I think people like our dads /are/ the GOP to some extent.

I agree 100%, and the GOP is a relic of the past. If our father's can't open their eyes to the world around them then we move forward regardless of them. If the GOP wants to be complicit in the theft of an election, then they all get to hang from the same tree. Handcuffing ourselves to the GOP who have handcuffed themselves to the media is not the way to victory.