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In the discussion thread: The older I get, the less tolerant I am with GOP friends/relatives.... [View all]

Mon Apr 9, 2012, 11:03 PM

iemitsu (1,783 posts)

27. we've already lived that long.

i was arguing that reaganomics would ruin the economy in the early 1980s.
everyone of the right's policies have since been enormous failures.
yet, not only do half of americans still subscribe to those failed policies but the other half legitimizes them by acting as if the proponents of such silliness were any less than insane.

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81 replies	Author	Time	Post
The older I get, the less tolerant I am with GOP friends/relatives.... [View all]	Logical	Apr 2012	OP
The GOP WAS less nutty 15 years ago.	BiggJawn	Apr 2012	#1
I was going to say something similar. Now, when someobdy brings up politics	gateley	Apr 2012	#2
I never know what I'm going to hear, either.	BiggJawn	Apr 2012	#60
pretty much given up talking to them	rurallib	Apr 2012	#3
I must be too, 'cause I'm getting less and less able to stomach the a-holes! nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Apr 2012	#4
That makes two of us.	Initech	Apr 2012	#14
DeceptiCONs......	happerbolic	Apr 2012	#36
That's your mistake, they have No Intentions of Governing, their intent is to RULE	Bandit	Apr 2012	#64
It gives me the creeps how often they refer to "our rulers in Washington."	ieoeja	Apr 2012	#79
Isn't that the truth. Me too!	Cleita	Apr 2012	#5
Me, too.	KarenS	Apr 2012	#6
I was a Libertarian but experience changed my views	NAO	Apr 2012	#12
I agree. The 'gummint is evil' line is a diversion from those who REALLY rule most of our lives.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#29
at least when, and if, it is government coersion...	happerbolic	Apr 2012	#39
Good counterpoint about coercion.	anAustralianobserver	Apr 2012	#54
Similar case with me, though I was never on the capital "L" Libertarian bandwagon...	JHB	Apr 2012	#62
Hate Radio has redefined freedom in the US	Doctor_J	Apr 2012	#71
I've experienced the same...	markpkessinger	Apr 2012	#7
I don't think it's your age	sandyshoes17	Apr 2012	#8
My sane cousin and I have been trying to decide...	rwsanders	Apr 2012	#33
Wow, just wow. You just can't pick your relatives. Your cousin sounds sane though.	The Wielding Truth	Apr 2012	#45
Wanna blow your brother's mind? Ask him the South's take on States Rights vis-a-vis Slavery.	ieoeja	Apr 2012	#80
Really? Because I've become more tolerant.	Zax2me	Apr 2012	#9
I am happier avoiding them.	Logical	Apr 2012	#28
the book "The Republican Brain"- scientific studies reveal why Cons deny science and ignore facts	NAO	Apr 2012	#10
There are different degrees of Republicanism.	Baitball Blogger	Apr 2012	#11
AMEN TO THAT!!! If about half the white collar criminals,	loudsue	Apr 2012	#22
If you live long enough....	izquierdista	Apr 2012	#13
we've already lived that long.	iemitsu	Apr 2012	#27
Funny, the older I get the more tolerant I am with them.	Autumn	Apr 2012	#15
Easter with my Tea Bagger cousin was hell.	baldguy	Apr 2012	#16
I don't know if you've read the studies or not, but with some people it's	RKP5637	Apr 2012	#19
My younger brother is the same though in his defense he truly is mentally challenged with an IQ that	cstanleytech	Apr 2012	#48
Many in the republican party have just become parrots and spew a	RKP5637	Apr 2012	#17
They let the crazy Tea Party in to win elections and now paying the high cost.	Thinkingabout	Apr 2012	#18
I'm glad to read that i'm not the only one	madokie	Apr 2012	#20
I HEAR YOU	Skittles	Apr 2012	#21
" today's conservatives live in a land of lies and illusion" isnt really the problem its	cstanleytech	Apr 2012	#49
true	Skittles	Apr 2012	#56
I think I am more tolerant. . .	daligirl519	Apr 2012	#23
Me too	Marie Marie	Apr 2012	#24
Welcome to the club	Pakid	Apr 2012	#25
So true!!	Logical	Apr 2012	#30
And their nasty	evilhime	Apr 2012	#43
Can't take 'em anymore. Saying I don't want to talk about it, doesn't work. They insist I convert.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#26
Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Most of my family has passed on	RKP5637	Apr 2012	#35
Thanks. I miss them, the way they were, before they got into this.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#41
I don't understand this. I've no idea AT ALL how my closest friends vote or even feel about things	cherokeeprogressive	Apr 2012	#31
That is because	kctim	Apr 2012	#73
I could have written this post too	leftylauren	Apr 2012	#32
Welcome to the club!	Kath1	Apr 2012	#70
They wear their politics on their sleeve now	Tabasco_Dave	Apr 2012	#34
The really ugly side of them is now coming out and on display all the	RKP5637	Apr 2012	#37
Sadly I feel the same way.	alittlelark	Apr 2012	#38
There Are Some GOP Politicians That Need To Be Slapped On The Spot.	TheMastersNemesis	Apr 2012	#51
I'm probably older than you - learned	emilyg	Apr 2012	#40
Same here!	Duppers	Apr 2012	#42
I know what you mean..I've go no patience....	Historic NY	Apr 2012	#44
Maybe you've stayed the same and they fell over the edge of their flat earth worldview.	hay rick	Apr 2012	#46
The Older I get ...	99th_Monkey	Apr 2012	#47
Perfect!	silverweb	Apr 2012	#53
I quit going around mine in the last 10 years....	ingac70	Apr 2012	#50
Same here. Officially estranged	Doctor_J	Apr 2012	#65
2000-2008 never happened.	Jamaal510	Apr 2012	#52
You know what they say	skydive forever	Apr 2012	#75
The older you get the less respect they have for you too...	Kablooie	Apr 2012	#55
What I don't understand is why they have the need to constantly proselytize.	PA Democrat	Apr 2012	#57
I'll be the 400,000th person to second your opinion.	Ship of Fools	Apr 2012	#58
Most people say that you're a liberal when you're young...	YellowRubberDuckie	Apr 2012	#59
I am there with you! n-t	Logical	Apr 2012	#81
IMO	Mr Dixon	Apr 2012	#61
No GOP friends and lucky for me my family is pretty much union/ left all the way.	sarcasmo	Apr 2012	#63
Their pervasiveness takes a big chunk out of my life	Doctor_J	Apr 2012	#66
Tolerance is so over-rated	marshall	Apr 2012	#67
And I thought it was just me!	Kath1	Apr 2012	#68
I used to feel this way, especially during the 2008 election cycle, but	Daniel537	Apr 2012	#69
I finaly just quit talking about it, especially with family..with Fox news blaring away	Namvet67	Apr 2012	#72
and that's why after the conventions to after the election	maryellen99	Apr 2012	#74
I totally agree with you. Life is too short to	avebury	Apr 2012	#76
I've found it imossible to reason with my (R) family and friends.	DCKit	Apr 2012	#77
15 years ago I might not agree with them	Ratty	Apr 2012	#78

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