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Why Can't My Liberal Friends Talk Politics
July 21, 2006
| jhw61
Posted on 07/21/2006 5:12:21 PM PDT by jhw61
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:12:23 PM PDT
by
jhw61
To: jhw61
If you were a democrat would you want to talk about politics? LOL
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:16:55 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(I'm trying to think but nothing happens)
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To: jhw61
In these times, everyone's afraid of getting into political dust-ups at the water cooler.
Do you belong to a USDA-approved ethinc minority? It's practically a crime to argue with such.
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:18:15 PM PDT
by
sinanju
To: jhw61; BufordP
You should try working with another FReeper, especially if you get paid by the hour!
To: jhw61
I don't talk about politics at the office. There are several liberals there, and I have to work with them on technical stuff. If I talked politics with them, we'd end up despising each other openly, and cooperation on other projects for work would suffer. There is no point in even trying to reason with modern liberals.
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:20:11 PM PDT
by
JasonC
To: jhw61
Because they know they don't have facts or reason on their side, merely leftist superstitions.........
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:21:10 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Democrats: Trust Nancy Pelosi to Win the War on Terror!! (gag))
To: jhw61
your first problem is where you live... I mean these are the same people who reelect the swimmer and scary Kerry year after year. Don't feel isolated. I work with a whole bunch of blue stater's who daily attack the way the government is run. The Israel problem is something they don't talk about. Why because their bleeding hearts are with the terrorists. I fortunately have facts provided by this site and others to bludgeon them with. I get great joy from shutting them down. Politics in the work place can be bloody. be glad you don't have to deal with it. And be glad you have FRiends of FR
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:22:03 PM PDT
by
SouthernBoyupNorth
("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
To: sinanju
When you know (or at least believe) the deck is stacked and the deal is not looking good for you, that tends to cut conversation short.
Egos, particularly liberal egos, are often easily bruised.
To: cripplecreek
Exactly my sentiments CC.
The RATs can't really tell us the truth, that they hate America, and it's America's fault for every problem in the world. They cannot afford to betray their ignorance, stupidity, and generic hatred for everything American, including Israel.
RATs are too emotionally scarred to have an intelligent conversation.
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:22:22 PM PDT
by
AdvisorB
(For a terrorist bodycount in hamistan, let the smoke clear then count the ears and divide by 2.)
To: cripplecreek
Because YOU know soylent green is people, and THEY only read the Boston Globe.
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:22:27 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: jhw61
They know their positions are morally bankrupt
ergo their reticence to argue their untenable position.
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:23:18 PM PDT
by
claptrap
(optional tag-line under reconsideration)
To: jhw61
I have 1 Question....WHY do you have liberal friends?
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:23:32 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
(Freep Me At Your own Risk!)
To: jhw61
Your best bet is probably not to push it. When the opportunity comes up chime in then. They probably know that you are a thinking person rather than an emotional basket case and that may scare them.
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:23:58 PM PDT
by
rodguy911
(Support The New media, Ticket the Drive-bys, --America-The land of the Free because of the Brave-)
To: jhw61
Between my friends/coworkers we also have a "no politics" rule also. Our debates were (are) loud and very very heated. The like minds get together and talk in our own little group but on occasion we find a common ground and talk. Here in Texas there are plenty of conservatives to go around. I feel for you in the peoples republic of Mass.
Freep is the best, but be warned don't make fun of Apple computers. Some folks are sensitive...
To: jhw61
Because they have taken that most corrupting of fairy tales from their youth and brought it into adulthood.
That fairy tale is: Listen to your heart, not your brain.
It is a message pushed 24/7 in our culture. When someone in a movie, TV show or interview calls someone on their lack of intelligence, the ACCUSER is the bad person in that situation, for "insulting someone's intelligence."
Yet in these situations, the heroic character--usually a feeling, "compassinoate" woman--the one the TV show, interview or whatever has invested with moral authority, the audience is to applaud when someone calls someone out for "not caring" or "thinking only of money" or "Being selfish".
Our society is being overwhelmed by people who think logic is a sham, something machines deal with, while real, true, GOOD humans are motivated entirely by....their feeeeelings.
Or maybe your friends are just stupid.
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:28:25 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(http://www.savethesoldiers.com/)
To: Enchante
As Reagan said, to paraphrase, it isn't that Democrats are ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't true.
Democrats are "intellectually challenged". They lack critical thinking skills, and knowledge of history. They take the propaganda they hear on TV and read in the newspapers as abolute fact.
To: jhw61
There are three things you should not talk about in a office group setting if you wish to rise in a company. Those three things are Politics, Religion and Sex. (also do not talk about your paycheck)
Even on lunch or break diving deeply into any of those three subjects can cause ill will and division in a office team and you are a team. They are subjects that are very personal, very emotional and people do not act logically when they are arguing heatedly about them.
For political conversation I suggest you look outside of work. People who stir things up at the office tend not to be regarded well by management.
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:30:49 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty)
To: jhw61
Hang in there,girl...multi-tasking is posible when it comes to politics and pop culture. Isreal needs to kick ass and so does Matt Kenseth...((;O)...
To: jhw61
You know they did discuss politics with you, you just didn't notice it. The smartass remark about "your" governor, Mitt Romney, for example was straight out of the liberal asshat playbook. I would've told them, "You don't want to talk politics, then don't make stupid political statements like 'your governor', mmmmK?"
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