--- title: Andrew WK Advises Liberal Son Bashing Right Wing Dad description: Village Voice columnist Andrew W.K. sent a powerful message to a liberal democrat with very progressive values about his right-wing dad canonical: https://time.com/3092496/andrew-wk-liberal-democrats-republicans/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-08T15:00:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:16.518Z og:title: Andrew WK Advises Liberal Son Bashing Right Wing Dad og:description: Village Voice columnist Andrew W.K. sent a powerful message to a liberal democrat with very progressive values about his right-wing dad og:url: https://time.com/3092496/andrew-wk-liberal-democrats-republicans/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4401fbac9e67af1c/69869ee2adae44008b54474c/98339927.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1748 og:image:height: 983 og:image:alt: 2nd Annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Andrew WK Advises Liberal Son Bashing Right Wing Dad twitter:description: Village Voice columnist Andrew W.K. sent a powerful message to a liberal democrat with very progressive values about his right-wing dad twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4401fbac9e67af1c/69869ee2adae44008b54474c/98339927.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Andrew W.K. 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Musician Andrew W.K. arrives at the 2nd annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards held at Club Nokia on April 8, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.Frazer Harrison—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 8, 2014 3:00 PM UTC Musician, [brony advocate](http://www.cmj.com/news/big-questions-is-andrew-w-k-a-brony/) and [_Village Voice_ advice columnist Andrew W.K.](http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2014/08/ask%5Fandrew%5Fwk%5Fright%5Fwing%5Fdad.php) sent a powerful message to a self-proclaimed “liberal democrat with very progressive values” bashing his right-wing father that has been resonating throughout the Twitterverse. “Son of a right-wing Republican” wrote: --- > “” --- Andrew W.K’s response was one that begged for compassion and understanding, in spite of ideological differences. --- > “” --- According to [Pew](http://www.people-press.org/2014/06/12/political-polarization-in-the-american-public/), Republicans and Democrats are more divided by political and ideological lines in 2014 than they have been in the last two decades. There’s been an increase in antipathy as well — polling found that 27% of Democrats see the Republican Party as a threat to the nation’s well-being, while 36% of Republicans saw the Democratic Party as a threat to national well-being. Andrew W.K. continued: --- > “” --- In the end, the columnist’s advice was as follows: --- > “” --- \[[_Village Voice_](http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2014/08/ask%5Fandrew%5Fwk%5Fright%5Fwing%5Fdad.php)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3092496/andrew-wk-liberal-democrats-republicans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3092496/andrew-wk-liberal-democrats-republicans/"},"headline":"Andrew W.K. 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