My family was off to the polls in Missouri today, and it is a little bit frightening. I am pretty sure they are not voting for anyone I would want in office. Them voting for Republicans and all. It's confusing because I really didn't grow up in the same environment that I am faced with now. Once upon a time, I was surrounded by Democrats. Then religion got involved and people got confused. And I am left with a whole lot of family who would probably disagree with most of my political viewpoints. What really gets me is thinking about how I turned out one way and my siblings another. What really helps shape your outlook on the world around you if not how you are raised?
I have no answers to this, really. Sure there are expectations that siblings do not become clones of one another, but it seems for every thing we have in common we are different in two ways. It seems odd. It is said that two children will be very different-the second will become the things the first is not to balance the family. For example, a shy first child will result in an outgoing second child. But that idea still doesn't seem enough. Is it simple enough to say that because I am a liberal, my brother must be conservation? Is it right in saying it is useless for us both to vote because we just cancel each other out? Are we all just canceling each other out in more ways than just politics?
Ok, I just got really deep and on the border of coming up with more philosophical questions that I do not want to answer. So we'll leave it at that.
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