The moment of taterguy's self-appraisal/self-realization:

[MiddleFingerMom]

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[Baitball Blogger]

1. On a serious note...

All that respect your elder's garbage? When it comes to political differences or racist comments, all bets are off.

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. MiddleFingerMomDad was a racist and homophobe -- not a rabid one, but one nonetheless.

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His only saving grace was that he must have realized it was shameful and he didn't
reveal it to us or influence OUR perceptions when we were children -- he started to
let it show when we were adults... and as he aged, he got worse.
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One day, he was going off about "fairies" and, respect my elders or not, I told him
to STFU about that -- at least in my presence.
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His excuse? "It's how I was raised."
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My response? "You've got to grow up sometime."
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He didn't talk like that ever again in my presence.
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[Baitball Blogger]

3. "You've got to grow up sometime."

I think I'll be using that one soon. I tell ya, there is nothing worse than fielding ignorant questions from people who live their lives behind gated communities. (I mean that metaphorically.) They think they have the right to ask the most stupid questions when they get you cornered. And everyone around them enables their stupidity by saying, "You must respect your elders."

Well, no. Not really.

[antiquie]

4. Excellent, both

"You've got to grow up sometime."

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"People who live their lives behind gated communities."

Ramen.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

5. So, you get to be wise and

not wear pants?

[Wounded Bear]

6. How better to show one's whizdom?

[DoBotherMe]

7. True dat