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re: A loved one lost in conservative rhetoric.
Posted on 9/15/22 at 10:34 pm to Hoodie
Posted on 9/15/22 at 10:34 pm to Hoodie
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Has anyone here ever watched a spouse or other loved one descend a bit too far down the conservative news/talk radio rabbit hole?
You just described 90% of the posters on this site.
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 10:37 pm to GreenRockTiger
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not sure - most colleges are pushing a woke agenda - but my oldest hadn’t heard any political crap from any of her professors - but maybe bc they are all foreign
My It Audit professor was from Ethiopia and he never once mentioned politics.
My advanced statistics professor was from Ghana and never once mentioned politics.
And I expected politics in business law and tax, but not how the actual teacher felt about it. It’s like wtf does you going on a climate change rant have to do with the 5th amendment?
This post was edited on 9/15/22 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 9/16/22 at 9:41 am to Hoodie
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I agree with her on most political issues, but I just don't see the point in discussing it constantly and I think some of these radio hosts are con-artists...
Unfortunately, where in an era where it needs to be discussed constantly. Politics is destroying every aspect of American life.
Posted on 9/16/22 at 10:16 am to Hoodie
youre going to get down voted into oblivion by how you phrased your question. Hell, a lot of posters probably fit into this category. The problem isnt what rhetoric they fall down, left or right. its the same problem on both sides. this person has allowed this division to become a part of their self identity.
why is that? could be for a lot of reasons. i dont think there's much you can do other than tell this person that you dont want to engage in political talk and if they persist that your may want to engage with them less. if backing one side is more important than your friendship then that is their choice.
why is that? could be for a lot of reasons. i dont think there's much you can do other than tell this person that you dont want to engage in political talk and if they persist that your may want to engage with them less. if backing one side is more important than your friendship then that is their choice.
This post was edited on 9/16/22 at 10:52 am
Posted on 9/16/22 at 10:38 am to fr33manator
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How some of you simp for Pfizer over a vaccine that doesn’t work is beyond me.
People forcing experimental shite on kids are disgusting. Who knows what the effects might be? They might wind up infertile.
The person wasn't even talking about vaccine mandates. It should be your choice. They were talking about the when pure blood thing.
It should absolutely be everyone's choice to either receive or not receive the vaccine. But some of y'all acting like everyone who got the vaccine is going to have all these terrible side effects and wind up dead is absolutely laughable.
Posted on 9/16/22 at 10:42 am to caro81
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why is that?
Its precisely what the politicians have created.
Politics, particularly pseudo democratic politics is extremely toxic and always will be.
when half the population controls the other half, you can bet it will be toxic.
Posted on 9/16/22 at 11:08 am to Hoodie
Tell her if she’s a real conservative, she’ll quit letting politics become her religion, and she’ll go to church
Posted on 9/16/22 at 11:12 am to Hoodie
I think your friend probably owned you in a friendly debate and now you’ve simmered to the point that you ran to the internet to vent.
Posted on 9/16/22 at 11:19 am to Hoodie
my wife almost went the other way around 2017. she believed all the "very fine people" "trump is a racist" "his supporters are white supremacists" etc.
i made her read Trump's full comments and she said that she believed the wrong thing from what was online. it was a little dicey for a few years of marriage, but watching a bunch of her rich white friends grovel to black people in 2020 and want people's businesses shut down and vaccines forced upon the populace was a permanent red pill.
she's apolitical and that's fine. i'm fine with being married to a classical liberal feminist woman, but i have no common ground with leftist progressivism. i am under no impression that i'm always right or a conservative/libertarian mode works for everybody, but i do believe in facts over feelings.
i made her read Trump's full comments and she said that she believed the wrong thing from what was online. it was a little dicey for a few years of marriage, but watching a bunch of her rich white friends grovel to black people in 2020 and want people's businesses shut down and vaccines forced upon the populace was a permanent red pill.
she's apolitical and that's fine. i'm fine with being married to a classical liberal feminist woman, but i have no common ground with leftist progressivism. i am under no impression that i'm always right or a conservative/libertarian mode works for everybody, but i do believe in facts over feelings.
