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To: liberallarry
Political opinion seems to be largely inherited, or at least consistant within families and communities. Worth mentioning.

It is definitely worth mentioning. I wonder, however, whether it is the opinion that is "inheritied" or the basic word view that then leads one to synthesize a simiar political opinion.

301 posted on 08/31/2003 1:40:08 PM PDT by TopQuark
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To: TopQuark
It's the world view, mostly.

My first political memory is of a radio announcer sobbing as he announced the death of Roosevelt. I looked over at my parents - who also broke down. That experience has rendered me incapable of looking at FDR as I do other presidents - even JFK.

Other people may not have such powerful single events in their past but childhood memories are different than all others.

I'm not sure where to go with this - but I know it's important.

305 posted on 08/31/2003 3:17:11 PM PDT by liberallarry
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