Or rather, I hate how most people treat politics. They treat it like sports, with everyone loyal to their teams. But politics, to me, are much worse in that respect. People hate it if you aren't loyal to their team, or party. Wars aren't started over sports, only riots (if you live in L.A.). My point is, politics are one of the easy ways to discriminate against someone. You know, besides, race, religion, sex, or gender.
I try to avoid talking politics more than I avoid talking religion. Mostly because I, like most people out there, don't know to much about politics. I know a little, but I don't study up on it, every day. I try to avoid the cable news shows, because they are oppinions, not news and therefore biased. While I realize it's near impossible to avoid bias, I still try. But I do watch "The Daily Show" because it's funny. Normally, if someone starts debating politics with me, I'll try to steer it to a more philosophical bend.
So anyway, my mom started talking about the whole current event of whether or not to allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed in courthouses. She later said that wasn't what she was talking about, because I raised a good point (that whole "separation of church and state" thing that's in our nation's paperwork). Then she said what she was talking about how a minority of people were being allowed to complain about what a majority of people voted for, and that was wrong. Naturally, I disagreed with that, as well (because of that whole "freedom of speech" thing that's in our nation's paperwork).
Other things we spoke about (you can guess who said what. If you're confused, let me know and I'll post the answers on my next entry) were:
* Gay marriages are against what the majority voted for and it's not right/ Civil rights are a bitch, huh?
* This country was founded on Christianity/ This country was founded on the right for people to worship the way they please.
* Atheists are against me having the American Flag in my yard/ No they aren't.
* There is a rage of Christian-bashing going on in this country/ People of other faiths and beliefs are finally speaking up for themselves and some people can't handle it.

... Do you notice a trend? Maybe a couple?
Okay, for one thing, my mom is not being Christian-bashed. Not when she lives in a place that is predominently Mormon, Born-again, Baptist and Catholic. And another thing, there is a lot of predjudice and anger there. This post is already way too long, I could write a book, I really could.
We closed on the war. She said that young people protesting against this war were just being immature. I asked about the young people in the 1960s (you know, her) who protested the war, then. Were they immature? Her answer was ultimately "yes", but not before the whole "but it was different then, it was the 60s" monologue. She said that fun adage, "those that do not know their history are doomed to repeat it". Maybe she should review it, again?