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3. Me too

Reply to BigBearJohn (Original post)

Sat Oct 27, 2012, 04:08 PM

Oct 2012

I have only unfriended one so far. I called him when he made racist sounding comments and he wouldn't back down.

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OK. I'VE HAD ENOUGH! No more Republicans in my life. If you're greedy enough, dumb enough, selfish [View all] BigBearJohn Oct 2012 OP

Congrats amuse bouche Oct 2012 #1

I did it in 2008 and it worked out just fine. russspeakeasy Oct 2012 #2

I did it in Nov 2002 (run up to Operation Shocking and Awful). No regrets coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #89

100 % russspeakeasy Oct 2012 #91

Me too dvduval Oct 2012 #3

Amen duggie99 Oct 2012 #4

Wow, that has been my MO since, well...forever. Gregorian Oct 2012 #5

Here was my comment in another thread about repub acquaintances. CrispyQ Oct 2012 #6

I cut them out of my life a long time ago. LeftofObama Oct 2012 #7

You deserve a pat on the back! Helen Reddy Oct 2012 #8

I'm gradually heading that way too. FLyellowdog Oct 2012 #9

I feel your pain deadbrokediva Oct 2012 #25

Hope you get to move sooner than later. FLyellowdog Oct 2012 #39

Make no mistake, they'll see you sent to a concentration camp and not lose a moment's coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #90

As democrats it's our duty to convert these poor ignorant, misguided republicans. craigmatic Oct 2012 #10

Good luck with that. underseasurveyor Oct 2012 #47

when i think of the gop i have visions of the zombie apocalypse,millions of gop voting -LOKI -BAD FOR YA Oct 2012 #69

I did that back in 2004 when femrap Oct 2012 #11

Good for you sunshine!!! n/t greytdemocrat Oct 2012 #12

Me too. glinda Oct 2012 #13

I still can't cut off a handful of people. silverweb Oct 2012 #14

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Maybe you missed the word "OR"? And no. It is fear that push people towards the conservative side. uppityperson Oct 2012 #19

Reply TomScheu Oct 2012 #21

And if they just won't let it alone? TheCowsCameHome Oct 2012 #32

It's hardly YOUR choice to decide that deadbrokediva Oct 2012 #36

I can confirm this too Shankapotomus Oct 2012 #77

You think that's what you're doing? You're not shaming anyone here. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #42

Tom are you the same idiotic Tom Scheu that sells real estate in Downer's Grove IL and wrote grantcart Oct 2012 #50

Lol! Indpndnt Oct 2012 #54

what kind of idiot writes that stuff on their BUSINESS page?? Umm liberals outnumber conservatives progressivebydesign Oct 2012 #57

Tom has an extensive network of exactly two, lol. grantcart Oct 2012 #58

Good job. Duppers Oct 2012 #75

Just because someone is related to me by blood doesn't give them a free pass. BigBearJohn Oct 2012 #60

I can never read that without mentally altering the last sentence to-- eridani Oct 2012 #67

Amen!!! Duppers Oct 2012 #78

I am curious why YOU are here. deadbrokediva Oct 2012 #31

Me? Why am I here? Maybe you meant to reply to TomScheu who is now gone. uppityperson Oct 2012 #38

Defending racist assholes, how nice Hugabear Oct 2012 #23

Maybe you're not paying attention nichomachus Oct 2012 #24

it's more than "differences" marions ghost Oct 2012 #49

I can't help but wonder how many lives have been ruined under the banner of "family"? BigBearJohn Oct 2012 #61

Armisted Maupin once said that he much preferred his "logical family"-- eridani Oct 2012 #68

True--but I think it's very hard to reject family marions ghost Oct 2012 #81

Wish I said that. Hit the nail on the head. BigBearJohn Oct 2012 #63

i tried your method with my brother riverbendviewgal Oct 2012 #26

sometimes you have to let them go.... marions ghost Oct 2012 #51

I don't think its just that they vote against Obama; these ignorant people are voting ciking724 Oct 2012 #43

I don't condemn my family members, I just choose whom I want to associate with. AND THAT INCLUDES BigBearJohn Oct 2012 #62

Presidential election years put everyone to the test lunatica Oct 2012 #16

Trouble is, these "election years" run for four years. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2012 #30

So will the Congressional elections lunatica Oct 2012 #35

You are right to do it dvhughes Oct 2012 #17

Whatever gets you through the night. PABigDaddyDemocrat Oct 2012 #18

Welcome to DU PA Big Daddy Auntie Bush Oct 2012 #44

thanks! PABigDaddyDemocrat Nov 2012 #118

Been there, done that deadbrokediva Oct 2012 #20

I have no time for the party that thinks a rape victim Lifelong Protester Oct 2012 #22

