> Btw the evidence is that, despite the stereotypes of
> conservative kids rebelling against radical parents,
> the studies are pretty consistent that kids are
> generally pretty much in the ballpark of their
> parent's politics.
Yes. See Kenneth Keniston, "Young Radicals, " from '67 or so.
Cf. http://www.commentarymagazine.com/Summaries/V50I2P37-1.htm The Non-Generation Gap Raab, Earl & Lipset, Seymour Martin
The idea of a generation gap is misleading, for the basic divisions in American society show up less clearly in any examination of the differences between the young and their elders than they do when one examines the differences within the younger generation itself. ...Kenneth Keniston concludes that the New Leftists are largely "red diaper babies"-that is, the offspring of present and former radicals... ...The lieutenant and several other police offi- cials who were interviewed . . . stated [that the New Right] was largely composed of men in their 20s who feel-perhaps more strongly than older men-the frustrations of being a police- man: hostility from some segments of the com- munity, overt attacks in slum neighborhoods, the belief that political leaders are preventing them from enforcing the law forcefully enough, a persistent conviction that the police are abused in the courts while criminals are "coddled... ...Richard Braungart sums up the results of many surveys: "The overwhelming majority of leftist students come from liberal-to-radical families... ...Richard Flacks finds: "Activists are more 'radical' than their parents...
:Liberal parents, radical children, " by Midge Decter.
-- Michael Pugliese