Posted on 04/03/2014 10:13:00 AM PDT by The Looking Spoon
About a month and a half ago from this writing I actually had a friend give an me admonition that defending my conservative views (they said "Republican," which shows you how much they actually know about politics) would cost me lots of friends on my social networks.
I basically responded with what the graphic below says. Their response?...Crickets.
I don’t have any liberal friends and do not associate with liberals other than to scoff at them.
How is the liberal going to get that message if they have blocked you?
Consider losing Liberal friends as “thinning the herd”...
I did not lose any friends. I merely found out who my friends really were.
It has been invaluable to me in cutting out the wheat from the chaff.
Here I stand, I can do no more.
I have a few acquaintances that I don’t actively seek out and I don’t hear from them much.
Three years ago I called a guy I went to graduate school many years ago when I discovered that he had retired from his academic position and moved a lot closer, One of the first things he said was that he didn’t want to associate with anyone conservative, so I told him that was OK with me and I haven’t called him since.
No, since we know are political leaning we don’t discuss politics. However we managed to loose friends in the neighborhood when put up a Mitt Romney sign and he isn’t even a conservative. But, they kept trying to tare it down, plus some vandalism.
Arguing with liberals is like trying to teach a hog to dance.
It will never work, and it just annoys the pig.
'Tis why I rarely bother.
I think the better question is “Have your conservative views cost you relationships with your RELATIVES?”
I know and am even friendly to liberals. But they are not a part of my life like a relative.
I have had girlfriends dump me. I have had long time friends disappear. My parents don’t even talk to me. The cult of Obama is strong.
None of my immediate family are libs. Some cousin in-laws and one SIL are and I never go around them, never. I stay home for weddings and reunions on that side of the family.
I am very serious when I say I do not associate with libs. When forced to at work I only talk on point about task at hand and avoid ALL office functions.
Lost a GF because her adult children didn’t like me expressing my political views on Facebook. I just tell ‘em all, if you don’t like my posts, don’t read them.
Not really, as I didn't have much contact with that entire side of the family to begin with. Can't miss what you didn't have.
I work the other way around - I don’t consider anyone a friend unless they have a basic philosophy like mine.
Well, if they "blocked" you, then they wouldn't have seen your meme, right?
I, too, am friendly, but not close, with some liberals. But invariably that means don’t discuss politics with them. They dismiss all criticism of the “anointed one” as “Obama bashing.” Most get very agitated because they have no way to defend liberalism or the Obamanation. They can be rational on a few other subjects.
I have learned a very valuable lesson through this exercise. I used to participate in a local Republican group and have expended a lot of time, energy and money participating in their efforts during the last six years. Then a brand new board was elected and they went all in in support of the Chamber of Commerce, amnesty and whomever the candidate with an R behind their name it is that is running, regardless of their previous record.
I told them I just couldn’t support their current agenda. After being treated like an outsider, I resigned my position. Haven’t heard a word from a single one of them that I previously thought of as “friends”.
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