Why have the main political parties gotten so wacky (that it’s scary)?

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“Aren’t you afraid your son might grow up to be gay?” asked a now-former friend one time when my only offspring was still in grade school (many years ago). “Nope,” I answered breezily, “I’m more afraid he’ll grow up to be Republican.” Though my main aim was to be both truthful and amusing with that reply, there is a large grain of truth in that statement (because his…