You Can't Be Friends with Conservatives?

I got dumped by a college friend of 46 years. Its been brewing for awhile, started when Ovomit was putting his feet on the Resolute desk. The final "insult" was an article on the dangers of the "vaccine". We went back and forth for nine emails. Half of them was refusing to believe that I didn't follow "Q", and was unhinged for believing the election was stolen and January 6th was not a riot. Good riddance.

I have associates that are Democrat. I don't call Democrats friends. They don't argue with me, because they cannot win. I am aware you cannot correct a fool, and they will hate you for the correction. So we don't discuss politics, and I don't trust them, or believe anything they say. I would emigrate them without any qualms.

I will not knowingly allow a Democrat into my house. The party has evolved into something resembling the start of Bolshevism. The Democrat Communist Party wants to take away our freedoms that we used to take for granted. It is not hard to envision a time when Democrat paramilitaries Antifa and BLM are put in charge of 'reeducation' camps for those too stubborn to accept marxism as a new paradign.

Liberals are insecure and unhappy. That's why they insist on calling themselves "progressives." This lessens, supposedly, their insecurity. It does nothing for their unhappiness.

I'm friends with lots of democrats, and I've lost quite a few as well. The trick is not to discuss politics. There is a lot more to life than which group of criminals you support. Theres kids, grandkids, spouses, jobs, hobbies, cars, booze, girlfriends/boyfriends, retirement, pretty much everything about life. The ones I lost insisted on discussing politics and were especially rabid about it.

I have found that you actually can be friends with liberals if you can tolerate being called a fascist or other demeaning names. I prefer not to, so my friends are conservatives, they may call me names too, but at least I do thing to deserve those.

The old adage, birds of a feather flock together is an excellent bit of wisdom. I cannot be friends with libs because I do not trust them. Without trust there is no basis for friendship. I am cordial, but I do not want to hang out with them. Frankly, I do not suffer fools gladly and life is too short to surround myself with these illogical, stubborn, drones whose belief system is opposite my own. I want peace in my life and that is one thing a friendship with liberals will never give you. There always is that underlying bubbling pool of hatred for this country and its people that I just cannot abide. Thankfully, I choose to withdraw from their company for the good of my own mental health. I have never met a liberal yet who was not toxic in some way. Who needs that?

A rare "plus" from lockdown is reinforcing what I've always known about myself: I don't need tons of people in my life. In fact, the older I get, the fewer the better. The ones that remain are those I can trust and respect. I have no respect or tolerance for today's rabid leftists because they have no respect or tolerance for me--and they are fixated on destroying this country. And, to put a finer point on this, I don't think there are many "moderate" democrats around, if any at all. I always avoid bringing up politics or hot-button issues, but 99.999999% of the time at least one leftist in the group will do so--and generally with a horribly rude and condescending snipe having nothing to do with the conversation. They truly can't control themselves!

Are they vicious, obnoxious and virulently intolerant because they are Liberals or the other way around?

I have been blocked on facebook by lifelong friends and even family. 'Course, the family member said he wanted to get away from politics but, he still talks politics himself.

I have a gay schoolteacher brother who ,surprise, is a screaming liberal. I'm told we're not to talk politics. I always ask just one simple question each time...last time was "if you had a daughter, would you let her shower with a grown man? Time before that, was if your daughter was a star runner on the track team, but got beat each time by a dude who claims to be a woman, are you ok with that? His brain locks up and he stutters, and can't really respond.....

The trick is not to talk politics because if you do, they will end it by calling you a moron. They can't help resorting to the ad hominem due to the emotional, hypocritical nature of their twisted logic. They have organized well because conformity of their cult is very important to them.

I choose not to associate with democrats, mainly because of the way they have treated me over the years. I’ve lost friendships, relatives and business gigs for no other reason that I’m a conservative. I have a very small group of true friends and find that I need no more than that. What bothers me most about leftists is their arrogance. They assume that, if you are intelligent, articulate, artistic, creative, etc you must be a leftist. Until I retired I was a professional designer and I got that attitude thrown in my face all the time. When it happened I occasionally replied with something like, “Well, that’s interesting. Because actually I’m a bit to the right of Rush Limbaugh.” At which point I would just walk away, leaving them with shocked faces.

