[Nowhere Man]

Just wanted to get this off my chest and just put this put for discussion if you wish.

[be-baw]

I agree with most of what you wrote but if I were you I would avoid discussing politics or religion with my clientele.

[Perdogg]

Politics isn’t about logic, it is emotion. Until people feel the pain of their poor electoral choices, they will continue to believe what they believe.

[FunkyZero]

Sure hope you don't get a visit from HR if the lib-monkey complains.

I can't engage people on politics because I know it's only a spitting contest and no one is going to have an epiphany and change their mind. Liberals are shallow and stupid, generally speaking. You cannot reason with an entity driven purely by self-serving ideals and emotions. All you do is dive up your own blood pressure.

[Kickass Conservative]

Not worth losing your Job over.

When dealing with Liberal Customers at work, there is one rule to know. Their Money is as Green as anyone else’s.

Talking sense to a Liberal is like barking at the Moon.

[caww]

Well I live North of Pittsburgh and you aren’t going to find many favorable to Cruz in this highly liberal drenched area. They’re pretty backward in their mindset anyway so put a liberal lean on them and they come short on gray matter. There’s a few bastions here and there but consistently suppressed.

My son was in “adult” college here getting his masters when 9/11 hit. They had discussions in the classroom of course....it was an eyeopener for him...said he felt like he was in another country by all that was spoken and it was anything but favorable for America.

[nickcarraway]

I really don't like it when I go into a business and someone who works there harangues me about their left wing beliefs? I guess you do like that?

Do your employers know you do this? Conservatives used to have an expression, "shut up and sing." I guess it got revoked.

[ansel12]

Remember that most Catholics are democrat voters, not republicans, so her politics were normal for that denomination.

[RoosterRedux]

Great post. And good luck.

That said, people aren't dumb. They are blind...by choice.

"There are none so blind as those who will not see." (attributed to Matthew Henry)

[BenLurkin]

I guess she is the "typical Pittsburgh Democrat" who would for Satan,

Well, they root for the Steelers. What do you expect?

[caww]

BTW...I agree with others here. Workplace isn't the place to talk about politics or religion. The best you can hope for is someone of like mind bringing it up and then you can hope a liberal isn't in hearing range. They often do report people because they have an over-inflated childlike ego so they're offended very easily.

Heck one time I thought a woman was pregnant, when in fact she was just fat wearing a tunic like top....I was assisting her with fragrance and mentioned it's always a good idea to change fragrances when your pregnant and why. Oh my gosh she yelled "How dare you!" and went on a huge rant while her mother tried to calm her down. When nothing I could say helped I offered to get management....and did. She wanted me fired!

Management had a hard time not laughing when I shared why she needed to address this idiot, (and she's heavy too), but went out to cool everybody's jets just the same. Afterward her mother came back to apologize for her daughters behavior. It was wicked I tell ya!!!

[goodnesswins]

You should have said... “Your poor grandchild”...when she looked at you with a funny look you could have said....”selfish people are ensuring she lives in a 3rd world country.”

[Yosemitest]

There's a BIBLICAL REASON people act like that !

Remember:
Don't let anyone deceive you in any way,
for [that day will not come] until the rebellion occurs
and the man of LAWLESSNESS is revealed,
the man doomed to destruction.
He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped,
so that he sets himself up in God's temple,
proclaiming himself to be God.
Don't you remember that when I was with you
I used to tell you these things?
And now you know WHAT is holding him back,
so that he may be revealed
at the proper time.
For the secret power of LAWLESSNESS is already at work;
but the one who now holds it back
will continue to do so
till he is taken out of the way.
And then the LAWLESS ONE will be revealed,
whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth
and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
The coming of the LAWLESS ONE will be in accordance with the work of Satan
displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders,
and IN EVERY SORT OF EVIL
THAT DECEIVES those who are perishing.
They perish
because THEY REFUSED to love the truth
and so be saved.
For this reason
God sends them
a POWERFUL DELUSION
so that THEY WILL BELIEVE THE LIE
and so that ALL will be condemned
who have NOT BELIEVED the truth
but have DELIGHTED in wickedness.

[SirFishalot]

I had a somewhat similar encounter with some intolerant lib jerk in the waiting room of a car dealership the other day while my car was getting serviced. They had Fox news playing on the TV and this girl was practically arguing with the TV over just about everything they were saying on the show. Finally, this older woman asked her if she could tone it down a bit as she was trying to listen to it. The girl did for a while but ramped it right back up within about 10 minutes.

