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Joe the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:41 PM Original message |
Anyone else here have to deal with right wing family members?... |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ask him if he enjoys getting water out of his tap and flushing his toilet. |
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jljamison (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. actually not necessarily |
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Joe the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. That's what I usually say when he goes on an anti-guvmint rant.... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Blood runs thicker than politics in my family |
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Joe the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Same here..... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. not anymore. I made them see the error of their ways |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yep... yours isn't so bad, really... |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. All the time. I have several who think women ought not to be allowed to run for office! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes. I usually just agree with them in general and change the conversation |
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Joe the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I sometimes do that, a lot of times I just say I don't care and walk away. n/t |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. I've gone to that approach |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. I just sit there and listen and fume inside and then come here and vent |
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HelenWheels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Confront them |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. yes, have a niece and nephew in law -- teabaggers |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. My story isn't for everyone, but it was only way to keep sane. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I think you made a wise decision. n/t |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Cutting them off is sometimes the best thing to do |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. My BIL gets into a RAGE, glassy eyes & all, when the subj. |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. I only dealt with right-wing relatives...... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. My parents had a very brief Limbaugh infatuation |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. Honestly, I'd have no problems if my parents were libertarians. They are full-on religious right ro |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
21. Best strategy: Avoidance. |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. yes my sister and BIL |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. Simple: with mutual respect we avoid talking politics. To do so is pointless both for them and me. |
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lonestarlib (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. I avoid them like the plague-- |
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