"Could you be married to a conservative?? How about friends??"(adigal )

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adigal (1000+ posts)       Thu Sep-29-11 11:58 AM
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Could you be married to a conservative?? How about friends??
 I have found myself to be totally intolerant of conservatives, and have lost numerous friends over this. I feel that as a liberal, I should be compassionate and understanding that others have their own paths and points of view. It is just that the stakes are so high nowadays, with so many of my friends suffering financially, while many of my older friends and family blithely go through life, not feeling the effects of the economy, and not really knowing anyone who does.

My parents consider themselves strong Catholics, yet my mother told me that if she had to wait a few months for an optional surgery, such as a knee replacement, in order to make sure that all Americans get health care, she would be against everyone having health care. What the heck?? What kind of Catholic believes that?? When I get confrontational, and ask her, What would Jesus say? it goes downhill. So I shut up around her. But friends, or a husband? I am in control as to who I associate with, and I cannot abide conservative friends anymore.

I know I should not feel this way, but it is a gut reaction. Anyone else have this experience???

 
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[franksolich]

I feel that as a liberal, I should be compassionate and understanding that others have their own paths and points of view.

Well then, the Abigal Adams primitive is no liberal.  Just a primitive, nothing more.

[DLR Pyro]

adigal (1000+ posts)       Thu Sep-29-11 11:58 AM
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 I have found myself to be totally intolerant of conservatives

whoa, wait, hold the phone.  I thought we were the ones who had the exclusive on being intolerant.

[Karin]

I could never be married to a liberal, or even a run-of-the-mill democrat.  I couldn't even date one.  I've been friends-of-friends (attend the same parties, etc.) with liberals, and it was tolerable as long as I didn't profess my conservatism.  After I did, they screamed like banshees.  Good riddance. 

[jukin]

Scratch a Liberal, find an intolerant, hateful fascist.

Nothing new.

[shadeaux]

The thread is hilarious and full of lies.  

HughBeaumont  (1000+ posts)        Thu Sep-29-11 12:21 PM

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13. I couldn't do it. Wife's a social worker and a union steward.  
 On economic and labor issues, it would pretty much conflict with everything I believe is fair.

She has a friend who married a millionaire's kid. The millionaire's kid is, of course, in a high place in the millionaire's company. He calls himself a "Ron Paul Libertarian", but he's pretty much an anti-war Republican (On economic issues, you might as well liken him to Bewsh 43) who wants his weed legal and his business unregulated and untaxed.

I just cannot talk to people who try to intellectually justify failure.
 

Come on Hugh, be honest.  You hate everyone that makes more than the $30,000 you do.  I doubt you or the wife know any millionaires.  If you did and your wife was tight with them, you'd have a better paying job instead of hating what you don't have and claim you deserve.  


My sister has a moonbat boyfriend.  He claims he was once rich, was a professional diver, very educated, is a victim of discrimination because of his Hispanic roots.  LOL, he looks white to me.
He can't keep a job because he can't keep his mouth shut, doesn't believe in the daily cleaning of his body, can't buy groceries but can afford a big screen tv.

He had my sister ask us if he could borrow money to buy himself a welding truck to start his own business.  LOL, as if.

Then he wanted to go to Iowa and work on a wind farm, could my sister live here with us and he'd come visit every 3 weeks.     NO !

I told my sister, when you've had enough, come live with us.  NOT HIM, just you.  The relationship is lasting longer than I had hoped.  She's not too dumb.  She refuses to marry him.  Thank God.

[Evil_Conservative]

I'm friends with "liberals".  I put that in quotations because I don't think they know what that word even means.  The guy I am friend's with claimed Illinois is a red state and it's those stupid repukes f-ing up his student loan chances. 

That's just flat out stupidity.  So I guess he is a liberal who knows nothing.  However, he's still my friend, so yes, you can be friends with people who have opposite political views as you.  It's not like my friends & I sit around talking politics.