When I was young and dating, the very first thing I asked is if they were a Christian and a Republican which were both important to me.. Also, I'd have to introduce him to my parents and the rest of the family who were ALL Christian and Republican. .

To be honest, I don't care if they call me a moron or whatever; to be dumped by longtime friends over mere politics is pretty painful.

It is hard to lose friendships and family members BUT I don’t dump anyone, they dump me. They are the ones who can not stand a diverse opinion.

I don't have time to spend with any one who believes it is okay to abort babies. And you can't be a democrat without that belief.

I'm old by now I know what to do with people surrounding us leave them all alone. I'm not the working stiff who needs a job forty years ago and had to tolerate others. I want to caution people who skirt the obvious 'not talking politics' with liberals is not a safe attitude. In a liberals acid mindset they are at their high point along with blacks and will kill you if it were allowed that's how dangerous they are. That's why it's so easy to kill unborn babies it's in their DNA. I have nothing for any of these people call me racist traitor if it makes your acid brain feel good but you better cut a wide path around me also. You don't like me I won't try to correct that because I don't like liberal thoughts and actions. Be aware of the enemy and the horse they ride because bridging over to them is not an option. Those tweets in the article are the very true thoughts of liberals while smiling at you.

My contrary View is simple, who wants to be friends with Communists that want to tear down our great country. They all deserve a one way ticket to the SUN!

This article and this thread make me very, very sad. The fact that we have been divided so efficiently in this country is another nail in the coffin for the continuance of this great and now fading Republic. I have Democrat friends. Some that are very dear to me and I am to them. With some we do avoid political discussions, but with others, we can have vibrant talks. I have to admit though, the numbers of my Democrat friends with whom I can have political discussions are small. But, we cannot continue like this. We just can't. I blame the media for this destruction. They set the tone, unfortunately, on what is acceptable speech. They have set a destructive tone and they reinforce it minute after minute on TV, radio, in advertising, in social media. The media, more than any institution has totally corrupted the two-party system as they firmly evolved into a Democrat party state media where no opposing views are valid and allowed to be aired. Until they are defeated (by the marketplace) and become more tolerant of views they don't hold, or are made to be more even handed and truthful in their reporting, or held accountable for the lies they spew, I don't see how we get back to being the United States of America. It is unfortunate that our churches, who in the past have provided some measure of sanity on loving your neighbor, have been so corrupted by evil, that their credibility is in tatters helping to decimate the number of church goers. But we cannot continue like this. We either have to admit that we have lost our country and go on hating and not talking to one another or, we have to do something about it. And maybe it does start with trying to reach out to people that hold what I truly believe are destructive beliefs. It's hard and I'm sick to death of being called racists and white supremacist by even family members. But, I'm not sure I'm ready to give up on them and our country.

Since I don't do facebook or tweeter and never have, I never had the problem of pleasing or seeking the approval of electronic "friends" on anything. These are not really friends in the first place. However, liberal family members (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc) have been more of a problem. While we don't leave each other for dead, contact between us is very rare. The geographic separation amplifies the radio silence. The lefty family members live in New York and the conservative family members live in Colorado. Thus the importance of the family unit has been broken. Sad but true.

The left want us divided. On politics and deeply re race. They want us tribal .

Haven't had any personal experience with lefties.... conversation/wise....I did swim with a rabid liberal who wouldn't allow any discussion about obama's apology tours and his inability to run his healthcare joke...but that was a few years ago... mostly I smiled at her and kept swimming....it seemed to me that it wasn't about her position being right... it was about her need to be right...even if she was wrong....

J.D.Vance had a brave take on Tucker last night. JD Vance: The US is being run by 'childless cat ladies' https://video.foxnews.com/v/6265796735001#sp=show-clips Can't say his views on elite and "elite in their heads" Karens are wrong.

What I have noticed about progtard-liberals, is that they possess an unshakeable belief that they are ALWAYS intelligent, brave and correct in their delusional 'worldview'. BUT...it is not enough for them to direct their superiority at us. No, they cannot be (what passes for them!) happy, unless you are belittled, insulted and cowed. They possess what I call: rectal orifice- Privilege. It entitles them to go through life angry, bitter, belligerent and aggressive...but always right.

