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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:08 PM Original message |
I just told a rabid right-wing friend of mine off |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. No |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Same here. I opt for avoidence. nt |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Sounds familiar, but I realized they didn't get meaner Nov 4,I just got too thin skinned about Obama |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Maybe not in your world but "they" actually |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. I hug you, honey. I did with my rednecked uncle Verrrrn. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yep. I even successfully lobbied to get my friend off the SPLC hate group list. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've never told anyone I hated him or her |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. Exactly.. the next time anyone |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't socialize with Republicans anymore |
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Dan (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Exactly what I do |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. Deleted message |
Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh god yes. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
43. "It's our country not their |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not to that extent but I have learned |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. That's happened to me to. It's really devastating to find out someone you have |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't bother to tell people like that off. I just stop having anything to do with them. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. No. But I have drifted away intentionally from people who |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Chris Hedges discusses tolerance in his book "American Fascists." |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. So true. I am intolerant of intolerance and I'm prejudiced against prejudice. |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've never established friendships with people whose values........ |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yeah |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. Oh yes indeed. I had to remind my sister where she came from. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I guess I'm lucky then. I don't have a blood relative who ever voted for a Republican. |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Lucky you, I'm the white sheep of my family. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. You are the |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Every Thanksgiving and Christmas |
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HelenWheels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Friend of 50 years |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. There have been many stories like yours on DU over the years. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I happen to think Republicans should be marginalized and shamed |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Why not? Because it makes YOU seem rabid and intolerant |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. There is nothing fuzzy about discrimination, hate & lack of compassion. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I didn't say anything about not objecting or not confronting. |
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verdalaven (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. Similar, in a way |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. Good Riddance. Don't Beat Yourself Up About This..... (n/t) |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. I told a friend I'd have to kill him |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. No, not really, I just start treating them like the un-educated (politically if no other way) |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. Years ago I got rid of the stupid greedy hateful lying republicans from my life & I'm much happier! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. The former Prez of my HOA is a RW nut ~~ birther bullshit type. |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. I just had a falling out with a Friend who has gone off the deep end since the election |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. Block emails, etc |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. You can only take so much. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. IMO, "Good bye..." would be a good start. n/t |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Say.. |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. I did something similar quite recently to a friend of a friend. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. She found your |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. I find it difficult to talk to my own family anymore. My own mother! |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I am in exactly the same situation. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
36. I've got a few friends who are overtly religious and conservative... |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. In the end, it was for the better |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. Thanks for sharing your story..I know it helps |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
50. oh yeah |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
51. I have a long stadning friend from role playng |
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