I once told a college friend who identified as a Democrat but had some conservative views to “come out of the closet as a Republican” and was loudly told to SHUT UP.
I was reading some posts over at the DUmp yesterday and it was shocking. People were bragging about telling elderly family members to go die already, yelling and cursing at strangers who wore Trump gear, and other assorted insanity. Apparently, their need for catharsis through venting in the most inappropriate settings trumps everyone else’s right to avoid crazy people.
I was talking to a woman who worked at my dermatologist’s office yesterday who is also Conservative. We both had experienced the vicious, angry, seething wrath of more than one democrat - some we had considered close friends - yet were not able to think of a single instance where we saw the same behavior in any Republican to a dem. We are tolerant of their views but still surprised when someone we think we know well hisses their hatred of our views with no provocation. It is time for the tables to turn and to stop allowing these unchecked behaviors.