I gotta admit I get tired of the political crap on facebook too. My lib friends are normally the most egregious offenders too. I don't know what it is; it's that they are incredibly demeaning and insulting when they post their opinions. There is an arrogance about them that seems to assume all their friends are dyed in the wool dumbasses like they are. I think that arrogance, lack of humility, and tone irritates me about them the most. Occasionally I give them a nudge and remind them with my own opinion that they have someone they consider a friend who is conservative. If they get nasty, I point out to them they aren't quite the open-minded, inclusive individual they think they are by their very exclusion of a conservative opinion. In my mind, I often wonder how a handful of my friends have never seemed to develop mentally beyond about age 16. How can you still hold some of the opinions some of them do when you are in your 40's? It blows my mind really. A commonality I have found though for those that get 'stuck' in that phase are: single or never having had children(includes most gays--the ones who somehow 'have' children actually seem more conservative and/or living in a liberal enclave/bubble where they have had no exposure to others ways of life or opinion. Without a doubt the majority of my liberal friends(contrary to what they think) are some of the most unsophisticated people on the planet. Even if they are well-traveled, they have rarely interacted with people out of their own comfort zone of thought.
I agree. Most of my liberal friends just make shit up to try and fit in with their other lib friends.
Republicans are racists, narrow minded, tell women what they can do with their bodies, bigots, and hate homosexuals....yada, yada, yada....
One friend posted "I've never worked a day in my life"- Ann Romney
I responded that any stay at home mom, or stay at home dad has a full time job!
They responded "give me a break, she is not a stay at home mom...."
WTF?