Finally she gets up and walks out of the room, we all kind of look at each other with a look of relief. A few minutes goes by and she comes back in, stands right in the middle of the room and asks if she can change the channel to something else. There was seven of us there, two said they didn't care and four of us said we were happy watching the news. So she said "fine" and stomped off out of the room like my daughter would do occasionally when she was a teen.

She comes back in about a minute later with one of the sales guys and starts whining that she's offended by FOX news and we won't let her change the channel and Fox news lies and...........................................bla bla bla bla bla. I looked at the shell shocked sales guy and smiled and you could see he just realized he was lead into a meat grinder, so he smartly said he would get a manager and off he went. Right after that, they called my name to pick up my car. I was actually kind of bummed as I wanted to stay and watch more of the show--and not the one on TV, LOL.

[Yosemitest]

CRUZ or LOSE!

What You Need To Know About Ted Cruz ( 1:46 )

Take a good long look at where "Establishment Republicans" ALWAYS take us.

CRUZ or LOSE!

[stanne]

In Germany, people talk politics ALL the time. We used to in NY, among the Irish opinionated relatives who were half and half, dem and GOP, depending, honestly, on their livelihood, statistically speaking.

That was before birth control and legalized abortion.

Their thinking trickled down to what you see in this lady’s thinking.

Actually, from what I’ve seen, people, esp in the northeast, who were baptized and received the sacraments in the Catholic Church, think that, because they went through 12 or so years of Catholic school or upbringing, that they know Church teaching.

They do not. It used to be that the clergy would brief them at Mass, but no. The clergy generally does not brief them on anything to do with the major issue, and that is, birth control and abortion. It is major for many reasons, but, in particular, because the democrat party has taken it on, and usurped the clergy on this matter, taking the place of the clergy and even causing half of catholics to turn to them as a religion.

Get that? Half of Catholics, (half of Catholics vote democrat) think that the Democrat party take the place of the Church. The Democrats are the ones who care for the poor, the blacks and minorities, the children, the immigrants who are just good people trying to make a life, and women, who are otherwise oppressed by the republican monopoly money mogul taking away their means for subsistence, their dignity and their freedom.

There is no guidance among these catholics. They do not know their faith, do not own or consult the Catechism, they don’t go to confession, do not have an acquaintanceship with their conscience as a result, as that is what they are called to do (no, other religions are not called to do this)

Plus, they are stuck in the politics of fifty years ago, the democrats of the sixties, descended from Truman, to Kennedy.

Abortion, the icon of the party, and all it’s phony women’s rights power, does not affect them. They don’t know any one who has had an abortion, but they do. No one who has had an abortion talks about it in real terms, why it causes them depression, disassociation from their families, etc.

They don’t realize that there are one and a half million abortions every year for forty years, and that the dems are the champions of this.

They claim Catholicism because, if abortion were bad, if the dems were awful and anti-Catholic, they’d hear about it at Mass.

But they do not.

The Catechism is clear. If they’d go to mass daily and read along with the three readings from the bible every day, they would not only get the teaching, they’d get the grace to open their minds to the truth.

No the Church does not choose party lines, and the most reverent of clergy won’t, but they’ll tell anyone that voting for a pro abortion candidate when there is an alternative, is a sin, to be avoided and or confessed and repented.

But people like your friend, there, do not hear any of this.

It’s the oppressive culture, and it has to be repelled. She doesn’t know that.

[G Larry]

What she meant was:

“I’m a liberal who pretends to be Catholic, so as to shield my heresy.”

[vladimir998]

“I’m Catholic and liberal,” [she said]

Then you’re not Catholic.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Here’s the thing. She told you flat out she’s liberal. There is no GOP candidate she would vote for. Cruz is just the one she really won’t vote for. She won’t vote for Bush or Walker or Rand Paul either. She will however vote for whatever POS liberal the Dems nominate. In fact she will walk through a rainstorm to do it. We never had her vote anyway.

[DariusBane]

Stay friendly and agree with your clients no matter what they say. Avoid discussing politics or religion. Those are the cardinal rules of sales. If your customer is a reformed Rastafarian Methodist just compliment the dreadlocks.

[petercooper]

Well I was out with some big libs last night. They’re off Walker for now, and focused on Cruz. Clearly agitated about his candidacy, they brought up- “too inexperienced”, “Top 1%” (wife working for GS), “Canadian born”, and “bashes Obamacare but gladly uses it”. I was clearly outnumbered, and tried to just give them the facts, but these idiots got their marching orders from CNN to destroy him. Considering he’s the only one with the balls who’s been trying to stop Obama, I say they have their work cut out for them.