Posted on 06/03/2024 2:17:25 PM PDT by Vlad0
The last Democrat who I had to make exceptions for was my dear Mom. She died a few years ago at age 90, and even though she was a life-long Democrat she disliked Biden based on his shady Senate career.
So how do you deal with the Democrats in your life?
Do you have Democrat friends. Do you just avoid political discussion with them altogether?
One of my oldest friends (surprisingly) just flipped! He's now supporting Trump! That's unexpected happy ending. Another long-time friend I had to give the heave-ho to. "This will be my last note to you. (Explanation of how I found his statements and beliefs Totally Unacceptable"... and "Goodbye".
Let's hear your experiences.
My oldest and closest friend (of 40+ years) lives in Ann Arbor and is irretrievably liberal, not to mention a passionate Glowbull Warmist. We just stay away from those topics. Plenty to talk about on other shared channels.
For years some of my best friends were democrats. I moved & those friendships faded. I won’t have democrats for friends anymore. I’d rather be friendless. Democrat friends are high maintenance people & feel free to throw their underdeveloped opinions to themselves. I ignored a bunch of crap they said because I enjoyed their company on so many other levels. It’s too much work, the dividends just don’t pay off in the long run.
Wood chippers immediately leap to mind.
Baseball bat is a great answer! You sir win the thread.
Ask them to define rich...
I am civil but guarded.
They will never be in my inner circle.
you said Dodge twice
you must like Dodge
I use the Socratic method of asking a series of questions until they come to the precipice of having to confront their own cognitive dissonance. At that point they usually get angry and change the subject or run away. Intellectual honesty is a foreign concept to them.
The movie. That’s the joke.
They’re not interested in facts.
Re. my tag line.
I want this t-shirt.
Dad was an FDR democrat, and didn’t understand that his political party was being radicalized. He and I had plenty of political “discussions” - ME: Dad, you had your own business-you thought taxes were too high, right? DAD: Right. ME: you’re pro-life, right? DAD: yes, abortion is murder. ME: You don’t want thee government taking your guns… DAD: They’re not gonna get my guns! ME: Dad, you’re a conservative. DAD: You’re full of sxxt.
The only media Dad had access to was the local Gannet-owned newspaper and local tv news, and he trusted them. He went to his grave believing the lies.
I had an uncle-same thing, but out of respect for his age and life experiences, I didn’t argue with him. He watched CNN and got his news from them. Listening to him, you’d think that Republicans were Nazis, which was sad because, like my father, he also fought in WWII, in the Pacific. Dad was behind the lines, mostly, but my uncle actually saw action- wounded at Guadalcanal, recovered and saw action at Bougainville.
He came home, married, also had a successful business and died just shy of being 102.
Like Dad, the only news he had was liberal. He went to his grave believing the lies, as well.
God, how I hate the liberal media….
I don’t talk politics with my daughters, they’re moderates. Hopefully they’ll see the light someday. At least they’re not full-blown liberals. I’ve had SOME effect on them. My wife goes where the wind blows…
Straight out of Dodge Ball, and Patches O’Houlihan.
I don’t have any Democrats in my life. Not for years. The few Dems in my family I basically shun. Life is too short. I have no Democrat friends. What could I possibly say to them?
I’ve alienated them by pointing out their hypocrisy and ignorance.
I don’t give a rats butt about it either.
All those females were narcissistic whiners.
For example at a scrapbook crop one declared that we stole the US from peaceful natives.
I stood up and recited facts about the Aztecs and their temples of skulls.
Explained about the Mayan sacrifice of newborns to a rain goddess.
Then ended with the fact I’m distantly descended from Comanche.
I said if you think they were peaceful, you’re insulting them as my own father took a tomahawk to the Korean War and took scalps.
She admitted then all people were violent.
I don’t let them declare crap in public, I challenge them.
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