How did this get published in VV?? I heard Glenn Beck reading it on the air today. Its an excellent reply that many people should take to heart.
I think I will print this and carry it with me to show to any liberal friends who think negatively of me because I don’t follow their ideology.
No it's not. It's "Can't we all just get along", padded to 1,000 words. The son is, without question, simply wrong in his beliefs. We have no way to know about the father (except that the "progressive" son disagrees with him about almost everything, which is a good sign). He might or might not hold incorrect views or just generally be a dick. But, if he's a conservative/libertarian, he's the only one of the two with even the opportunity to be right, but the author sounds as if the situation is symmetrical. It is not.
....and the answer is “No, we can’t just all get along, Mr. Liberal, till you stop trying to control my life and my decisions. I’m not trying to control yours, so the only one with the ability to fix this situation is you and people like you.”