frankj1
7 years ago
an dentistry...first real job was in a mental hospital and all the paranoids had Jew dentists who had implanted evil stuff in their toofuses
CelticBomber
7 years ago

I don't know, 98.2% here disagree wif me on many things political, but we have forged many a friendship.

frankj1 wrote:




That makes this place the exception then, not the rule. At least as far as this political cycle goes in my experience..... I've sat back and watched friends and family go Nuclear this time around. I thought it was bad under Bush and worse under Obama but now, people seem to want to drink each others blood. I think it's going to get a lot worse.
CelticBomber
7 years ago

an dentistry...first real job was in a mental hospital and all the paranoids had Jew dentists who had implanted evil stuff in their toofuses

frankj1 wrote:




Wait... Antidentites are real? Seinfeld was truly ahead of his time.....
frankj1
7 years ago

That makes this place the exception then, not the rule. At least as far as this political cycle goes in my experience..... I've sat back and watched friends and family go Nuclear this time around. I thought it was bad under Bush and worse under Obama but now, people seem to want to drink each others blood. I think it's going to get a lot worse.

CelticBomber wrote:


I like it here.
people have been nice to me personally
can't speak for anywhere else, never participated elsewhere...'cept a couple of posts on (noncompetitor) geeks, but they don't drink much over there.
frankj1
7 years ago

Wait... Antidentites are real? Seinfeld was truly ahead of his time.....

CelticBomber wrote:


the dentist who converted to Judaism so he could tell jokes...awesome.
SmokeMonkey
7 years ago

That makes this place the exception then, not the rule. At least as far as this political cycle goes in my experience..... I've sat back and watched friends and family go Nuclear this time around. I thought it was bad under Bush and worse under Obama but now, people seem to want to drink each others blood. I think it's going to get a lot worse.

CelticBomber wrote:



I don’t know, I think it may be more common than you think, but the Cyrene in both sides seem to control most public political discourse. As a leftie living in Alabama, the vast majority of my friends and I disagree politically, but we still discuss stuff civilly and without hard feelings. To be fair, my circle of friends tends to be hyper educated and work in positions where critical thinking is a requisite skill. On this forum, I’ve spoken with and consider friends several people who have very different views and think highly of them. Even Jamie 🇨🇮

I won’t go as far as Frank. There are certainly people on here and in my personal life that I have written off as intellectually unworthy because they demonstrate that the “team” they root for takes precedence over critical thought or that they are incapable of reason. Which is why I frequently read the politics forum but rarely comment.

delta1
7 years ago
I concur about politics not defining many people here...I've met several CBidders who are cons and who disagree often with my lib viewpoints in the politics board, but we are good friends and I've enjoyed their company...several have had opportunities to permanently shut me up, but have chosen not to throw me over-board while we fished in deep waters...we discovered we have much more important things in common than we have political differences...it's never personal for me...

early on, tail and I would go after each other, tooth and nail, but we both acknowledged that it would be good to meet and have a cigar...pretty sure he still feels that way...we tried to make it work this past Super Bowl Sunday when he was in SoCal, but he was stuck too far away with too little time...there's always next year...

gonna try to get to Las Vegas this October for a CBid herf...Whistle and Palama will be going...anyone else?
frankj1
7 years ago

I don’t know, I think it may be more common than you think, but the Cyrene in both sides seem to control most public political discourse. As a leftie living in Alabama, the vast majority of my friends and I disagree politically, but we still discuss stuff civilly and without hard feelings. To be fair, my circle of friends tends to be hyper educated and work in positions where critical thinking is a requisite skill. On this forum, I’ve spoken with and consider friends several people who have very different views and think highly of them. Even Jamie 🇨🇮

I won’t go as far as Frank. There are certainly people on here and in my personal life that I have written off as intellectually unworthy because they demonstrate that the “team” they root for takes precedence over critical thought or that they are incapable of reason. Which is why I frequently read the politics forum but rarely comment.

SmokeMonkey wrote:


I hope I said I "want" to like everybody. It's not possible.
delta1
7 years ago
"want" or "need"?
frankj1
7 years ago

"want" or "need"?

delta1 wrote:


want.
I really don't need any more friends, but I love people and hate hate
Liking them doesn't have to result in a friendship/relationship. But maybe I root for them?
RMAN4443
7 years ago

I like it here.
people have been nice to me personally
can't speak for anywhere else, never participated elsewhere...'cept a couple of posts on (noncompetitor) geeks, but they don't drink much over there.

frankj1 wrote:


LoL
frankj1
7 years ago

LoL

RMAN4443 wrote:


you of all people...!
tailgater
7 years ago

faux outrage defcon 5

I want front page news of every legal arrest that does not result in injury since all the false arrest and those with injury tend to make so much news.

It sucks being the victim of such wide spread agendas against your views.

teedubbya wrote:




Discussing something, on a discussion board, is not akin to outrage.
Unless you want it to be.


Odd that you would post the above within the same thread where you claim you can't converse with people who go on the offensive.








izonfire
7 years ago

faux outrage defcon 5

I want front page news of every legal arrest that does not result in injury since all the false arrest and those with injury tend to make so much news.

It sucks being the victim of such wide spread agendas against your views.

teedubbya wrote:



I understand. The liberal bias is undeniable.
Criminals are victims and the police are the enemy.
All conservative white men are racists.
All who value national security are racists.

And the agenda continues.
Riling up the ignorant.

Half of society are idiots.
People make their choices based on identity politics.
There’s no accountability in government.
The enemy is allowed to immigrate and infiltrate our society.

I rarely discuss politics.
Dwelling on it will drive you insane.
But I think about it, so might as well share

Regarding abortion.

You have your way of thinking. They have theirs.
Your beliefs do not take precedence over theirs.
Nor do theirs over yours.
You can’t make a decision like that for somebody else.

Hardliners line of thought -
Abortion is murder.
In any and all cases.
Regardless of the circumstances.

But have no qualms with traveling overseas to kill the enemy. (nor do I)

Abortionists are immoral. And to get one would be immoral.
And the immoral are in a way the enemy.
You have to somehow perform the mental gymnastics to come
to the conclusion that the enemy is killing their own offspring.
And no action was taken on your part, nor does it have to be on your conscience.
And then let it go...
tailgater
7 years ago
Sung to the tune of camp town races?

izonfire
7 years ago

Sung to the tune of camp town races?

tailgater wrote:



All the doo-dah-day 😗
teedubbya
7 years ago
Tail I never said I couldn’t converse with folks that go on the offensive. That’s an odd conclusion but perhaps an intentional one. One in which you can focus on that rather than what was actually said. I’m sure you wouldn’t do that though. I need to consider that perhaps I give you too much credit and you really do misunderstand more than I think you do. I just consider you smart and playing a game at times.

There are things that make it hard to take folks position seriously or if not to that level weaken their argument. I’ll still converse or look for a legitimate point to learn from. It’s just much more difficult and takes motivation. I want to learn from folks I initially disagree with. Thus fencepost.

The outrage meter is a traditional thing in here. And your outrage is duly noted. Your apology is accepted. And stuff.
Buckwheat
7 years ago


Half of society are idiots.

izonfire wrote:



That's generous. 🍺
izonfire
7 years ago

That's generous. 🍺

Buckwheat wrote:



OK - 90%, but I didn't want to alienate everybody
izonfire
7 years ago
I'm a cup's half full kinda guy.
Even when there's only a few sips left.
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