Contrary to the title of this post I don’t think I’ll actually be getting all that political, I may make a sassy foray into the margins of American politics but no full on body contact, I assure you. I read this post yesterday and I must admit that I have rarely read something that so fully expressed my own views. I am more than a little jealous that I am not able to write something so wonderfully, oh I don’t know, cohesive, intelligent, articulate. That post, along with a whole slew of other unrelated incidents, has really got me thinking about just how divisive politics really are. I have to say that elections always seem to bring out the worst in people. Inevitably, I end up finding out things about my friends and family that I really just don’t want to know, it turns out I liked them much better before they told me they think Sarah Palin is not only wonderful but also an excellent and highly qualified Vice Presidential candidate. And excuse me, but can you more clearly explain exactly why off-shore drilling will bring an end to our dependence on foreign oil because I don’t see the correlation.
I have to admit that I find it very difficult to maintain friendships with people who have views that are polar opposite my own and election season only exacerbates this problem. I don’t like it when I can’t be up front and candid with my friends and tell them exactly how I feel (and I feel strongly about certain issues) but if I were to do that with some of my friends and family it would only end up in a debate or hard feelings. My parents are conservative republicans, is it too much to ask that my friends and I share similar beliefs? Probably. I can’t wait for this to be over so I can go back to burying my head in the sand, turns out I’m much happier that way.
Ditto. My best friend and I are on the outs. It’s not just her dumb undecidedness, but some other stuff too (anti-gay, her kid is mean to my kid, she named her baby something offensive to Jews). I know what you mean about at least having FRIENDS you agree with, or at least who have positions you can respect.
Thanks for your kind words on my post, btw. I actually read them to my husband and he said, “You should write for Obama. He likes killing babies too!” Ha ha. Right.
LOL, he did not say that…did he? It’s unfortunate that pro-choice has been turned into pro-abortion, I mean come on, no one is pro-abortion. It’s actually been shown that abortion rates are higher when it’s illegal so theoretically all these people who are all about stopping abortions should actually want them to be legal, it only makes sense if they truly want less “baby killing” going on.
Exactly.
He agreed with me (us) on this. He was making a dumbass joke.