My teenager totally kicked freeper ass yesterday in school.

[Midlodemocrat]

In French class, no less.

They started having a discussion about the whole 'freedom fries' crapola and the anti-French sentiment and she stood up and asked

"Who here is a democrat?" Five kids raised their hands. She said, "me, too, and guess what, you freepers (yes, she learned that term from me), the six of us are the ones with the A's"

She totally refuted each RW talking point they brought up and the libs in the class gave her a standing ovation.

And, here I thought it was falling on deaf ears.

Now, if I can only get her to join DU.

[DainBramaged]

1. You done GREAT, she done GREAT

All she needs to do is read DU, it is self-absorbing.

[Love Bug]

2. Clearly a chip off the old block!

Does the heart good, doesn't it, when you find out they actually LISTEN to what we have to say?

[Divameow77]

9. My mom (Love Bug) taught me well

and you must have done the same.

[Love Bug]

14. See what I mean?

They give you hell when they are teenagers then smarten up later!

[Richardo]

3. Nice!

Give her a round of applause from DU :applause:

[matcom]

4. *snif*

i'm raising her right! :D

[Midlodemocrat]

5. LOL

:spray:

And, she is damned cute to boot!!!!

[cally]

6. Congratulations

Don't you wish you had a video of her doing that? :rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

7. I had the next best thing.

She replayed it for me in the kitchen while making cupcakes.

:eyes:

[Metta]

8. She has joined. Through you. If you push her though, she'll rebel.

That's her job as a teenager; to carve out her own space in the world. ... explains so many teen pregnancies. Bravo for her.

[Beer Snob-50]

10. great job!!!

sometimes what we say does sink in even though it doesn't appear to. my son, had to do a paper on his thoughts of an editorial about hurricane katrina. he wrote a great left leaning paper using many of the talking points we talked about at dinner that i thought he was just ignoring.

[BamaGirl]

11. Nice!

Isn't it nice knowing what you say really does sink in? Sounds like a great kid!

[Angry Girl]

12. Bravo! You should be proud of how you raised her

It's funny, though, how these close-minded extremists are always the last to figure things out. One of my classes has an anti-choice, pro-Bush dick in it and, funny enough, he's possibly the absolute worst student there (can't spell, can't think, holds up the class because he can't understand the prof...).

Again, kudos to you and your daughter!

[Devra]

13. ha, wish I could have seen that

you raised her well:D

[LaraMN]

15. NICE JOB, Mom! Care to advise those of us with littler ones?

I'm always all-ears to people who raise great kids.

[Midlodemocrat]

17. Well, last year, my now nine year old was asked for a quote

for the yearbook

"What qualities do you think the President should have?"

Her answer:

The President needs to be a liberal and care about the poor.


w00t.

All this in a red state. I am feeling positively giddy. My son can even hold his own with adults. Just states facts and they back right down.

Maybe I should call the dems in Congress and give them lessons?

[LaraMN]

19. Impressive! The best I've gotten lately is my poor, confused

seven year old bringing home a picture of a bunch of crosses he'd drawn, which he told me were "peace signs." Not in the hands of everyone, buddy...

[Midlodemocrat]

You know what they say,

If you throw enough shit around, some of it sticks.

It doesn't hurt that my entire family is comprised of liberals, except for poor old addled Grandpa, but he is my husband's father. Mine was a liberal back when liberal wasn't a dirty word.

Thanksgiving promises to be interesting, because we always have a great Bush bashing session whenever we get together. One of my brothers is convinced I am going to end up at Gitmo as a subversive.

How funny would that be? Middle aged liberal mom, a terrorist?

[LaraMN]

23. Your family sounds like mine.

My Mom's, anyway. Thirteen kids (11 surviving) and there isn't an ignorant or republican member in the bunch. I feel at home with them in so many ways, when I get to see them.:loveya:

[Mutley]

16. That's great!

You must be doing something right. I wish there had been discussions like that when I was in high school.

[Arkana]

18. You raised a good one there.

See if you can get her to join DU!

[khashka]

20. Get her to join!

She sounds like a fierce young woman - our kind of people.

Khash

[Midlodemocrat]

22. She's afraid of matcom.

He *ahem* likes her.

[khashka]

24. We're all afraid of matcom

But we take a deep breath, gather our courage, and go on anyway.

Khash.

[Midlodemocrat]

25. Yes, we are.

But she is only 15. And, after she found him eating Kraft singles out of our fridge in the middle of the night, she has never been the same.

[khashka]

31. True.... that would be disturbing

I can understand her hesitancy. If I promised to be really nice and not break into her home and eat all the cheese and to protect her from psychos like matcom - do you think she might at least give us a try?

Khash.

[nutsnberries]

21. nice! one of my nieces is an exchange student in France

raised in a strong liberal Catholic family she chose to take on being sort of a teenage ambassador.

It has been a hard couple of months for her so far with most of the teens at school teasing her about what a moran Bush is and they joke about where Bin Laden is hiding when whe walks by but she is having success turning some minds around. With courage and intelligence, she is showing them that not all Americans support the Bush Administration and everything it stands for. Her History teacher has been great in helping her get her points across to the classroom when her French is less than perfect and he lets the class know how lucky they are to have her and her perspective.

It's hard werk and all ;) but an experience that she'll carry forever and be stronger for it.

[LynneSin]

26. I can't imagine a freeper taking french

boggles the mind

[Midlodemocrat]

28. Everyone down here is a freeper.

Old Dominion, you know.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

27. But why does she hate America?

[realisticphish]

30. that, truly

is the question

[southlandshari]

29. Awesome!!!

:woohoo:


:hug:

[ernstbass]

32. Good job Mom!!

What an articulate intelligent young woman!!

[nickinSTL]

33. the six of us are the ones with the A's

:rofl:

That's great!

Lucky she's got 5 in the class with her.

When I was in HS...during the early Bush I years, I was the only one, I think (with maybe one exception) who identified as a Dem.

[Midlodemocrat]

34. She's pretty tough,

like her mother. She doesn't suffer fools gladly. Plus, she despises all thing Rethuglican.

[Sequoia]

35. That's great. Historically, where and when did this French hate begin

in the USA? Were they smeared by the media? How did it start and why does it exist today. Are a lot of people jealous of the French? The English won the French Indian war otherwise tons of us wouldn't even be here. My mom's ancestors came over on the Mayflower (or so I was told, but my grandmother said a lot of things). But my dad's ancestors came over in 1775 and wouldn't have if the French had won.

[KingFlorez]

36. Rock on, kid, Rock on!

[Oeditpus Rex]

37. This is the *third* Kid Kicks Ass thread today

Some days just bring hope. :patriot: