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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 01:15 PM Original message |
I have friends who pay absolutely no attention to politics or |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. These are the ones who so many here foolishly call "sheeple." |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good reminder! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, Thank you Raven, everyone should do this! Take the responsibility to help |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Right! I yapped and yapped and yapped to my friends |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Someone parked their car and came over to talk to the group |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think about this issue a whole lot. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. I often find myself hiding or toning down my political interest as I don't |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Excellent post |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have a sneaking suspicion that the clueless are happier than |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Ignorance is Bliss |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Another twist--If you're not angry, then you're not paying attention. |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-06-07 02:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. LOL but only until reality smashes the facade. If they weren't |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. You're right, Raven, |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, they say they have no interest in politics! |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Then it's up to US to help them understand its relevence... |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. it's like talking to a wall |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Even walls crumble eventually, with persistence. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-06-07 02:37 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Yep. Certainly we haven't forgotten the proverbial Walls of Jericho? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. N! - G! - U! n/t |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. That describes my hubby |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. That's most of my family |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. What a superb post and rare insight. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. The way I give them information is... |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I would suggest that they are MORE than 50%......... |
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RoseMead (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. I understand what you're saying, However, I have a real problem |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. That's just one person. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. Those that don't pay attention... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. Just keep being one of the people out there in the know |
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AshevilleGuy (947 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. They are the ones who decide most elections. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. Ignorance is bliss |
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shortcake (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. Are they happier? n/t |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-05-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. No, they can't figure it out why their children can't find jobs and why their husbands get laid off |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-06-07 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
33. i'm reading this and thinking if i couldn't talk politics then what the |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-06-07 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
34. These people are the reason we are in the dismal situation we are in. |
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