Daddy Defenders

It would be nice one day to overhear Thing 1 or 2 defending their father's name. In theory.

In fact, it would have to be because they were upset that something bad had been said about the sirer ... and that, of course, also reflects on them. So, in defending me, they'd be defending their own honor. But, still, without the circumstances, it would be nice.

So, it is nice and unfortunate at the same time that Roseanne Cash feels it necessary to say father John would not necessarily be endorsing a candidate, just because someone who never knew him said so. And it is a bit odd that Franklin Graham, rather than defend his own anti-Muslim views by saying he was just following in the anti-semitic mutterings of his dad Billy, instead has to say the Reverend Billy was never dressed down by Bob Jones (father of Bob Jones III who is apparently anti-Mormon) as he is in a just-released hagiographic pic..

One occasion where it seems nice, but not a problem, is when the name calling isn't that bad a name. For example, Robert Schlesinger seems almost giddy in reporting on having someone call his father, historian Arthur Schlesinger, a spook and even a technical delinquent in the eyes of his draft board.

Maybe the important thing is that even when it is insulting, at least the bad chatter gets the children thinking about their pop?