Posted on 06/28/2013 5:39:09 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
I’m pretty sure a band hubby and I were in was dissolved because of politics. 4 piece band, the other two were HUGE libs. I NEVER brought up politics at practice, or at gigs, but I let ‘er rip on my facebook page. I ‘friended’ some of their friends, and I’m sure they were shocked at some of my posts, and our two band members got feedback on that. I LOOK very liberal (granny glasses, long, straight brown hair...take a look at my profile page) and play the guitar. People just assume I’m liberal based on my looks, and it doesn’t help I live in true, blue Puget Sound. Pretty shallow on their part, no big deal to me. One of them actually called me a racist for a post I put up. Whatever. Funny thing is, the gal that I’m jammin with now in our new band is a BIGGER lib than the other two, but she totally understands me, and we have a mutual respect. She told me one time that what she liked about my arguments (when we discuss politics at all) is that they are always based on the constitutionality of whatever it is we’re discussing. So, there are SOME out there, but most are alphabet news educated, very shallow thinkers.
Dump ‘em. You’ll be much happier. I have nothing to do with my lib family members and my life is much better for it.
I haven’t talked to my brother in over two years. Don’t miss his attacks on conservatism and his defense of anti-capitalism.
"Everyone that I care about has to prove they care about me by agreeing with me. If they don't agree with me, I know they don't care about me."
And
"Liberals are the only good people. Jboot says things that lead me to believe that he is not a liberal so he must be a bad person. I don't associate with bad people."
My mother-in-law is a dimocrat. She is a 0bama supporter. I have been anti-0bama, specifically, and anti-dimocrat, generally, from the get-go. We used to exchange emails on a regular basis. Her emails were entertaining and non-political. Mine were mostly efforts to educate her on the evils of dims and 0bama. She only endured my “insults” for a short time and then she sent me an email informing me that she’s a dim, her father was a dim, and her grandfather was a dim and that she didn’t want to hear any further criticisms of the dims from me. I lost a lot of respect for her and as a result we don’t talk politics at family gatherings and I’ve not emailed her since although she occasionally sends me a non-political email. By the way, her daughter, my wife, is, like me, a conservative: not dim, not repub.
I’m surprised the SS hasn’t come to my door yet for what I post on FB.
My mother-in-law lives with us. She is a good woman. Had no family help, but educated herself to the extent of a master’s degree. Worked really hard. Sent three boys to college even after her husband became critically ill and could not add support to the family. She believes in self-determination and personal responsibility. She does not believe in abortion. She does not believe in all the entitlements. YET she votes Dem every single time.
She has lived with us for 8 years now. At first I was very quiet about my conservative, Christian values. I wanted peace in the household. Gradually, I have become more open. I spoke first to those things I sensed we were in agreement and then began to walk her through her inconsistencies.
I am fortunate that she is a thinking woman. Sometimes when we step through these things, I can see how stunned she is by the fact that she has never explored the issue.
I feel your pain, because in the past 8 years, I have often felt that pain. I guess it never occurs to libs that they are being close-minded and hurtful.
It is hurtful. But no one has a right to tell us what to say.
I love the kid and it's difficult to engage him in battle. Until he went off to Rutgers University, I was confident he would be a conservative.
Yes. My sister said essentially the same thing to me.
Rutgers. My old neighborhood.
My wife’s entire family are traditional Brooklyn Jewish Liberals. One night many years ago at Passover they were arguing about Clinton. My dad said “it’s th economy stupid”, my wife’s aunt took offense, my inlaws jumped on my dad and I finally ended the conversation.
My comment, “look, this will go nowhere. Face it, if Hitler had a D next to his name, they would still vote Democrat.”
Mae never spoke about politics again.
What is wierd is that I don't really wear it on my sleeve. Some of my friends had no idea I was a conservative before they discovered my posting on the internet.
I know that feeling. My twin lives in Canada and is a lover of socialism. My younger sister still lives in Florida and voted for Obama. I’m in ontact with the younger sister via Facebook, but we’ve had to agree to disagree on some issues.
Makes me feel better to know I am not alone.
I used to feel the same way you do. But now that America is DOOMED to HELL by depravity and debt, it just doesn’t matter. They can say and feel whatever, just a matter of time before they are hanging in a meat locker. Now I’ve gotta go prep my escape pod...
Not really sarc...
I don’t know Obama so hate isn’t an issue. I do love my country enough to want him to fail though.
Exactly! I’m stunned sometimes at how differently we conservatives deal with the rudeness of it all.
I recently saw an old high school friend and spoke of my beloved son being engaged to a lovely young, faithful Catholic girl he met in church. Her father is studying to be a Deacon in the Church.
Her response was to bring up all the child-abuse, pedophilia priests...
At the time, I let it pass but am now stunned at her insensitivity to my religious beliefs...but if I had said to her what I should have said to her then, our friendship would be over. But am ashamed to be the one who “backed down”...
I know many would just say, screw it and her for her rudeness but I can’t cut off everyone I disagree with..just can’t.....so I’d better cowboy up and not let it bother me....
“I pray for him to see God’s light and repent, then start repairing the damage he’s done.”
I had a nice moment yesterday, as a believer, when I prayed for him and imagined him finding/being found by Christ. The thought of him sincerely realizing the spiritual darkness he walks in and saying so to a shocked world gave me a lift from the usual negative drag he exerts on my psyche.
Is this likely? No. Wealth and power are most often deadly to the soul, hardening the heart against Jesus, who may very well come along and say “Leave it all and follow Me”.
Thanks...will re-think next year’s visit, though!
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