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Mickju

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54. You did the right thing.

Mon Jun 28, 2021, 05:17 PM

Jun 2021

I would like to do the same with my sister, but she is just too volatile. I try to keep the peace. I admire you for what you did.

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Did I Cross The Line? [View all] DemUnleashed Jun 2021 OP

From your narrative gratuitous Jun 2021 #1

Exactly. soldierant Jun 2021 #96

It sounds like their brains need to be washed; they are full of Fox filth. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #106

Good on you...tough love... wcmagumba Jun 2021 #2

I would suggest you and your friends set aside some time to watch and compare news channels together Dustlawyer Jun 2021 #109

I think you handled it quite well. nt GemDigger Jun 2021 #3

Why is it that we are the only ones that worry about offending them or crossing the line? Native Jun 2021 #4

+1000 smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #64

I dispute one contention you made... Moostache Jun 2021 #5

When a person is warm, welcoming, and generous, summer_in_TX Jun 2021 #48

Sorry but no. CrackityJones75 Jun 2021 #76

And yet, griffi94 Jun 2021 #81

Mutually exclusive ... aggiesal Jun 2021 #50

I don't believe that most people are ALL good or ALL bad. ShazzieB Jun 2021 #65

Beautifully written, thank you for that. chia Jun 2021 #71

Thank you for that story. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2021 #94

100% agree. Aligning with Trump demonstrates severe character defects. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #107

I would add an adjustment - good people cannot be Trumplicans; but Trumplicans can sometimes do good Rabrrrrrr Jun 2021 #112

Facts are pesky things. Good for you saying it to their face. onecaliberal Jun 2021 #6

Hopefully it left a mark pandr32 Jun 2021 #7

Right on!!! Great example Demovictory9 Jun 2021 #8

Well if they ASKED you.... vanlassie Jun 2021 #9

Cross the line? Hell, you probably didn't go far enough! Gregory Peccary Jun 2021 #10

Sounds like you handled it very well. yardwork Jun 2021 #11

I applaud your efforts. I don't think it is possible to change the minds of Faux brainwashed people CentralMass Jun 2021 #12

You did a great job. zuul Jun 2021 #13

Thank you! DemUnleashed Jun 2021 #14

If they really care about truth KS Toronado Jun 2021 #42

It's not like you said fuck their feelings or the sane world is laughing at you idiots or you luckone Jun 2021 #15

I also have 2 republican friends - we met at the same workplace IcyPeas Jun 2021 #16

I also live in FL and have a repug friend. lark Jun 2021 #47

Maybe with the new laws, the GOP Ilsa Jun 2021 #79

There is no stopping her. She is one of the most determined people I know. lark Jun 2021 #111

Hardly DET Jun 2021 #17

Perhaps you made a little chink in their mental armor... 3catwoman3 Jun 2021 #18

You did well UpInArms Jun 2021 #19

No, I would say you were too soft with them JI7 Jun 2021 #20

Hell, I think you were the soul of understatement and restraint! 11 Bravo Jun 2021 #21

There is a million things to talk about. jimfields33 Jun 2021 #22

Thanks DemUnleashed Jun 2021 #23

As long as you were nice about it, and it sounds like you were, Nope relayerbob Jun 2021 #24

They're the ones who used that word. If they'd let you phrase it yourself... JHB Jun 2021 #25

Yes you did! But some lines need to be crossed. Fla Dem Jun 2021 #26

Not. At. All. lucca18 Jun 2021 #27

good job. i prolly would have gone completley overboard. AllaN01Bear Jun 2021 #28

Nope! Rebl2 Jun 2021 #29

You need to dump personal friends. BradBo Jun 2021 #30

You were mild. Which is how one has to be in these situations. That's why I can't be in Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #31

Lines are arbitrary in most cases. Caliman73 Jun 2021 #32

You handled it way better than I would have PlanetBev Jun 2021 #33

You are a genius BaronChocula Jun 2021 #34

I don't think so I do it all the time, they dont doc03 Jun 2021 #35

I was in a gas station last week and a guy multigraincracker Jun 2021 #36

Great response. Native Jun 2021 #52

Good for you! smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #66

You could have answered the question about dementia with one word. Grumpy Old Guy Jun 2021 #37

