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Showing Original Post only (View all)Would you date a conservative? [View all]
I know most DUers are liberals and political junkies. But some people here have friends and relatives who are to the right.
My question is would you ever date someone who was a Republican or a conservative, even if you liked pretty much everything else about them?
62 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited | |
Yes | |
14 (23%) |
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No | |
47 (76%) |
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I don't know/Other | |
1 (2%) |
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1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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I don't really care what other people believe, as long as they are good-hearted and nice to me
RZM
Aug 2012
#2
I voted yes because politics dictates very little to nothing in my daily life.
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2012
#3
I suppose that could make a difference but if she talked about it constantly I probably wouldn't
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2012
#115
I have spent limited time with a couple of them. Now I'm married to an actual human.
Systematic Chaos
Aug 2012
#7
I voted Yes, only because I would never dismiss someone based solely on their political views
npk
Aug 2012
#11
No, b/c id never get over the feeling that she was stupid, selfish and bigoted
kysrsoze
Aug 2012
#13
no, but not really by choice, i am just not attracted to people if i hear them say certain things
JI7
Aug 2012
#22
Other: I might date a right-winger if I really did like everything else about them
LeftishBrit
Aug 2012
#24
Speaking entirely hypothetically, I wouldn't have a problem with someone who is apolitical.
MADem
Aug 2012
#29
Conservatives don't practive hate politics? THEY might not see it as that but humans do...
uponit7771
Aug 2012
#65
NO. If they're a republican they're either A) support beliefs I'm dead set against, or B)...
Gidney N Cloyd
Aug 2012
#69
I consider MYSELF to be a conservative. I do NOT consider the GOP to be conservative.
HopeHoops
Aug 2012
#70
Yep, I just posted downthread. It doesnt work most of the time for similar reasons.
stevenleser
Aug 2012
#87
It's not something i like about myself, but no, I couldn't. We'd end up killing each other.
FedUpWithIt All
Aug 2012
#83
Once I got past the cheap, self-servinig caricatures of my conservative BF
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2012
#84
I was married to one for 30 years! The thing is, it's not just the way they vote
jillan
Aug 2012
#90
Our basic values and worldviews would be so completely out of touch with each other
deutsey
Aug 2012
#94
Sex is sex... even conservatives need to get some. I'll volunteer to jump on the grenade.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Aug 2012
#99