What Does it Mean to Be a Dauben?

Cheri Dauben has come on here in the comments section to "set the record straight" which in Dauben speak means give you my opinion, because after all, a Dauben opinion must be right.  As she came in to give her opinion and then leave without having to answer any real questions, it got me to thinking, what does it actually mean to be a Dauben?  Lets look at the roster.

 

David Dauben-Daddy would hate that he is being spoken of on a blog as he is averse to publicity.  Nevertheless he is the head of the household and set the tone for this family.  Now, just from what I have seen online and what Joey has said about him (granted thats a small sample size) we have a simple man who loves fast cars and minding his own business.  But we also have a man, who while very simple, also had tons of opinions and loved to give those opinions to others such as Joey.  This is where the conspiracies started.  And through several radio shows with Joey quoting things his father had said to him, Daddy Dauben has an us vs. them mentality.  Us vs. people from the north.  Us vs. people in the government.  Us vs. people of different color.....  Now I'm not saying he is a rabid racist or anything like that, but at least according to Joey he had this type of thinking.

Cheri-she seems to have become a Dauben by default.  She seems to be naturally intelligent.  I get the sense that in some ways she cant believe that she let the game get this far down the road, but at this point its too late to change and you mind as well go all the way.  She has adopted the Dauben standard of telling others how or where they are wrong without even conceding the obvious problems with her son (or at least any more than just saying "I disagree with some of the things he does" without giving specifics).

Shelly-Sister has stuck by Joey's side all the way down, and I wont fault her for that.  However, from the online postings that she has done, she too likes to express her opinion despite her 5th grade grammar skills.  She has kids now and apparently an ex to go along with them.  I don't know the whole story but I will venture a guess that its another case of a bad decision by a Dauben but they wont see it that way.

Presley-the newest memeber of the Dauben family, she is exhibiting all the traits of a Dauben.  Like Joey, she has no time for college or working and being productive.  Instead, she is devoting her entire life to publicly, either online or on any show that will take her, destroying her half-sister's life.  Despite the mountain of evidence to the contrary including the little girl's own testimony, Presley knows she is right in her crusade and someday her half sister will see it that way an be appreciative.  With this level of arrogance and impudence its no wonder that the only other person in the world she could shack up with is kingpin himself...Joey

Joey-We could go on an on with this, but I want to focus on one aspect as it lines up with his last name.  Even though Joey was extremely public with any and everything, he was a coward like Presley when it came to answering to his critics.  Mister "your children are my property if you are an elected official" would often moderate out or even outright ban any and all critics of him on the ECO.  He was the arbiter of what is right and wrong, but of course those same principles which he attacked others on were never applicable to him.  Yes he would say he made mistakes, but he never conceded that his unique brand of justice seemed to not apply to him.