Ding ... Ding ... Ding ... lpbk2713 Jun 2021 #38

Let me guess the subject of politics was started doc03 Jun 2021 #39

No. You didn't go too far. SpankMe Jun 2021 #40

You did fine. I told a repub friend that he wasn't brainwashed because just a light rinse..... EarnestPutz Jun 2021 #41

Sounds like you made some progress wryter2000 Jun 2021 #43

i suppose in their world you did. barbtries Jun 2021 #44

No. Joinfortmill Jun 2021 #45

Sounds perfectly accurate and reasonable to me underpants Jun 2021 #46

There is nothing wrong with honestly answering their question in an open, honest, non emotional ... marble falls Jun 2021 #49

You cannot be a 'good person' and a Trump supporter. Scalded Nun Jun 2021 #51

We'll be on the other side of this someday, and guessing you'll want Sue for a friend. Hortensis Jun 2021 #53

You did the right thing. Mickju Jun 2021 #54

There are two questions I ask of anyone before I have a discussion Alien Life Form Jun 2021 #55

Nope. No line crossed. You told the painful truth. paleotn Jun 2021 #56

Cross the line? I don't think so. Most of us would have called them ignorant morons and Vinca Jun 2021 #57

No llashram Jun 2021 #58

I think a lot of the repubs I know realize that they are being brainwashed liberal_mama Jun 2021 #59

Yeah, world wide wally Jun 2021 #60

Outstanding Dan Jun 2021 #61

Are these two Republican friends sarisataka Jun 2021 #62

NO, not at all. Duppers Jun 2021 #63

A+!!!!! czarjak Jun 2021 #67

I don't think so. My sister and her husband are MAGA nuts appleannie1 Jun 2021 #68

Brava! chia Jun 2021 #69

You did great. ShazzieB Jun 2021 #70

Did you cross the line? dchill Jun 2021 #72

Fox attorney used defense that no reasonable viewers believe Tucker duhneece Jun 2021 #73

huh. CrackityJones75 Jun 2021 #74

To sarisataka DemUnleashed Jun 2021 #75

No, not at all. PatrickforB Jun 2021 #77

No, you didn't cross the line or go too far. crickets Jun 2021 #78

To Alien Life Form DemUnleashed Jun 2021 #80

You were appropriate. There is no line, just a step you took into the truth zone, which ancianita Jun 2021 #82

You need to go further jmbar2 Jun 2021 #83

My next door neighbor called it an "abortion of an election", because all the dead people voted for R Merm Jun 2021 #84

I woud not have been so kind. I would have called them stupid, ignorant fools bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #85

I probably would have mentioned the 1/6 defendents MissMillie Jun 2021 #86

"she truly is a good person" Tarc Jun 2021 #87

I live in a rural area where lots of people were brought up as Republicans womanofthehills Jun 2021 #108

Well people in that set have a thing against hearing the truth, so there's that. NNadir Jun 2021 #88

No mgardener Jun 2021 #89

You let them off too easy. aeromanKC Jun 2021 #90

Not even close to "too far." BobTheSubgenius Jun 2021 #91

Prophets are never understood in their own time. Martin68 Jun 2021 #92

You pointed out the truth to friends who are apparently happy believing blatant lies. Rhiannon12866 Jun 2021 #93

Not one bit ybbor Jun 2021 #95

No seta1950 Jun 2021 #97

Not at all. Everything you said was true. You answered their question. SunSeeker Jun 2021 #98

Not at all. FoxNewsSucks Jun 2021 #99

No... Mike Nelson Jun 2021 #100

Not sure there is a "line to cross" with the Fox indoctrinated...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #101

Can't truly be a good person and a Trumpublican. MrsCoffee Jun 2021 #102

Over the line?...Absolutely Not!...nt. MiHale Jun 2021 #103

Don't just flabbergast. Teach how to detect propaganda & how to counteract confirmation bias. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2021 #104

great sheilahi Jun 2021 #105

Time for new friends. There is no line to cross when they have no touch with reality. NoMoreRepugs Jun 2021 #110

You did great! Rabrrrrrr Jun 2021 #113