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"We stood behind Obama" no you didn't (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago

I told a story about how one of the only time I stood up to my awful mother was about this very thing.

I spent time complaining about Bush, and my mother would always whine that you "have" to support the president.

The minute Obama won, she came to me parroting some sort of Fox nonsense, and I engaged her for a while before realizing, "You have to support the president!" She pointed out that I didn't blindly support Bush, and I answered that I believe it's the job of all citizens to question their government (as I openly criticized Obama many times), but she believed you have to "support the president," so when she didn't, she was a hypocrite.

One of the few times I pushed back, and one of the few times she was actually silenced by logic. A memory I hold dear.