There are at least two things one can expect when attending a Gross family gathering: one of the several hand-crafted family-favorite desserts (from something we call “Maude Holman’s Chocolate Cake with Filling”, to something else we call “Soap”), and a spirited discussion about politics layered with religious and non-religious ideologies. While the latter understandably makes some family members flee, those who engage are consistently respectful toward each other.
Current Gross family debaters span two generations and nearly 50 years of age. They range from a high school teacher to a PhD physicist, from a self-described retired “paper geek” to an enforcer of “no muda” and from an “uber Catholic” to somewhere between an agnostic and an atheist. So, as you might expect, there is much contrast in thought between family members. But, surprisingly, there is also a fair amount of preaching-to-the-choir.
Gross Politics aims to be a platform for family members to share their rants, opinions and beliefs with an audience outside of the family room.
While we have talked about doing something like this for awhile, the baffling 2016 US Presidential election cycle seems as good as any time to start.
Let’s begin, shall we?
Great idea. Our folks are on the ground and we want our freedoms as set forth by our founders and written in our Constitution protected.
This old guy in the group has witnessed a serious erosion of freedoms our founding fathers did not grant us but said were real. Rights are not granted but they need to be protected. If not by government then by us.