Reply #87: I grew up with predatory Repugs

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and have been personally screwed by Repuglicans who professed to be my friend. On the macro scale we are ALL being screwed by them now. We watch our country torn apart by their grasping hands and you think we should be "nice"? Worry about how we are treating them? These people who have badmouthed us and bought every swiftboat lie about us liberals they have ever heard? Maybe the issues of today aren't really affecting you yet? Maybe you don't feel abused enough yet?

I also don't care whether hardcore Repugs vote Democratic or not. I'm NOT out to try to win them over. That is a losing battle. The ones who wise up of their own accord I respect, or at least I give them credit for intelligence. But I don't think there's enough to be gained in pandering to these types who have shown their true colors. They don't change no matter how much lip service they give you. It's wasted time. I'd rather they continue to be recognizable as twisted Repugs so I can see them coming. Keep them quarantined in my mind. Believe me, I don't WANT to incorporate them in anything I care about.

"Maturity" is not something we have much of in this country IMO. But what do you expect when people are treated like children by their leaders and the media, or worse, like pigs at the end of the trough? Sorry if I'm not mature enough for you, in taking a hard line against bullies and predators in high places and their Sheeple affinity group.
I think that it's not "mature" to put up with abusers either.