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Conservatives

Do you personally know and maybe even love a liberal

  • Yes, know and love

    Votes: 14 66.7%

  • Yes, know. No love.

    Votes: 5 23.8%

  • No, I am not personally acquainted with any liberals

    Votes: 1 4.8%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 4.8%
  • Total voters
    21
Patria Antiqua said:
I couldn't love my friends if they weren't liberals, so it's a good thing that they are.
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I have many, many friends. Probably half are conservatives. I love them because they are good people. The point of the thread is meant to be "if you know someone as a person, how can you let their political bent adversely affect your relationship?" You love them because you love them, not because or despite.
 
RightinNYC said:
I think there's a far more obvious reason why I won't be hooking up with him. Look at his self-identification.


(maryland is an annoying drive)
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If you are a Sabres fan, then maybe we could get drinks.

Rangers fan? Then go screw off.
 
BDBoop said:
I have many, many friends. Probably half are conservatives. I love them because they are good people. The point of the thread is meant to be "if you know someone as a person, how can you let their political bent adversely affect your relationship?" You love them because you love them, not because or despite.
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To be serious, I see people's political views as a reflection of the person within.

I wouldn't want to be friends with someone with views I find repulsive, because I think it reflects a nastiness inside. This goes for racists, sexists, and the far-right.
 
Patria Antiqua said:
If you are a Sabres fan, then maybe we could get drinks.

Rangers fan? Then go screw off.
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Hockey is boring.

Patria Antiqua said:
To be serious, I see people's political views as a reflection of the person within.

I wouldn't want to be friends with someone with views I find repulsive, because I think it reflects a nastiness inside. This goes for racists, sexists, and the far-right.
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It's one thing to not want to be friends with racists or sexists, but it's another thing entirely to say that you couldn't be friends with people who aren't liberals. One is indicative of a discerning character while the other is indicative of a closed mind and unwarranted self-assurance.
 
RightinNYC said:
Hockey is boring.



It's one thing to not want to be friends with racists or sexists, but it's another thing entirely to say that you couldn't be friends with people who aren't liberals. One is indicative of a discerning character while the other is indicative of a closed mind and unwarranted self-assurance.
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Really? Because only a several generations ago, openly advocating that black people were another species was perfectly acceptable behavior, as was befriending such a person. Friendship with an atheist? That would make you a horrible person headed straight to Hell.

In time, conservatives will be treated with the same default dislike that other types of riff-raff are.

P.S. Hockey is boring? NO U!
 
Patria Antiqua said:
Really? Because only a several generations ago, openly advocating that black people were another species was perfectly acceptable behavior, as was befriending such a person. Friendship with an atheist? That would make you a horrible person headed straight to Hell.

In time, conservatives will be treated with the same default dislike that other types of riff-raff are.
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Like I said, closed-mindedness and unwarranted self-assurance.
 
Patria Antiqua said:
To be serious, I see people's political views as a reflection of the person within.

I wouldn't want to be friends with someone with views I find repulsive, because I think it reflects a nastiness inside. This goes for racists, sexists, and the far-right.
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Okay, but saying all conservatives are represented by the far right is not a true assessment.
 
Politics are rarely talked about when I lived at home. My parents both watch CNN and Fox but my father was more spoken about his views. He's hates both sides equally (being a former Vietnam Vet who is a union worker doesnt grant you too many political friends) granted my fathers hatred is not on par with mine however. As far as I can gather my father just wants to get to retirement and enjoy it...hopefully. Other than that politics is pretty much not spoken, other relatives that came over rarely mentioned it.


RightinNYC said:
Hockey is boring.
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Why must you spew such lies?
 
OscarB63 said:
Most of my relatives are liberals. I hate family reunions because I have to sit and listen to them spew retarded crap about how the govt should be doing more to take care of people, help the poor, blah, blah, blah.
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I think we might be related.

My aunt (my ONLY aunt) wore a John Kerry for POTUS button to my grandfathers funeral (years ago - obviously) and since my father is a self proclaimed neo-con - you can just imagine the gathering after the funeral. My aunt has NO class whatsoever and wanted to whine to my father (a Vietnam vet) about all the reasons why he should vote for Kerry - AT THE VIEWING. It was ugly, to say the least.

And people wonder why I drink at family gatherings.

Edit to add: When my daughter goes to my folks' house for a visit, she says she doesn't like going over there because all grandpa does is 'talk about his politics'. LOL He also hates the fact that I'm neither right nor left... but that's another post altogether. I'm closer to his views than I am, my aunt's.
 
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chevydriver1123 said:
other relatives that came over rarely mentioned it.
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I used to have a neocon, conspiracy theorist brother-in-law. Yet another of the many things I don't miss about my marriage.
 
BDBoop said:
I used to have a neocon, conspiracy theorist brother-in-law. Yet another of the many things I don't miss about my marriage.
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You can have my very racist (and otherwise super hypocritical) southern pentecostal holiness preacher father in law if you want.
 
megaprogman said:
You can have my very racist (and otherwise super hypocritical) southern pentecostal holiness preacher father in law if you want.
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"If you want" being the operative term. Oh, no thank you.
 
BDBoop said:
"If you want" being the operative term. Oh, no thank you.
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Its ok, he is just a standard fundamentalist, theres a million more just like him.
 
megaprogman said:
Its ok, he is just a standard fundamentalist, theres a million more just like him.
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PTSD; I get triggered by fundies. So you may keep him.
 
I'm not a con or a lib. But I have loved ones in both camps, and some that are like me.
 
I’ve loved a few or more liberals in my lifetime. :mrgreen:
 
BDBoop said:
I used to have a neocon, conspiracy theorist brother-in-law. Yet another of the many things I don't miss about my marriage.
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That mustve been interesting. In my circle of friends all of them are liberal and Im the only Libertarian/Right-Leaning depending how you view it, none of them like to mention politics because I can talk for hours about it and end up pissing everyone off.
 
My late mother was a hard core moonbat and it got worse the older she became and of course I loved her even though I used to turn over a picture of her with Hillary (my late father was a conservative)

when I was in college, I was befriended by a couple a year ahead of me, both were flaming liberals. He graduated after my freshman year but she was sort of the big sister I never had. I loved her dearly even though she was very liberal. several of my best friends in college-(and a couple remain very good friends, the others I merely lost track of) were and continue to be liberals
 
my entire family is conservative, my father is fiscally conservative..When it comes to lifestyle views he always shares that of the Liberals though. My grandparents are all staunch conservatives, I love them all to death though..Political views mean nothing to me when it comes to family and friends. I will say though my Aunt (I lied she is a liberal) backed out of our family reunion a couple years ago over a facebook argument about Barack Obama. Some of my elder family members were speaking about how he was an undercover Muslim socialist, she made the mistake of attempting to argue with their ignorance.
 
Not a conservative but the vast majority of both sides of my family are hard core Republicans, same for my wife's family.
My aunt's a liberal and my 9 year old boy was an Obama supporter.

There is no question that I love my boy.
 
Certainly. Though I have become too conservative for my liberal friends or family members, we get along perfectly and enjoy happiness. That being said, sometimes one feels like a pariah when becoming a neoconservative.
 
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