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[moominmuppet]

There were several articles about which I found myself ranting, so I've pulled them into a separate post. It's very likely I'm going to piss off a lot of people with this one, but I think it's stuff that needs saying.

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[moominmuppet]

It's incredibly frustrating to see people like that murderous fuckwad be lumped in with me simply because they claim to be Christian while acting like anything but. Again, I'll take my mutation and my atheist, agnostic, non-Christian friends over those who feel the need to trumpet their Christianity to the world.

It reminds me a bit of my feelings in the political world; there are plenty of people who fall into the "Get off my damned side, you're making us all look bad!" category for me.

And yet, I knew in my dream (just as I do in real life) that the moment they discovered the truth about my chosen family, my parents would modify their opinions of these people simply because of what they do in the relative privacy of their homes.

*nod* Very frustrating. I was really lucky that my folks have been very accepting in that regard. And because of the pervasiveness of negative/judgmental associations with Christianity, most people are especially shocked by this because my folks are very religious, and Dad's a priest; my friends love my folks, generally, but it takes them a while to really trust that the other shoe isn't about to drop, and that it's ok to be themselves around Mom and Dad (I broke 'em in quite thoroughly over the past thirty-five years).

[luscious_words]

It reminds me a bit of my feelings in the political world; there are plenty of people who fall into the "Get off my damned side, you're making us all look bad!" category for me.

*nods vigorously* Agreed.

I am learning what I can and cannot tell my parents. As I've been discussing with my therapist, there are some things that are best left unsaid to my parents at this time. I wish it could be differently, but my parents still haven't fully acknowledged my adulthood much less more than that. :(

[moominmuppet]

*nod* It's tricky, and every family is different. I think Dad's experiences doing family counseling helped immensely -- he knows how truly fucked up family dynamics can be, even in the most perfect-seeming families, and is unlikely to overreact to relatively superficial factors like having a weird-ass bi poly kinky activisty hippy kid with a commune. He cares a lot more that we take care of each other, and have generally healthy dynamics, and he's capable of recognizing that.

my parents still haven't fully acknowledged my adulthood much less more than that. :(

*nod* That's so huge, and such a common struggle. It's a hard transition to make from both sides, and it takes both sides being willing in order for it to happen well.