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I Lost an Old Friend Because of My Support For Trump
Townhall ^ | 09/11/2019 | Michael Brown

Posted on 09/11/2019 9:27:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: cuban leaf

Same here. I was known as an uncommonly devoted friend throughout my first three decades.

Most of my former friends are gone - and I no longer care.

If you take a stand for anything moral, and especially not leftist (but that is redundant), then you will lose many friends.

(I am a semi-professional musician, and musicians in general are flaming leftists - and yes, very touchy.)


101 posted on 09/11/2019 2:01:18 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: SeekAndFind
“Would Jesus treat illegals the same way? ...render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's - anytime you're dealing with man-made laws and standards, appealing to what Jesus would do is disingenuous......
102 posted on 09/11/2019 2:37:33 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: SeekAndFind
i have never had a REAL friend that was a RAT... some acquaintances, and they were no real loss.
103 posted on 09/11/2019 3:21:14 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors, and come heavily armed!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I dumped two friends because they simply could not stop trashing Trump. I figured they didn’t really care enough about the friendships (49 years and 48 years) to zip it around me, as I had when they voted for Obama. I still think about them from time to time, but I don’t miss them.

On reflection, each had snarked at every conservative aspect of my life from time to time, and when it got around to Trump, that was the last straw.


104 posted on 09/11/2019 6:02:50 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --Douglas MacArthur)
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To: Veto!

My mom was a very gregarious person - she managed to find the good in almost everybody. It broke her heart when the ‘tards started “unfriending” her for nothing more than being a Republican. My dad was like, “F ‘em!”


105 posted on 09/11/2019 6:09:26 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: ImpBill
My brother and I have lost a third brother. Really kinda sad.

My brother and I lost our other brother years ago because he married a public schoolteacher. She broke everyone's hearts and ruined our family dinners for years. We stopped seeing them and their kids after our parents died.

106 posted on 09/11/2019 6:23:00 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --Douglas MacArthur)
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To: Albion Wilde

It is a waste of your life to have LIB LUNATICS in your life.


107 posted on 09/11/2019 7:39:04 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: SeekAndFind; SunkenCiv; Olog-hai; Lurker; Grampa Dave; Lurkinanloomin; Liz

A leftwing mind-numbed robot is a DANGEROUS ‘friend’.


108 posted on 09/11/2019 7:56:47 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I won’t lose a friend by heeding God’s call
For what is a friend who wants you to fall?
Others find pleasure in things I despise
I like the Christian life


109 posted on 09/11/2019 8:01:02 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: hal ogen

I got called a “nazi” on reddit today on a sports message board. So I said in reply they were a Stalinist. That comment triggered a snowflake mod and I got banned for a week. Ha ha. Of course those posters calling Republicans nazis are never/rarely banned on reddit.


110 posted on 09/11/2019 8:04:01 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: lowbridge

RE: Would Jesus have approved ‘the seven deadly sins’ that Trump supposedly has done?

This sounds like the pharisees asking why Jesus dined with sinners. Jesus’s reply was that he came to call the sinners to conversion. Notice that the newly sanctimonious Democrats are suddenly concerned with what Jesus would say or think? In the meanwhile, Trump has defended Israel, the unborn, and the Bill of Rights. He has defended our right to a religious conscience, and the plea for freedom from discrimination from the Little Sisters of the Por!


111 posted on 09/11/2019 8:24:14 PM PDT by Gumdrop (qui)
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To: SeekAndFind
....I wrote back, “You definitely represent the concerns of many others, especially non-Christians. Here's the short answer: 1) Donald Trump is NOT our Savior, and for many of us, he was the last choice of the Republicans running for office. But a vote for him was a vote against Hillary, who we believed would be a disaster for our country.....

Last choice??? For many NeverTrumper RINOs, maybe.

What a wussified reply. 🙄

112 posted on 09/11/2019 8:36:49 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: SeekAndFind
“How can any Christian support such an immoral and divisive man? He’s broken every commandment and has committed all Seven Deadly Sins. Ask yourself two questions....would Jesus support such behavior?

Why not ask this guy two questions.
- When has Trump commited all seven Deadly Sins?
- Do you even know what the seven Deadly Sins are?
113 posted on 09/11/2019 10:32:20 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: All

A US President is voted in to govern.....voters know he’s not a saint or a Pope.

It becomes clearer when we acknowledge “this is govt by the people, by the people, and for the people.”

The President’s chief role is unique......to govern according to the precepts of the Constitution.

His job is protect the freedoms of the people’s government.

We dont need a saint to do that.


114 posted on 09/12/2019 3:44:19 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. conclusive)
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To: Svartalfiar

RE: Do you even know what the seven Deadly Sins are?

The 7 deadly sins:

Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth

Which ones has he broken?


115 posted on 09/12/2019 7:04:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“Jesus himself that we would lose friends and alienate family by choosing to follow Him.”

This reading was part of a recent Saturday service.


116 posted on 09/12/2019 10:24:08 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( The line that separates satire and Democrats and Stupidity has vanished. (thanks to jonascord)!)
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To: Vaquero

One of my best friends was a liberal in college. I ignored it. He has gotten much more radical. A Bernie supporter now.

How old are you and your friend.

We have found that as they get older, there is no discussions with them. It ends up a one way diatribe with them yelling.

I stopped dealing with this about 2 decades ago. I don’t want to be around them. My wife is finally coming around to this “No Thank You! I don’t need this nor will I allow your hatred to continue with me.”


117 posted on 09/12/2019 10:29:23 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( The line that separates satire and Democrats and Stupidity has vanished. (thanks to jonascord)!)
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To: Grampa Dave

When it degrades to that I always just finish it by asking “Why do you love government so much?”

They cannot explain.

Then I go into “everyone says politicians are corrupt crooks- why do you want them running more and more of your life?”

Or if they go to “I want to help people?” I say “Do you want to help people or do you just want to vote for other people to help people...? Then I go to “Politicians are corrupt crooks- why do you want to give them more money???”

It usually boils down to “I want government to ‘help’ people” and I tel them “Government only helps the government”


118 posted on 09/12/2019 10:33:07 AM PDT by Mr. K
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To: Grampa Dave

I’m 70. He’s like 72


119 posted on 09/12/2019 10:50:41 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I am a Christian. I am studying apologetics and how to lead others to Christ. (Actually it is the Holy Spirit’s doing and not mine.) I am learning to sow more than reap. My job is to make others really think about what they have bought as truth. Gregory Koukl (www.str.com) has a study called “Tactics” that I am finding invaluable. Without going into too much, the thing we miss when trying to convince someone is that we cannot change their mind. They have too change their mind or worldview. Whenever someone makes an absurd leftist comment, we need to be clear what they really mean, make them back up their assertions, and not counter with our own. Most people have not really thought deep enough to backup the dribble they are spouting. “What do you mean by that?” And “How did you arrive at that conclusion?” will make them question their notions of reality. There is more to this but if we conservatives would put the burden of proof on the left they will collapse under their own flawed thinking.

Stay strong brother.


120 posted on 09/12/2019 11:05:05 AM PDT by UpInArms (without failure there's no success only slavery)
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