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In reply to the discussion: I think all of the hatred and vitriol in this country right now is making me physically sick. [View all]UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)the same pleasure as yours. And so does my family.... It's sad really.
This is how I deal with it. In the online world I may say I hate a Republican do all sorts of hyperbole..whatever.
But in real life I don't 'hate' them. That would be crazy. That would make me exactly what I supposedly don't want to be.
I use humor to stab back at them and it's done with a smile. When they say they 'pissed off a lib' or 'owned a lib' my standard response is yes that is the Republican Party platform and nothing else.
I have no problems conversing w/ R's or Deplorables in real life but it always ends the same....they can't handle real talk and real facts and they get all pissy and shut it down. So all the bullshit about reaching out....we are the ones who do it...they don't.