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In reply to the discussion: The older I get, the less tolerant I am with GOP friends/relatives.... [View all]Namvet67
(111 posts)72. I finaly just quit talking about it, especially with family..with Fox news blaring away
It's been said many times, but they vote against their own interests and I too have lost patience....completely. Friends have fallen by the wayside over the years because of racist attitudes and all manner of intolerances. But the worst are the right wingers who actually go to church and think they're christ-like!!.....maybe they are....maybe christ was a racist. Seems like it to me. I no longer have contact with those ex friends that are in the last category....just can't stand the lack of rational thought and empathy.Don't miss them at all.I block e-mails of those who forward right wing illiterate shit to me. It keeps one busy because they're coming at us from all over the place....whew
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The older I get, the less tolerant I am with GOP friends/relatives.... [View all]
Logical
Apr 2012
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I must be too, 'cause I'm getting less and less able to stomach the a-holes! nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#4
That's your mistake, they have No Intentions of Governing, their intent is to RULE
Bandit
Apr 2012
#64
I agree. The 'gummint is evil' line is a diversion from those who REALLY rule most of our lives.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#29
Similar case with me, though I was never on the capital "L" Libertarian bandwagon...
JHB
Apr 2012
#62
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
the book "The Republican Brain"- scientific studies reveal why Cons deny science and ignore facts
NAO
Apr 2012
#10
My younger brother is the same though in his defense he truly is mentally challenged with an IQ that
cstanleytech
Apr 2012
#48
They let the crazy Tea Party in to win elections and now paying the high cost.
Thinkingabout
Apr 2012
#18
" today's conservatives live in a land of lies and illusion" isnt really the problem its
cstanleytech
Apr 2012
#49
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
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
Maybe you've stayed the same and they fell over the edge of their flat earth worldview.
hay rick
Apr 2012
#46
What I don't understand is why they have the need to constantly proselytize.
PA Democrat
Apr 2012
#57
No GOP friends and lucky for me my family is pretty much union/ left all the way.
sarcasmo
Apr 2012
#63
I finaly just quit talking about it, especially with family..with Fox news blaring away
Namvet67
Apr 2012
#72