HIC wrote: "have a niece who received outstanding parenting. She has become a big time liberal. She goes to UT. I'm going with that vs. her parenting. And, believe me, I would not even make this comment if I felt otherwise."
Ugh! This is so difficult when good kids get crazy(temporarily- I hope) because of their college influence. We have seen this in our family but thankfully, once my daughter got off the dole, she regained her solid footing. I have a good friend in NY who is an Orthodox Jew and brilliant. He said he will not "let" his kids go to college when the time comes because he's afraid of the horrible influence.
Nothing wrong with "big time liberals." These antifa types are not liberals. They're anarchists, communists, and other very anti-liberal types. Liberals just want higher taxes, a more robust social safety net, more regulation, and recognition for historically marginalized people. Antifa wants to burn the whole thing down.
Liberals: FDR, LBJ, Dukakis, Ted Kennedy (but not JFK), Pelosi, Ann Richards, Tip O'Neill, etc.
Antifa/Communists/Anarchists types: Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, Pol Pot, Chairman Mao, Bernie Sanders, Abbie Hoffman, Salvadore Alende, Harry Bridges, AOC