Re: "There is no one more obnoxious in their beliefs of their own righteousness than the leftist, including my own relatives!!... ...Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to teach a cat opera - it's always a waste of time and effort, and the cat is going to do what they want regardless!!" Just another GREAT example to show that the liberal mind not only cannot reason but the they even refuse to try to reason!!!!

I was friends with one leftist for 20 years, but I noticed after her husband died, she became more and more obsessed with feminism and politics, going to a church led by an obvious lesbian, drinking the leftist Kool-Aid, making cracks about my Trump pictures every time she came into my house. A few other things happened that made me realize that I was the one keeping the friendship going, so I just stopped returning phone calls and answering emails. I haven't missed her. I'm still friends with leftists who don't push politics, but the ones who can't be respectful of my opinions are soon gone from my life.

Leftism is a cult and like all cults members are required to only socialize with other group members, feel there can be no life outside the group and there is no other way to be.

Liberal, progressive, Marxist democrats have always been there, but many kept their heads down until the media, universities, churches and other entities were sufficiently corrupted for them to re enforce their crazy ideas about family and government and country. Many, many liberals are that way because that is the way their brains work and they are comfortable with each other. Some can be changed if they are smart enough but most want to believe that way. Mostly they are lost to crazy, unworkable philosophies. Then there is the huge segment of the population dependent on government payments to remain as slaves. They have been bought and paid for by the Democrat socialists to vote democrat.

Poster 13 "What bothers me most about leftists is their arrogance. They assume that, if you are intelligent, articulate, artistic, creative, etc you must be a leftist" You are not alone. This has been my experience as well. I have never poked the bear, (not worth the energy amping up stupid) just fake listened or drank more.

Trying to trace the roots to how we got here is never easy --- no matter the situation. But this attitude of annoyance became intolerance and now has morphed into destroying the other side if they don't see the world your way. And, honestly, I really do believe it comes from the Left and not the Right. The whole mask/vaccine (which is really just a flu shot!) is a perfect example. The Right says: "You choose your health" and the Left says: "Do this or else!". When did it start? The 1960's --- when nut jobs were allowed to do anything to fight against the draft. It's gone downhill since.

#29 - Trollin' Trollin' Trollin'....

Tuesday I attended the funeral of my local town's far left liberal. He took liberalism to a whole different level. Because of a light hearted comment made during the funeral I realized over half those attending to remember him and mourn his loss were Republican. We all loved him no matter.

There is a strange and dangerous dynamic going on that must be squarely faced. Liberals/Democrats are intolerant of those who disagree with them, vehemently argumentative and unpleasant in their presence, and resort to imposing their opinions where they cannot persuade. And they can rarely persuade, not only because their ideas are bad, but also because they have no practice at it. Conservatives, being polite and pacific people, tend to keep mum in the face of Progressives verbalizing their Progressivism; to do otherwise spurs the Progressives to aggression and who needs the aggravation? The problem is that since Progressives never hear (and certainly don't listen to) opinions contrary to their own, they think everyone in polite society agrees with them; therefore anyone who disagrees with them is either utterly moronic, racist or outright evil. [Charles Krauthammer formulated the dynamic two decades ago: "Conservatives think Liberals are good people with bad ideas. Liberals think Conservatives are bad people."] Therefore anything they do to force their policies into law and practice is justified and even necessary, since you can't reason with mouthbreathing Bible thumpers and evil Hitlers. [That's the reason the chimerical "White Supremacy" evil is suddenly everywhere. It's the ultimate distillation of everything Progressives purport to hate. And there's no reason to argue with White Supremacists, just steamroller them. Hence, every Republican (and no small number of working-class Democrats) is suddenly a White Supremacist.] The only answer to this that will ever be effective is to emulate their tactics. (1) Do NOT shrink from discussing politics when a Progressive pops off. Hit back at them, politely, firmly, with logic and precedent, but HIT BACK. That's the only way they'll ever internalize that there are decent people who disagree with them -- and their ideas are better than the Progressives, because once Conservatives refuse to be cowed by the Racist White Supremacist rhetoric, Progressives inevitably lose the argument. (2) Push on every social issue, everywhere, all the time. Do NOT let Progressives get away with claiming the high moral ground. It's great to see parents finally reacting to CRT. Conservatives are so far behind the 8-ball now because we ignored the Progressive dominance in the Academy, not grasping that their acolytes, indoctrinated in Ivy halls and Berkeley plazas, would proceed to infiltrate every other institution. Every single one, including the military. (3) Confront them, every time, with the contradictions in their own insane positions. Force them to deal with the damage they are doing to Women and Women's rights by pushing ridiculous "Trans" policies; and force those white suburban liberal women to deal with the fact that they are hurting themselves, and their own daughters, and huge numbers of women everywhere, by supporting these absurdities that have no basis in science and are a boondoggle onto themselves (men competing in women's sports means the death of women's sports, full stop; sorry, but that's true and ignoring it doesn't make it less true). You may lose a few friends. That's a shame. But if you have to be someone you are not to keep them as friends, and you have to tolerate policies that are destroying your country in order to pacify them, then they aren't really your friends, and the true problem is you.

