{"id":7533,"date":"2014-11-27T08:05:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T16:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/?p=7533"},"modified":"2014-11-25T20:56:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T04:56:42","slug":"why-all-the-uncle-bashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/2014\/11\/27\/why-all-the-uncle-bashing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why All the Uncle Bashing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DrunkThe fine people at Vox<\/i> have put together, How to Survive Your Family’s Thanksgiving Arguments<\/a>. It deals with everything from football to Common Core to Bill Cosby. And it is really good — as usual. But I couldn’t help but notice a whole lot of avuncularism — or uncle bashing. Why is it always the drunk, Fox News<\/i> watching uncle<\/i> who everyone is protecting themselves from at the family gathering? As an uncle, I am sort of offended.<\/p>\n

Do you know what I’m doing on today? I’m at my sister’s place cooking dinner. And do you know what I did yesterday? I spent all day cooking in preparation for today. Now you may think you have me, “If you are doing this, how is it that you are writing this article?! Hmm?” Well, I’m actually writing this on Tuesday and I started<\/i> this article on Monday. Such is the commitment that I have to you, gentle reader, that I write like a madman before holidays so that you are constantly informed and entertained. Speaking of which, look: cool motorcycle dog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Let’s consider the Midterm Elections<\/a>. Brother says voting is pointless. Sister-in-law has read her Thomas Frank<\/a>. And Uncle says:<\/p>\n

It’s over for Democrats. Since they got destroyed this year, they’re doomed in 2016, too.<\/div>\n

Because you know Uncle: he’s stupid and drunk. But on this one issue, he’s surprisingly reasonable. Here he is in all his glory on Ferguson:<\/p>\n

I’m angry that Americans aren’t standing behind Darren Wilson. He’s a standup cop who was just trying to do his job. I’m outraged that anyone would criticize a law enforcement officer.<\/div>\n

I guess I should be pleased that it wasn’t, “Those goddamned n*****s deserve to die!” But really, it’s still bad: totally predictable and lacking any empathy. Uncle is an authoritarian, who doesn’t even have reasonable things to say about The Hunger Games<\/i>:<\/p>\n

These books are trash, because kids read trash, and kids read The Hunger Games<\/i>.<\/div>\n

Translation: “I’m a bitter and hateful man!” But this isn’t me! I’ll admit, by the end of Thanksgiving, I’ll probably be modestly drunk. But that is much more likely to cause me to bring out the puppets than it is to even rant about how conservatives are destroying the nation. (Which they are.)<\/p>\n