tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post91897918798928612..comments2024-01-02T18:05:23.666-06:00Comments on Streak's Blog: Cold SaturdayStreakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-76770571024505688792009-03-30T11:50:00.000-05:002009-03-30T11:50:00.000-05:00I find that some of my conservative friends view m...I find that some of my conservative friends view me as 'contamination', some how I will make them less pure.<BR/><BR/>It is very unfortunate.Monk-in-Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07373661525025912462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-5150287767395834332009-03-30T07:01:00.000-05:002009-03-30T07:01:00.000-05:00For what it's worth, I've been through the same ki...For what it's worth, I've been through the same kind of experience with people I knew. I did my senior years in a very closed community Christian school and within a couple of years of graduating I ended up becoming an atheist. Many of my school friends don't speak to me now. The hardest was when a person I was quite close to didn't even acknowledge I message I sent her congratulating her on her marriage to another of our highschool friends. I agree with Leighton that overall it's a good thing, but it's still a tender spot. I'm not a bad person.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606426687353012735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-67963764026212174112009-03-29T14:34:00.000-05:002009-03-29T14:34:00.000-05:00I come from a very small family, so the problems y...I come from a very small family, so the problems you describe are thankfully unknown to me. My father only has one sister and my mother was an only child. I have one sister, who is mostly apolotical, as is my mother. My father, who can be just as stubborn and ornery as myself, is politically pretty moderate. For most of his life, he was a moderate Republican (much like former Michigan Gov. Bill Milliken). He became irritated by, what he saw, the Republican party moving more to the Right and now mostly votes Democrat. <BR/><BR/>My wife's family is much larger, but they don't discuss politics all that much and seem mostly ok with my political beliefs. <BR/><BR/>I can understand your anger. Obviously, it is possible to have a reasonable discussion with someone who disagrees politically, though I think that it is easier in person. My guess is that the relative anonymity of the internet/blogospere/social networking sites allows people to be more bold and, in many cases, obnoxious towards others. <BR/><BR/><I>While being spammed with right wing stuff didn't bother me</I><BR/><BR/>It would bother me. Occasionally, I get, what I would consider, offensive spam and this is from people that should know I would be offended. Most of the invites I have gotten on Facebook have been about causes that I support or that people could reasonably guess I would support. Sending something that you know another person wouldn't dislike seems kind of mean, IMO.<BR/><BR/><I>Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck have far more power in the Republican Party (it sometimes seems to include veto power) than Klein, Lee, and Moore have in the Democratic Party.</I><BR/><BR/>I would agree with this, and see it as a mostly negative thing, though I don't see Hannity or Beck on the same level as Rush, but that is just my opinion. I also don't think it is fair to make a comparison between "socialist Obama" and "9/11 was caused by the US". The mainstream liberals some strange, IMO, beliefs, such as that Bush somehow 'stole' the presidency back in 2000 and lacked the same level of legitimacy as prior presidents.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I do agree with author in that some conservatives are being paranoid. It is one thing to be cautious and skeptical (I sure am), but save the ire for when something actually happens.steveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862590608695420004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-80735325686178463252009-03-29T12:37:00.000-05:002009-03-29T12:37:00.000-05:00The "deep hostility to compromise" is a problem a...The "deep hostility to compromise" is a problem at the legislative level, sure. But it seems like what is getting us into more trouble on a social basis is some people's deep hostility to coexistence. I get along fine with passionate Republicans with legal and law enforcement backgrounds who actually have to interact with a wide variety of people to do their jobs. (When you deal with assassins and gunrunners, voting Democratic is pretty innocuous by comparison, even for devout social conservatives.) But I have the most trouble with people (especially family members) who don't know anyone very well outside their church groups. I'm not sure whether it's a boundary issue, or what the deal is, but somehow my believing what I believe makes it an agonizing challenge for them to believe what they believe.<BR/><BR/>I've lost nearly all my friends over the years too. I look at it as a good thing overall. If they don't want to talk to me, we're both better off apart.leightonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07821884432248870789noreply@blogger.com