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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 14:19:48 GMT -5
My sister and I discuss Politics. We don't exactly agree--but close enough. Our family lives in other states, and they are so far out there that we don't dare bring up anything to do with politics. We think if they had lived in our state all their lives, they would see things differently.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 17:26:40 GMT -5
We talk A LOT of politics. My SIL is a politician who loves to talk about nothing else. He and my son are pretty close in ideology so they talk a lot about it. I am pretty far from both of them so I can't stand their misconceptions (LOL) so I have to chime in.
Nobody gets offended. My SIL is not allowed to quote anything I say about schools. That's where most of the misconceptions are--the role of our professional organization, what common core is, etc.
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Oct 5, 2014 17:29:47 GMT -5
I try to avoid it. Some of my relatives appear to just be repeating what the talking heads are saying.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Oct 5, 2014 17:56:38 GMT -5
Does receiving insane emails with conspiracy theories and bizarre and very inaccurate information count? Then yes. DH was freaking out the other day because he heard another politician of his party saying insane stuff. He said "I have GOT to get my party changed/corrected. I'm embarrassed to even be listed as this party and want nothing to do with them." And the phone calls we get! 8-10 a day. I hope those go away when he changes his party affiliation. He tried to change it years ago but for some reason it never went through. Now he's embarrassed by it. LOL! He and I always have political conversations but lately it's been more of a comedy hour. We have some real whackadoodles running here in Florida. We're scared to vote these days! RINO?
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Oct 5, 2014 19:58:46 GMT -5
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Post by Miss Tequila on Oct 5, 2014 20:12:51 GMT -5
I find that discussing politics just leads to arguments so i tend to avoid political discussions. My husband and I share similar views (he might be even more conservative than I am!) so I can talk to him...except in the issue of abortion we do not agree and I have a hard time accepting his view...so I decided years ago to never talk abortiin with him
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