Comments on: “Blue parents who name with red values” http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/2008/09/blue-parents-who-name-with-red-values/ Why Americans Vote the Way they Do Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: The Name Game « Goat Street http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/2008/09/blue-parents-who-name-with-red-values/comment-page-1/#comment-849 The Name Game « Goat Street Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:54:29 +0000 http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/?p=85#comment-849 [...] “Blue parents who name with red values” [...] [...] “Blue parents who name with red values” [...]

]]> By: Vance Maverick http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/2008/09/blue-parents-who-name-with-red-values/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Vance Maverick Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:40:24 +0000 http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/?p=85#comment-789 Wait, so the "previous generation" had some "brats" whose "offspring" are today's parents? That means Trig, Willow, etc. are the great-grandchildren of the previous generation? Confusing. My anecdotal experience in a blue city (indeed, the paradigmatic blue city) confirms Wattenberg's claims in part. Most kids I know have classic given names (Adrian, Madeleine) or last-name-first-names (Drake, Jordan; also Milton, Dashiell). A certain aesthetic conservatism to go with our undeniable political liberalism. Wait, so the “previous generation” had some “brats” whose “offspring” are today’s parents? That means Trig, Willow, etc. are the great-grandchildren of the previous generation? Confusing.

My anecdotal experience in a blue city (indeed, the paradigmatic blue city) confirms Wattenberg’s claims in part. Most kids I know have classic given names (Adrian, Madeleine) or last-name-first-names (Drake, Jordan; also Milton, Dashiell). A certain aesthetic conservatism to go with our undeniable political liberalism.

]]> By: Mike http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/2008/09/blue-parents-who-name-with-red-values/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Mike Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:51:38 +0000 http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/?p=85#comment-781 Blue or Red - doesnt matter. Today's parents are whacked out offspring of the previous generation's brats and this is what is the result: Messed up names that have to stick with the kid the rest of their lives. The more things change, the more screwed up this world becomes. Blue or Red – doesnt matter. Today’s parents are whacked out offspring of the previous generation’s brats and this is what is the result: Messed up names that have to stick with the kid the rest of their lives.

The more things change, the more screwed up this world becomes.

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