This post was edited on 9/16/22 at 11:21 am
Posted on 9/16/22 at 11:21 am to Undertow
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I think your friend probably owned you in a friendly debate and now you’ve simmered to the point that you ran to the internet to vent.
I think you did not read my original post in its entirety.
Posted on 9/16/22 at 11:26 am to Hoodie
I did. And it reeks with bullshite.
Posted on 9/16/22 at 11:31 am to Hoodie
People are more gullible than we think.
Critical thinking takes effort. “Checking sources” isn’t fun and takes time in an ADD and TMI world.
There is a solution though. Find a good unbiased news outlet. They do exist and are fairly easy to spot.
Then turn off AM talk radio, ignore social media political topics and similar websites, cable news talk shows.
And then play golf instead, fish or do stuff with your family and friends. Volunteering is an excellent way to open your eyes.
Being angry and triggered all the time is no way to end up or spend your life.
Critical thinking takes effort. “Checking sources” isn’t fun and takes time in an ADD and TMI world.
There is a solution though. Find a good unbiased news outlet. They do exist and are fairly easy to spot.
Then turn off AM talk radio, ignore social media political topics and similar websites, cable news talk shows.
And then play golf instead, fish or do stuff with your family and friends. Volunteering is an excellent way to open your eyes.
Being angry and triggered all the time is no way to end up or spend your life.
Posted on 9/16/22 at 11:44 am to TejasHorn
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Being angry and triggered all the time is no way to end up or spend your life.
It seems to work for Undertow.
Posted on 10/8/22 at 1:14 pm to taylork37
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The lack of self awareness is astonishing.
Indeed. Just not how you meant it.
Look in a mirror, Biden voter.
This post was edited on 10/8/22 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 10/8/22 at 1:32 pm to TejasHorn
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Being angry and triggered all the time is no way to end up or spend your life.
I've been telling people this for years. People are constantly consuming bad news and get mad and depressed. Even though the bad news they are consuming isn't having an effect in their own world.
I tell my wife all we can control is things going on within our family and life. No need to worry about what's happening in Australia, or wherever,because it has no effect on us.
People who sit around all day and watch news channels are the most angry people in the world because all they are consuming is FEAR and then love their lives in constant fear.
Posted on 10/8/22 at 2:12 pm to 3nOut
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watching a bunch of her rich white friends grovel to black people in 2020 and want people's businesses shut down and vaccines forced upon the populace was a permanent red pill.
that's the thing.
You have to keep taking the blue pill and swallowing the gaslighting fricked up BS peddled as normal or acceptable nowadays.
You only have to take the red pill of rejecting the bullshite once.
Posted on 10/8/22 at 2:15 pm to YNWA
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Even though the bad news they are consuming isn't having an effect in their own world. I tell my wife all we can control is things going on within our family and life.
We’re headed down a path where it’s about to absolutely have an effect in your own world, though. I would like nothing more to ignore all that ridiculousness, but I fear that if too many normal people like us continue to look the other way, awful policies will be put in place and it’ll be too late to act. That may be paranoid and hyperbolic, but look at what’s happened in the last 20 months…
Posted on 10/8/22 at 2:59 pm to Hoodie
Need pics to help
Posted on 10/8/22 at 3:40 pm to Hoodie
I have that problem but it’s more my wife drinking CNN and MSNBCs koolade. It pretty much sucks.
Posted on 10/8/22 at 4:58 pm to Hoodie
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even begun engaging into political debate over TV commercials and most movies. Everything is liberal vs. conservative with her.
The Progressive overlords have been so pervasive throughout every aspect of life, it has even taken over of commercials, medical care, grocery shopping. I mean, a pharmacy required me to state “gender assigned at birth” rather than “sex”. My gender and sex were assigned at conception, XY.
At the same time, it’s unhealthy to harp over these things all day/week long. Twelve Steps education is very helpful with learning how to step back from from anything that becoming obsessive, not just addiction-related behaviors.
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