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grumpyduck

(6,240 posts)
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 03:32 PM Oct 2021

Loaded question about talking with Republicans [View all]

Okay, folks, serious answers only please.

I've mentioned here several times that I have an old friend who's a Republican and that we rarely talk politics. However, every time he gets on it, it's always about how bad the Democrats are.

So I'm curious as to whether any of you have asked a Republican what it was, exactly, that they liked about the previous (ahem) administration, and, if so, how they responded.

I've considered doing this several times with my friend, but know it would result in a very long (as in very long) and irritating conversation for both of us -- mostly me trying to get him back to my question -- so I've been holding off.

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Have you asked him how, specifically, Democrats are bad, and how their bad policies Ocelot II Oct 2021 #1
I haven't. grumpyduck Oct 2021 #10
The Republicans I know are mostly Never Trumpers Shrek Oct 2021 #2
I've never tried it wryter2000 Oct 2021 #3
This. Any reasons they might come up with would be Hortensis Oct 2021 #11
We're communists. Broad brushes cover up a lot of BS. czarjak Oct 2021 #4
That is a Pandora's Box, my friend. Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #5
I have a few times hurple Oct 2021 #6
Yeah, it's always about how "other people" are taking advantage of and destroying the country. sop Oct 2021 #16
Judges, tax cuts, immigration policy, regulation. Bunch of other things. Calista241 Oct 2021 #7
This is how broken their brains are (not your family but in general) Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #12
Ask him to write down the policies and legislation blm Oct 2021 #8
Yes. I have a range of Republicans in my social group LakeArenal Oct 2021 #9
What I have learned Rorey Oct 2021 #13
If you value your sanity and the friendship, don't do it. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #14
We're all baby killers. Or at least that's what the repug Baptists here brain wash their kids with. rickyhall Oct 2021 #15
I had Republican friends. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #17
Can't help, I quit talking to the couple of trumper/republicans in my life a few years ago. MLAA Oct 2021 #18
I do have friends, neighbors. co-workers and acquaintances who are likely GOP- don't know for sure Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #19
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