america, a nation of alcoholics

[donsu]

and racists

an aside: try to find a 'significant other' that's not an alcoholic and/or a racist. not easy.

I meant to post this on this thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2035632

but had a mental moment and made it a new thread

sorry for the confusion

[Poll_Blind]

1. Unfair. n/t

PB

[VelmaD]

2. Uh...I have a couple of sig others...

and neither of them is an alcoholic or a racist. In fact none of the guys I've dated in my life has been an alcoholic or a racist. But then I have a hard and fast rule that I don't date republicans.

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5. LOL! n/t

PB

[im10ashus]

6. Good rule to have.

B-)

[Warpy]

7. The nice guy I married wasn't an alcoholic

but gradually became one as alcohol provided him a method of fitting in that simply being a nice guy in this culture did not.

It is sad and horrifying to watch and there is nothing you can do about it but make it worse.

He's always been a liberal. Alcoholism doesn't respect political philosophy.

He managed to get sober several years after I left. I wish him well.

[emanymton]

3. I Should Hope So! Who Wants To Have To Function Sober?

[mike_c]

4. hmmm-- sounds like there's a backstory here-- hope everything's...

...alright. Fair disclosure: my ex was a raging alky. She was in recovery a couple of years ago-- hope she stayed sober.

[cigsandcoffee]

8. Every nation has its vices and prejudices.

America is no worse than any of them, and probably gives more room for and attention to oppositional "prejudices" than most.

[undeterred]

9. "try to find a 'significant other' that's not an alcoholic"

I agree. I've left several people as soon as I found out that they drank every night to drunkenness. They don't consider themselves alcoholics, of course. I'd rather live alone than deal with it.

[patrice]

10. We may not be a "nation of alcoholics" but at least a significant

minority of Americans depend upon alcohol and, though it IS a minority, that fact, alcohol being what it is (i.e. a drug that suppress self evaluation and the ability to make judgements about your life amongst other things), has significant consequences for the majority.