Healthy Political Discourse

From a blog I read comes the story of two North Carolina brothers on opposite ends of the political spectrum. One brother, Brad, is a key player in left-leaning organization, Americans United for Change. The other brother, Dallas, runs a conservative organization, Americans for Prosperity.

Dallas, in an email, tells me that his brother is a “raging leftist,” adding: “While I love my brother, I am committed to trying to defeat everything he ever works for.”

Brad, for his part, jokes that his brother is “just a nasty, angry, mean spirited backwards looking wingnut.”

“He’s been an unrepentant right winger for as long as I can remember,” Brad says. “Of course, my wife is, too, so I’m somewhat surrounded.”

I wonder if they have the no-politics rule on their family blog.