Why are Right-Wingers So 'Effing RUDE? [View All]

[FloridaJudy]

We Progressives tend to keep our traps shut when we know that expressing our opinions in the faces of those who disagree with us will lead to nothing but hostility. I do not foist Pagan literature on my relatives and co-workers who are die-hard Christians. They - on the other hand - have no qualms about sending me E-Mail or sticking pamphlets on my wind-shield that inform me that I am going to Hell (I know many ardent Christians who are wonderful, compassionate people; the boors that I have to work with give them a bad name).

Likewise, I do not press Kuchinich for President literature or E-Mails on those who are staunch Bushites; I only offer it to folks who have expressed values similar to mine, remarking "I think you'll find his platform sympathetic: check it out".

But the 'effing Freepers have NO qualms about denouncing those of us who don't share their narrow values loudly and obnoxiously. Today I had to work with two of them. In the span of thirty minutes I had to listen to:

1) How every Democratic politician since Woodrow Wilson is a baby-raping, goat-molesting degenerate.

2) That Jews, Moslems, Agnostics and others of our ilk are slime who don't deserve rights. "The first admendment was designed to protect AMERICANS, not weirdos".

3) That all homosexuals were digusting perverts who lurked about Day Care Centers looking for kids to molest.

I eventually had to withdraw from tbe room, remarking "Excuse me, ladies, but I've got to lock myself in the bathroom and scream now..."

How *does* one deal with these people without loosing one's composure?