Interesting about the gun ownership. My dad is, although an appalling parent, pretty amazing politically, having been an anarchist and now for many years a socialist who actually lives by his principles (he usually gives away any money he earns beyond his barest needs, only works in decent professions - now teaching adults literacy and numeracy (but won't take the jobs organised by government schemes forcing people to go on courses in order to be allowed benefits); previously a protest and trade union banner maker (and then he often made banners for free for people who couldn't afford them but whose causes were important). Pity that political coolness went with personal neurotic violent crap, but I think that is often the case with 70s socialist types.
I hadn't thought of the owning up to Stalinism bit. I haven't ever been in a situation to have the need, but I see your point. I haven't met many educated right wing people - ones I meet tend to be very ill-educated indeed, so don't know enough about Stalin for it to be necessary. The only true Tory I know didn't recognise a painting of Lenin we saw in a pub, and turned out not to have heard of him!
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Date: 2011-01-11 08:35 am (UTC)I hadn't thought of the owning up to Stalinism bit. I haven't ever been in a situation to have the need, but I see your point. I haven't met many educated right wing people - ones I meet tend to be very ill-educated indeed, so don't know enough about Stalin for it to be necessary. The only true Tory I know didn't recognise a painting of Lenin we saw in a pub, and turned out not to have heard of him!