And I wondered my liberal friend didn’t watch Downton Abbey”
...and I don’t understand how a conservative can have a “liberal friend”. I had a few and I no longer associate with them. I have liberal in laws coming to town this weekend and I’ll avoid them like the plague.
When I found out my daughters piano teacher of 5 years was a lib, I fired him and told him I won’t knowingly give money to someone who supports the destruction of my country, family and income.
There’s a difference in libs. Some are merely uneducated, and sponges for whatever they see on TV. Others, the ones you want to avoid, are active and pushy.
I used to be a lib until I educated myself. My wife was. Many of us were. But if one grows up and is still a lib, and refused to rationalize their liberalism, that’s when they are no longer innocent, and worthy of back-turning.
Back on topic, I’ve been thinking about getting involved with this show, but I haven’t convinced my wife yet. We don’t have any network or cable TV, so it’s all Netflix for us, and it’s right there.
I have a liberal friend, whom I used to work with. He retired in 2004. He is actually a very nice guy, and smart. He’s of German descent and from Chicago, sort of “bad” influences. The German part makes him something of a statist, he is more inclined to favor government intervention than I would ever be. (I grew up in New York City, btw, and by age 15 it was clear to me that most government interventions in the economy are counterproductive, wasteful and unfair. My life experiences have only manifestly confirmed that view.)
Still and all, he is a good enough engineer to recognize things like solar power and electric cars are pipe dreams.
A hard liberal that I know (o-bot, overpaid state employee, etc) from my former line of work that I am still facebook “freinds” with her apparently loves it from what little that person puts up.
How can you convince anyone of the error of their ways if you avoid them? I have a very liberal step-daughter who constantly mouths the usual liberal idiocies. I listen quietly and occasionally make a thoroughly un p.c. rejoinder. She doesn’t agree, but it does make her think. I’m quite content with that for the time being. Just messing with her mind.
Regarding liberal friends: Not everybody lives in Texas. (And I used to live there so I know whereof I speak.) I live in Pennsylvania. If I completely avoided everyone who has liberal tendencies here I would have no human contact whatsoever. I have been friends with this woman for 30 years, since I was a much less conservative minded youthful person. And I have issues with her yes. And she does with me. But we remain friends. This is the kind of thing that drives me crazy about FR. Anytime you post ANYTHING, somebody criticizes you if you are not 100 percent partyline conservative. Even with something as innocent as Downton Abbey.
Regarding the gay story line: Wake up people. Gay people exist. I’ve been aware of this since I was a small child. Both my parents were in the the theater, and often had gay people in our home.I’m 52 years old so this was long before gay rights. That didn’t make me liberal. But it also taught me that acknowledging that gay people exist is not a sin. Even in a TV program. Watch the entire series and then tell me it has a gay agenda. It doesn’t.
If I had a “LIKE” button, I’d have hit it for your post!