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Mon Apr 16, 2012, 08:43 AM

OneGrassRoot (18,724 posts)

70. I have trouble with conversations in general lately...

And it's only going to get worse as this election year goes on.

Oy vey.....

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109 replies	Author	Time	Post
Holy shit. A formerly rational old-school Republican wrote this... [View all]	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	OP
who is it?	Syrinx	Apr 2012	#1
Oh, I'm sorry. It's a relative, no one famous or anything...	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#2
obfuscate much :)	Syrinx	Apr 2012	#4
Sorry about that...	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#5
Been there, done that	Syrinx	Apr 2012	#6
I just can't do it anymore...I can't tread lightly	adigal	Apr 2012	#84
I hear you...	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#85
jury results:	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#10
?	Syrinx	Apr 2012	#12
I was confused, too...	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#14
DU3 has set disruptors loose	Syrinx	Apr 2012	#16
That's why I haven't engaged much.	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#17
The first time I heard 'tranny' was from my tranny friends in the early 1970s	Mimosa	Apr 2012	#98
and at that time, did it denote a transvestite, or a transgendered person, or both?	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#105
The generational thing can be brutal.	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#108
As pointed out in H&M on your post #4 above, it is a term of disrespect,	A-Schwarzenegger	Apr 2012	#19
It is a term that is used by straights as an insult.	Ms. Toad	Apr 2012	#20
"I think DU is infested with maggots that need to be squashed."	A-Schwarzenegger	Apr 2012	#21
It refers to the FR types that are drowning this forum	Syrinx	Apr 2012	#23
It was a confusing turn of phrase in the context	A-Schwarzenegger	Apr 2012	#24
It appears, from the context in which you used it,	Ms. Toad	Apr 2012	#28
Your excuse is not believable, and you need to be held to account for your words	muriel_volestrangler	Apr 2012	#106
to be clear... i was the only juror to comment	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#22
I don't know whose opinion you believe counts,	Ms. Toad	Apr 2012	#26
sorry. never used it myself. i assumed it was shorthand for transsexual.	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#29
No - you aren't the only one.	Ms. Toad	Apr 2012	#40
Question	SATIRical	Apr 2012	#77
That is dangerous territory.	Ms. Toad	Apr 2012	#90
Thanks	SATIRical	Apr 2012	#93
I think the Q in LGBTQ stands for questioning (nt)	TacoD	Apr 2012	#99
On the bus it spelled out 'Queer' (nt)	SATIRical	Apr 2012	#107
sorry, poor choice of words. meant it as "an opinion from someone who might actually know if it's	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#34
I was hoping you meant it that way -	Ms. Toad	Apr 2012	#37
well, it was. thanks.	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#39
Who's opinion counts?	Syrinx	Apr 2012	#27
I am a member of the LGBT community	Ms. Toad	Apr 2012	#31
wow, my "whose opinion counts" offends both sides?	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#33
FWIW	JoeyT	Apr 2012	#35
I doubt that's true	Syrinx	Apr 2012	#38
So, when are you going to edit out your comment in #4?	pacalo	Apr 2012	#47
Pretty sure he can't -	Ms. Toad	Apr 2012	#50
I'm pretty sure you CAN edit posts in a thread	UnrepentantLiberal	Apr 2012	#79
I haven't checked recently, but I thought the post-hide edit was a quirk that got fixed	Ms. Toad	Apr 2012	#87
OK.	UnrepentantLiberal	Apr 2012	#91
"ACT-UP"	Capt. Obvious	Apr 2012	#49
Yeah - I thought about pointing that out	Ms. Toad	Apr 2012	#51
I thought I was listening to Rush Limbaugh ca. 1994 there	Capt. Obvious	Apr 2012	#61
you may think it's mainstream but it's a slur to the LGBT community	maddezmom	Apr 2012	#88
I just found out the two of my relatives	PatSeg	Apr 2012	#65
It really is upsetting. :(	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#68
I have a very vivid imagination,	PatSeg	Apr 2012	#86
"I feel Obama wants the United States to become a communist state. "	Old and In the Way	Apr 2012	#3
A stupid person who	lovemydog	Apr 2012	#7
And who serves on the local school board.	Iris	Apr 2012	#75
I trust anyone who dislikes these kinds of posts will ignore, but here's more....	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#8
Let's get it all out	Capt. Obvious	Apr 2012	#59
