Oh boy, I could tell you some stories! I’m a hardcore birder (but NOT a member of Audubon). Anytime I’m out birding with these people, the conversation often gets political (they all hate Bush, blah, blah, blah). I don’t put up with it though, and I’ll battle them on every issue. Once, just to goad them, I wore one of those Che Guevara T-shirts out birding — but it was one of those fake Che shirts. It showed the iconic image of the thug but wearing a Mickey Mouse hat. The reaction was priceless. I had one lady so mad at me she even tried to blame the Kent State Massacre on “reactionaries” like me.
It was worth every penny I spent on that shirt!
Bravo! I love the Che shirt story—I hope you gave the woman apoplexy! It is just amazing how their minds work—like we don’t have and love pets too? Or that we can’t appreciate the sighting of an indigo bunting in Poughkeepsie NY? It just floors me sometimes!