Same here. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2012 #27

2 years without hatefilled racists and HAPPY ! penndragon69 Oct 2012 #29

Republicans on my block cold shouldered me after my anti-Bush sign and stickers in 2000 & 2004 upi402 Oct 2012 #33

I wanna agree with you: I'm fed up, too, However, lindysalsagal Oct 2012 #34

Agree. Let them breathe the polluted air inside the right-wing bubble all they want. n/t dsharp88 Oct 2012 #37

I've taken that tack since RAYGUN. Cuts out some Low Information, non-confrontational "nice" UTUSN Oct 2012 #40

I can't cut off my extended family, they have always been Raine Oct 2012 #41

+100 That's how I feel and operate. Auntie Bush Oct 2012 #45

You're lucky they agree not to bring it up treestar Oct 2012 #85

They can only be counted on when it's beneficial to them. ffr Oct 2012 #46

My Father is republican. SalviaBlue Oct 2012 #48

I can't view things that way mythology Oct 2012 #52

I don't have any repub friends anymore adigal Oct 2012 #53

I do miss my former repub friends, Dan Oct 2012 #65

I have cut off most of my neighborhood. Its ok. I am antisocial anyway. LittlestStar Oct 2012 #55

I'm happy to say that I probably have 5 FB friends that are Romney-fans. Period. progressivebydesign Oct 2012 #56

I'm not cutting off the Republicans in my life cherish44 Oct 2012 #59

I'm not trying to tell anyone what to do. I am just sharing a decision I made. Good or bad -- it's BigBearJohn Oct 2012 #64

I'm glad I'm not married to one. Zalatix Oct 2012 #66

I am, and I love him more than mere words can express. Seeking Serenity Oct 2012 #97

My only question is what took you so long to cut them out of your life? coldwaterintheface Oct 2012 #70

Suckered by the old idea: "blood is thicker than water." Now I just believe blood is thick (headed) BigBearJohn Oct 2012 #73

I've tried being reasonable, for years I tried Duppers Oct 2012 #71

Right there with you Glitterati Oct 2012 #72

I'm not going to disown a family member based on their thinking that the top rate of tax Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #74

well, good for you. You made your decision and I made mine. Have a happy life. BigBearJohn Oct 2012 #76

You KNOW it's not that simple demwing Oct 2012 #82

Most Republicans are not racist, gay-hating, contraception-banning, misogynist warmongers. Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #87

Most Republicans are racist, gay-hating, misogynist warmongers. Those are almost coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #95

I'm sorry that that has been your experience (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #101

Lawrence Wilkerson and I finally agree on one thing: coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #103

maybe not, but what are they demwing Oct 2012 #100

Will you disown them for thinking that women who become pregnant from rape are coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #92

Yea I'm with you there too Hippo_Tron Oct 2012 #104

my cousin unfriended me on facebook because I'm a democrat WooWooWoo Oct 2012 #79

Will you still love them when they put you on the train to Auschwitz? - n/t coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #93

Mike Godwin certainly had a point (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #109

if that works for you, more power to you. I'm fed up and make no apologies for being so. BigBearJohn Oct 2012 #114

Kick & recommended. William769 Oct 2012 #80

Fresh air and sunlight Carolina Oct 2012 #83

You won't miss them! lonestarnot Oct 2012 #84

Pretty sad if you ask me. tritsofme Oct 2012 #86

+1. There is so much more to talk about, and so much more to life, than politics (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #88

What about a family member who thinks pregnancies resulting from rape are part coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #96

Don't know any of those people Hippo_Tron Oct 2012 #102

Okie-dokie then. I don't know how anyone can still vote Rape-publican after coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #105

If animal rights were my top issue I dont know how anybody could support any mainstream candidate Hippo_Tron Oct 2012 #108

I rest my case: coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #110

Rest it all you want, I'm not friends with Newt Gingrich or Richard Mourdock Hippo_Tron Oct 2012 #111

I'm a Socialist (Democratic). I don't disown you for using an Apple coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #113

LOL! No way! Really? Zorra Oct 2012 #107

Plenty of Democrats were totally gung-ho about the Iraq War Hippo_Tron Oct 2012 #112

Bravo! Your life will be enriched in other ways once you have coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #94

I understand. I don't hang out with conservatives, Zorra Oct 2012 #98

I did it in 2008 with my SIL. Did it with a fb friend--someone I'd worked with--a year ago. mnhtnbb Oct 2012 #99

The only ones I have to disown are the people I can't have rational discourse with... Hippo_Tron Oct 2012 #106

To those who say "it's.just politics," tell that to someone who dies because of a loss of healthcare BigBearJohn Oct 2012 #115

I'm sure Mitt Romney thinks "It's just politics" too. See below BigBearJohn Oct 2012 #116

I cant help but wonder how many people in Hitler's early days thought, "Oh, it's just politics."? BigBearJohn Oct 2012 #117