If for some reason you ever want to really feel betrayed...

[Crap_in_a_Hat]

...search Facebook, select "Very Conservative", and see how many of your friends pop up. Shudder.

[XemaSab]

1. Or hang out with this dude Rob.

He'll fuck you over. I am series! :o

[WindRavenX]

2. I don't have friends that are conservative.

NT

[Crap_in_a_Hat]

3. To paraphrase Lex Luthor...

"Central Virginia is a creepy place. One has to make creepy friends."

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. You and your cellular violence.

Sorry, I just thought of that for some reason. :rofl:

[WindRavenX]

5. lol

Hey, I am what I am...I've found that it's just not worth the extra blood pressure in dealing with people who fundementally don't "get" it.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

6. Me, too.

I even had a political conversation yesterday with my neighbor, who's not a Republican, but also not well-tuned to politics, so that was annoying me a bit.

[WindRavenX]

7. Yeah, it's mos def not *just* political

It's the things like saying "oh, Imus isn't racist--he was *just kidding*".

Or "I believe in gay rights, not just them getting married." Or, my favorite, "Evolution is just a theory...ID is just as scientific as Darwin!!"

Etc. These are actual quotes, btw. I don't associate with the people who uttered them.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

13. Damn.

My neighbor was saying, "I don't like what Imus said, but I'm afraid this is anti-free speech."

I kept telling her about the difference between free speech and hate speech, especially within the context of the situation, but I don't know if I got through to her.

[WindRavenX]

14. I've encountered that argument before, and I always say...

"No one is stopping you from using it. If you don't see what it's racist, though, that is in itself part of the problem."

The other thing my friend pointed out, is why do white people *want* to use that language? :shrug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

16. Exactly, saying it is not a crime unless inciting a riot.

And my neighbor actually compared MSNBC dropping Imus to Bush and the Patriot Act (and everything else) in terms of "censorship."

I guess the obvious government/corporation difference didn't occur to her.

[WindRavenX]

17. I'm just saddened by the lack of critical thinking

I don't care if he's a "shock jock". That doesn't absolve him of the responsibility from knowing the history and power of the words he uses.

And, no, just because rappers use it doesn't mean you can use it too.

I've heard a lot of stoopid this week on campus...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

22. Know what clears your mind of stupid shit on campus?

:smoke:

[WindRavenX]

23. I've been cutting back :(

Piss tests probably in June. So I don't smoke everyday anymore :(

[Starbucks Anarchist]

25. Wow, I feel guilty right about now.

:hide: ;)

[WindRavenX]

27. I fucking hate piss tests

It's ridiculous. I have some in the freezer, but I'm trying not to be tempted...

But by god, if the Yankees blow this game...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

30. This for the Utah job?

[WindRavenX]

34. yeah, i mean, I don't have an interview or anything

But seeing as how I'm moving out late/early May...and hopefully will find something soon...i think it's good to err on the safe side, right?

and i am again reminded I graduate next month :scared :scared: :scared:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

36. Yep.

If only you could move to a liberal place. :D

[WindRavenX]

37. Sugarhouse, SLC will have to do

Until we move back to civilization, aka NYC :D

I think Ill be trying to see friends in nyc before I leave, we should hang out or something./

[Starbucks Anarchist]

38. Definitely.

:D

[WindRavenX]

39. lol I should have a tour of the east coast: "WindRavenX' Last Ride in Civilization"

Fare her well as she travels to the land of UTAH and MORMONS!:rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

40. Like the storm before the calm.

:rofl:

[WindRavenX]

41. my future FIL doesn't know how big my tattoos are

And since Mormons dont usually wear tank shirts....they're in for a BIIIG suprise! :D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

43. What's it a tattoo of?

[WindRavenX]

44. ...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

45. Nice!

[Cabcere]

47. Sorry to butt in on this subthread, but...

that is one cool tattoo! :thumbsup:

[WindRavenX]

48. thanks :)

LOL I guess we did hijack this one :D

[Bassic]

28. A lot of people just refuse to admit that there is a difference.

They make me want to :banghead: and to :argh:

[Crap_in_a_Hat]

8. Weird thing is,

friend of mine changed hers from "very conservative" to "moderate" completely out of left (or right) field. That must have been some youth retreat.

