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Ugghhh... I feel like the word "Republicans" is starting to refer to a weird, faceless, unrelatable entity. Like some weird urban legend. I'd probably believe

by macey 14y ago

Ugghhh... I feel like the word "Republicans" is starting to refer to a weird, faceless, unrelatable entity. Like some weird urban legend. I'd probably believe it if I was told that they live in burrows underground. Then again, I do live in SF.

MartinCron 14y ago
This is why I'm happy to connect with my more conservative friends over social media. It helps me understand that even if the Republicans in Maine are doing stupid shit like this, that not all people who identify as Republican are like that.
- fourmii 14y ago
  Unfortunately, it's not the people doing the stupid shit you have to worry about. It's the people who believe stupid shit like this...
  - MartinCron 14y ago
    Even then, it's good to remember that people who believe that World of Warcraft is an existential threat to our country are still real people and that they can change their perspectives. When I was in high school, one of my close friends refused to see The Nightmare Before Christmas with me because she thought it was Satanic and dangerous. Now she loves the movie. Sometimes it just takes... 19 years.
verisimilidude 14y ago
Just drive 90 minutes East. You'll know you're in red territory when every Prius on the road suddenly becomes a huge truck.
- dm8 14y ago
  You mean East bay? Places like Berkeley? :-)
  - verisimilidude 14y ago
    Well, we do have John Yoo over here in Berkeley. shrugs
- macey 14y ago
  I'm well aware - that's where I was raised! :)
dredmorbius 14y ago
Avoid the Muni Metro.
gavinlynch 14y ago
Sure. If you were partisan, you would feel that way. If you had political leanings the other way, the word Democrat would evoke the same feelings. shrugs
- 385668 14y ago
  I say this as an admitted partisan, but I see Republicans say and do a lot of pretty awful things. They range from the stupid, which is what this tactic is, to the downright deranged, as when Michelle Bachmann said that should she lose the election, she hadn't ruled out violent overthrow of the US government. Call me blinded by my political beliefs, but I don't remember the last time a Democrat threatened violent revolution. Similarly, I don't remember Democrats blowing up buildings of people they disagree with or going to Republican funerals to say what horrible people they were.

by macey 14y ago

MartinCron 14y ago

This is why I'm happy to connect with my more conservative friends over social media. It helps me understand that even if the Republicans in Maine are doing stupid shit like this, that not all people who identify as Republican are like that.

fourmii 14y ago
Unfortunately, it's not the people doing the stupid shit you have to worry about. It's the people who believe stupid shit like this...
- MartinCron 14y ago
  Even then, it's good to remember that people who believe that World of Warcraft is an existential threat to our country are still real people and that they can change their perspectives. When I was in high school, one of my close friends refused to see The Nightmare Before Christmas with me because she thought it was Satanic and dangerous. Now she loves the movie. Sometimes it just takes... 19 years.

verisimilidude 14y ago

Just drive 90 minutes East. You'll know you're in red territory when every Prius on the road suddenly becomes a huge truck.

dm8 14y ago
You mean East bay? Places like Berkeley? :-)
- verisimilidude 14y ago
  Well, we do have John Yoo over here in Berkeley. shrugs
macey 14y ago
I'm well aware - that's where I was raised! :)

dredmorbius 14y ago

Avoid the Muni Metro.

gavinlynch 14y ago

Sure. If you were partisan, you would feel that way. If you had political leanings the other way, the word Democrat would evoke the same feelings. shrugs

385668 14y ago
I say this as an admitted partisan, but I see Republicans say and do a lot of pretty awful things. They range from the stupid, which is what this tactic is, to the downright deranged, as when Michelle Bachmann said that should she lose the election, she hadn't ruled out violent overthrow of the US government. Call me blinded by my political beliefs, but I don't remember the last time a Democrat threatened violent revolution. Similarly, I don't remember Democrats blowing up buildings of people they disagree with or going to Republican funerals to say what horrible people they were.