After the election, the most aggressively vocal woman at the gym showed up, and I remarked something like "you must be so happy your guy biden won and now your student loans will be forgiven" Her response" I didn't vote for biden, I voted against Trump" I started laughing. I laughed

You got that right, and don't even try. Creeps!

I'm sorry but my cats are much more open to learning opera than left00ies are willing to listen to truth or anything that is counter to their preconceived beliefs. My Whitey was even a fan of operetta. Anyway, the problem with lefties is they have been programmed and deeply indoctrinated all their lives. If you challenge their belief system, they will lose it because there is nothing more threatening psychologically than to find out you have been lied to all your life. No one wants to accept such an existential nightmare as finding out everything you have been taught is a lie.

All liberals lie. Why would you befriend them. No thanks.

Friends. I have had real friends. My Marine fireteam in the Nam. No one from school. No one from college, what a joke, so called friends. Some people sell friendship, look out! Couple of buddies from work, starting out in life were great. They good ol' boys who know friendship! Jesus Christ(Yeshua Machiach) has been a real friend, and I am consoled at 72. No fear! My black buddies who caddied with me at the CC because we all were so poor! My little boy who died at 16 and my loving daughter who is a Speech Therapist. I try to get along so please God bless you folks, just trying understand sometimes. We can't be friends, but I can be friendly. A man must show himself friendly to have friends.

Friends you say. I’m Black so try having immediate family members call you the following just because you didn’t vote for either Slick Willy, Ovomit, the PIAPS or Xiden the child groper/sniffer: Coon Oreo Trumptard Bootlicker Uncle Tom Steppin Fetch Trumps Boy White Supremacist Nazi And my personal favorite Black acting White I have good friends that are Conservative and the few leftists that I know we don’t discuss politics. It’s family members that treat me like I have PDJT’s personal number on speed dial that get on my nerves.

There is an element in the media that has been bomb throwers to get attention since the revolution, but the media since WWII is something truly evil. The majority of news, entertainment and opinion is radically leftest communist. In 1969 even the most hard core Russian party member would be skeptical that someday in the USA, we would be doing all of the things that we are doing right now. From men pretending to be women and having government at all levels enforce truly insane laws to support the mental illness con, to destroying the military with elimination of essential physical tests and perverse doctrine. All of this evil defended by people who are willfully brainwashed by a media they NEVER question, even when the same evening news liar contradicts themselves the next day. Rumors they want to believe become fact. Lies they love become reality. You can not begin to reverse hours of programming. Partly because it is very well done, finely crafted in a way the Nazis and Stalin would admire, and partly because the eager zombies want to believe all of it. They have heard some lies their entire lives, so when the 'party of the working man' destroys their jobs, the companies that built the town they live in, the fools actually think the rats were trying to stop globalization. Since the liars on TV NEVER mention the payoffs to clintons, pelosi, etc. the zombies HAVE to call you a Trumptard or some other neocommie witticisms. Some of them will never wake up, even when there is blood in the streets. IF the crimes in Portland and elsewhere can't penetrate their thick skulls, you aren't going to change their mind about any of it.