[WindRavenX]

15. I also don't trust moderates.

The very idea of being "moderate" on issues just confounds me.

[Crap_in_a_Hat]

18. Meh

I trust them far more than those who brag about being "Very Conservative". Also people who are in groups called "Stay in Iraq until the job is done", but let's tackle one thing at a time.

[WindRavenX]

19. oh mos def

But I also think a lot of people don't want to take sides on anything because, you know, it makes them "unique" or something.

[Crap_in_a_Hat]

21. See, I feel the same way about libertarians

I've never met one who could satisfactorily explain their philosophy to me. It strikes me as sort of political nihilism.

[WindRavenX]

32. Oh libertarians are just pot smoking republicans, in my mind

Which only makes them slightly less than 100% craptacular.;)

[EFerrari]

9. What is Facebook, she asked, like an idiot. n/t

[Crap_in_a_Hat]

10. MySpace with your layout chosen for you

Very popular among the college set, or the high schoolers who would otherwise lose touch with their college friends set. I'm pretty sure something in that last sentence oughtta be hyphenated...

[swag]

11. Are non-members able to search?

[Crap_in_a_Hat]

12. It depends

Users choose whether or not they're visible. I think you can search profile specifications and see names without actually viewing profiles.

[Cabcere]

20. Breakdown of my Facebook friends' political views:

- 3 "Very Conservative" (only one of those was really a surprise/disappointment, though)
- 36 "Conservative"
- 54 "Moderate"
- 82 "Liberal"
- 21 "Very Liberal"
So yeah, a little more than half my Facebook friends identify as either "liberal" or "very liberal." :) (For the record, I listed myself as "liberal," although that may have to change soon...I'm leaning more towards the hard left every day under this administration.)

And, for the sake of completeness (and because I'm totally procrastinating):
- 5 "Apathetic"
- 2 "Libertarian"
- 12 "Other"

[Crap_in_a_Hat]

24. Hot damn

My entire school network only has about six "Very Liberal" (I'm one, natch), and only two or three of them are my friends. (In a technical sense, not a social sense)

[Cabcere]

31. Ouch. You're a stronger person than I am!

:hi: I don't think I'd be able to handle all the conservatism, lol. I'm from a very conservative area of the country, and so going to college has been pretty nice for me...I'd say this town is pretty conservative, but being a college campus means you're slightly less likely to get lynched for speaking out against Il Douche. ;)

(Also, congrats on 100+ posts...and a belated welcome to DU!) :hi:

[Crap_in_a_Hat]

35. I scroll too fast

The fact that I was not the first person to notice I had broken 100 proves it.

[Left Is Write]

26. I think Facebook would be unlikely to yield a lot of my friends.

[realisticphish]

29. I'm an equal-opportunity befriender

I only have one or two "very conservative" but I do have quite a few conservative friends

[Crap_in_a_Hat]

33. Yeah, I don't find it too hard

There's plenty of superficial shit I can discuss with them, anyway. I don't think I could date a conservative, though.

[Cabcere]

42. Yeah, I know what you mean.

Call me shallow, but political conservatism is a real turn-off for me. (Environmental conservatism...well now, that's a different story! ;) lol.) I think I mentioned in another thread a few days ago about how I met this guy a while back at lunch (he was a friend of a friend and he didn't have anyone to eat with, so we invited him to sit with us), and he was good-looking, smart, funny, and he seemed to have a great personality...but then he revealed that he was a Republican and he was pulling for Mitt Romney. Of course I didn't leave the table or anything like that, and he's eaten with us a few more times since then and it's been relatively enjoyable, but that info definitely caused me to cross him off my "potential date" list. :shrug: Shallow? Yeah, maybe. Doesn't mean I can't be friends with him, though...but I'm pretty sure a relationship wouldn't work.

[realisticphish]

46. it would depend

as long as they weren't FAR right, and were intelligent enough that i could debate them without pissing them off, it might work. I would almost find libertarians more irritating, but I've never dated one, so I don't know.