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The word with Liberals is PROJECTION -- a personal story.

Posted on 10/14/2018 8:45:57 AM PDT by BEJ

Everything liberals accuse the right of doing has been done by them: collusion with Russians, mob behavior, lack of civility, being dictatorial, lying, etc. The list is endless. This is can also happen on a personal level with liberal friends. Here is my story.

I went to my liberal friend for a couple of drinks and to chat on a Friday night. Another liberal friend of his dropped in. Conversation naturally turned to Trump. Over the course of discussing Trump voices were getting louder and I was finding it hard to speak with two voices shouting me down. Then my friend stood up and I started to stand up when he came toward me, jumped on top of me with his hands around my throat and screaming "YOU ARE OUT OF CONTROL!!!" I finally wrestled him off and circled around the room shouting at him, "You're a F****** moron!" And then he screamed "Get out you TRUMPSTER!!!" and starts to cry a bit (maybe realizing he lost a friend). I shrugged and left.

But what struck me was that he had to come across the room to shut me down from saying anything because in his mind "I was out of control." The fact was that he lost control of the argument and then felt he lost control of the situation to the point where he had to physically act. This is projection on a person level.

I'm curious if anybody has a similar story they would like to share.


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To: Vendome
Then ike tedd a bit humor

Huh?

121 posted on 10/14/2018 3:49:26 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (The art of lock picking began during the era of chastity belts.......)
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To: BEJ
> I will put up something, but I can’t imagine why people would think I’m a troll? Is it because I had a liberal friend... whose not my friend anymore? But I’ll take your advice. Thanks to you and Chode!

There's an automatic suspicion of outlandish vanity (non-article-based) stories from relative newcomers that sound "too good to be true". A physical assault by a crazed liberal friend might fall into that category. So, having seen many prior instances over the years of n00bs posting outrageous vanities that turn out to be some lib joker trolling for a outraged reaction from FReepers, some of us are very cautious.

The fact that you did NOT get true troll treatment (zot, ban, suspend) indicates that the Admin Moderators found your vanity acceptable and your story plausible. On behalf of our fellow FReepers who raised the specter of you being a troll, I offer the above in explanation.

Most FReepers have some liberal friends. Working and playing in the Ithaca area, I would be nearly friendless without my dear, misguided liberal buddies. But I adopt some careful habits with regard to my comments on politics and social issues, since disagreement with the assumed default liberal mindset causes discord. Heck, even raising a question like "Wow, that's wild, are you sure that happened?" is enough to draw suspicious looks. One Does Not Question The Narrative.

I dropped off Facebook years ago. I couldn't take the constant stream of liberal BS.

So let us know a little more about you. It can still be entirely anonymous of course -- your FReeper persona isn't going to be cross-examined for adherence to objective reality. :-)

Totally unrelated: If you would like to get "pinged" about threads of personal or other interest, there are a few hundred "Ping Lists", of which my "Windows Ping List" is one. If you have interest in MS Windows topics, let me know and I'll add you. There are tons more lists, many are fascinating.

And Welcome to Free Republic! (You'll hear that for a while longer...)

122 posted on 10/14/2018 3:50:42 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: YogicCowboy

Yeah it’s sad. 30 years of friendship too! That’s a long time and for what? You can only pray they come to their senses at some point and grow up. Some times I think they see themselves as heroic, but it takes a lot more courage to face questions and insecurities head on.


123 posted on 10/14/2018 3:54:59 PM PDT by BEJ
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To: BEJ; dayglored

“Welcome to Free Republic” is sometimes secret code for “Locked on and tracking. Awaiting fire mission.”

‘FReepers, some of us are very cautious.’
I lOled and ROLFed at that.


124 posted on 10/14/2018 4:05:36 PM PDT by Delta 21 (.....been here this long you actually expect me to read the article....)
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To: little jeremiah

Thanks for not seeing me as a troll! Yeah, I think some conservatives have been liberals who have seen the insanity of the left. And it’s a fairly long list of these converts... some you wouldn’t at first even suspect. I have hope, sanity will still reign and I think the Dems were so desperate to win they tried the lowest of the low tactics. And thank God it didn’t work. They can now go back, as lawyers, believing in presumption of innocence and maybe even believe more strongly in it because the opposite didn’t work in their favor. But they are playing with EVIL and that is sad.


125 posted on 10/14/2018 4:07:01 PM PDT by BEJ
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To: BEJ

Sometimes knowledge has to be experiential


126 posted on 10/14/2018 4:31:42 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: dayglored

Thank you dayglored! I now understand why you are cautious. Yeah, you’re right about questioning the narrative — it’s an article of faith. But there is going to be some hard times for Dems when the Meuller Probe goes kapput. I don’t know how you’d be able to restrain yourself from laughing at the nonsense put forward by your liberal friends as a legitimate and reasonable explanation for the debacle. I don’t know if I can reasonably mask my response in the company of liberals... it’d take an extraordinary feat of superhuman strength!

And thanks for the offer about the ping list. My interests are music and art. If there is anything along those lines, please let me know.

Once again — thanks and nice to be here at Free Republic!


127 posted on 10/14/2018 4:45:02 PM PDT by BEJ
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To: Delta 21; BEJ
> “Welcome to Free Republic” is sometimes secret code for “Locked on and tracking. Awaiting fire mission.”

Indeed, yes; I’ve used it that way myself on occasion. But usually (and this time) I mean it sincerely, not as a double-entendre.

128 posted on 10/14/2018 5:40:40 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: BEJ

Well played


129 posted on 10/14/2018 6:24:14 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Republicans - GROW A PAIR)
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To: Nuc 1.1
RE:"Is that a spoof or are they really throwing plastic chairs?"

They are allowed to throw anything that they can pick up. S the damage doesn't suit them, they increase their weaponry. I expect them to start carrying guns if republicans hold the house next month.

130 posted on 10/14/2018 6:31:49 PM PDT by Baynative ( "If you don't have a seat at the table, you're on the menu.")
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To: Fledermaus

Thanks!


131 posted on 10/14/2018 7:09:44 PM PDT by BEJ
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To: BEJ

My husband’s parents and his sister are stuck-on-stupid liberals. They always try to start trouble at holidays. First it was our governor Scott Walker and now they hate on Trump. We ignore them. Libs ain’t gonna change.


132 posted on 10/14/2018 7:16:38 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty ( Trump is The Storm)
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To: BEJ

:)


133 posted on 10/14/2018 7:54:48 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives numerous, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: TheConservativeParty

You’re right about Libs not changing... not in the near future at any rate.


134 posted on 10/14/2018 8:15:39 PM PDT by BEJ
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To: eyedigress

I knew a captain like that :/


135 posted on 10/15/2018 12:27:42 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: BEJ

Non-playing character. Paul Joseph Watson has a YouTube video that explains NOV perfrctly.


136 posted on 10/18/2018 7:48:07 PM PDT by macrahanish #1
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To: macrahanish #1

Stupid auto-correct. “NPC” not “NOV”


137 posted on 10/18/2018 7:56:03 PM PDT by macrahanish #1
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To: macrahanish #1

Thanks for sharing that. The NPC mene just tells me many people on the left are conformists and very little original thinking. They don’t really want diversity but people all repeating the party line. They’re either like zombies or the BORG from Star Trek.


138 posted on 10/18/2018 9:28:12 PM PDT by BEJ
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