Obviously my trust was misplaced... (w/edit)	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#62
As time evolved so too did the term racist to not include anyone who didn't believe they were one.	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#9
This is one of literally three people in my family I still interact with...lol	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#11
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Syrinx	Apr 2012	#30
what?!	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#36
what's crazy is that 2 juror members either think i am a conservative or an asshole or	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#41
At least it was only 2.	Ms. Toad	Apr 2012	#44
so that post was alerted too? and it passed muster?	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#45
I have trouble with in laws as well.	mmonk	Apr 2012	#63
I have trouble with conversations in general lately...	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#70
I know. Heightened madness this year.	mmonk	Apr 2012	#72
And	rrHeretic	Apr 2012	#13
Oh, I know they have grown in number since the summer of 2008...	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#15
So sad	Kylefty	Apr 2012	#18
This person is out where the buses don't run.	SammyWinstonJack	Apr 2012	#25
"Most people that use the term do not even know what a racist is."	ET Awful	Apr 2012	#32
Agree - and the fact that a communist economic system	TBF	Apr 2012	#55
Your relative needs psychiatric help.	Vinca	Apr 2012	#42
I guessing the operative word here is "formerly".	baldguy	Apr 2012	#43
If it were me I would be so tempted to reply "so, Romney is a commie too?"	n2doc	Apr 2012	#46
I have a feeling she loathes Romney.	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#48
Fox and others are good at taking free floating anger and providing a target for it	KurtNYC	Apr 2012	#54
True. Well said.	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#56
Respond with this ... "and some how, the DOW is up ~6000 under Communist Obama."	JoePhilly	Apr 2012	#52
lolol	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#53
I have an old friend who sent something alomst exactly like the letter you posted.	JoePhilly	Apr 2012	#74
I JUST learned that there is indeed another influence here:	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#78
OneGrassRoot! It's Wonderful to See Your Post...	nenagh	Apr 2012	#57
Ahhhh, so nice to see you!	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#58
It's all part of how one successfully imposes propaganda.	kentauros	Apr 2012	#89
Let's see . . .	HughBeaumont	Apr 2012	#60
so, what does your family member think	newspeak	Apr 2012	#80
I think you meant to reply to the OP, because I pretty much agree with all of what you said.	HughBeaumont	Apr 2012	#81
I couldn't agree more...	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#83
You have a projectionist in your family.	GoCubsGo	Apr 2012	#64
Who doesn't know what a racist is?	Iris	Apr 2012	#66
One Need Not Be A Racist To Be A Buffoon	ProfessorGAC	Apr 2012	#67
That's an excellent quote.	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#69
Thank You, OGR	ProfessorGAC	Apr 2012	#76
As soon as you see up front the assertion that you are stupid or ignorant if you disagree	Burma Jones	Apr 2012	#71
Excellent, simple advice. Thank you. :) n/t	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#73
Politics is fleeting, families should be supportive	Mimosa	Apr 2012	#96
My sympathies, dude	Prophet 451	Apr 2012	#82
"formerly rational old-school Republican" = YOU WERE SUCKERED	just1voice	Apr 2012	#92
It seems you may be correct.	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#94
Your own lack of tolerance may make her 'dig in her heels'	Mimosa	Apr 2012	#97
It's very interesting how you perceive me.	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#101
One Grass Root, sorry if I offended you.	Mimosa	Apr 2012	#103
Thank you, Mimosa, but you continue to misunderstand what I have said	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#104
For your information, here are more comments, beyond what's in the OP	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#102
Wondering why you were driven to post badly written B.S. here?	Mimosa	Apr 2012	#95
I'll answer your three comments thusly:	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2012	#100
This message was self-deleted by its author	freshwest	Apr 2012	#109

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