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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:24 PM Original message |
A lifelong friend has turned TOTALLY Tea-bagger -- what to do? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nope... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:28 PM Original message |
i would do nothing |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm fine as long.. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
51. That's the problem. The don't keep it to themselves. And I have issues being "friends" with |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh boy |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I agree with you. My address list used to be pretty good sized. I'm |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. I once had a friend who started out really liberal when he first moved here. |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. My mother used to be a democrat |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Mine too. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Not me. The older I get, the more liberal I get. |
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Not Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Me too. And I saw my Dad move more liberal as he grew older |
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Lilyeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Sounds like the folks in my family. I can't even be around them anymore. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. find a new 'friend' |
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babsbunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. just laugh at them |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. This old friend of yours ever exhibited any signs of racism? |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. She lived in a mixed-race community here in LA... |
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abluelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Distance Yourself |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. This is it in a nutshell. Life is wa-a-a-a-y too short. Dump her and find real friends. |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
54. That is the painful conclusion I've also come to recently. |
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abluelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #54 |
62. It isn't Easy |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. It's incredibly sad, isn't it? I, also, am talking about very |
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Naturalist111 (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. Bully him!!! |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. "10 years in rural Maine" says it all. |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
77. Rural Maine isn't as isolated as you might think... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. Really nothing you can do. You might want to ask the "Obama is a Socialist" types |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. Ignore avoid political conversation. Value her friendship otherwise. |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. carefully back away |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. She has to hit Rock bottom and has to WANT to change |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. It sounds like maybe she was a bit lonely in Maine, and |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. "the TB movement"! |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. If this is truly a friend, do nothing |
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ThomThom (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. send a package of kool-aid and a kiss-off note and walk away |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. There are some who have clearly gone off the deep end. |
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HubertHeaver (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
25. How old is your friend? (rhetorical question) |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Me too. I've seen it happen with some older relatives. All of sudden right-wing thinking, and |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #34 |
65. My sister abused my Mother by insisting she have Fox News on all the time... |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. People don't really change - they just become more of who they are. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Some people aren't worth the effort. |
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shedevil69taz (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
28. Me thinketh |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yes, I am surrounded by them |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. Cut her loose. Life is too short to put up with delusional bullshit when you don't have to. |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. There is NOTHING you can do... either accept your friend with their problems or find a new friend... |
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southernleftylady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
36. My sister.. she did the same thing when she moved to the country nt |
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Homer Wells (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. Walk away |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
38. Who Is She Listening/Watching ? |
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LetsgoWings13 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. nothing you can really do... she is prolly wondering why she can't |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
40. Another victim of "politics by osmosis"... |
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ChicagoSuz219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
41. Talk about your kids & the weather... |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
42. Relax. It could be worse... she could be a Tiger Woods fan. |
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zanana1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
43. My brother was a progressive Democrat until he moved to Florida. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
44. I'm a bit confused, what happened in Maine? |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #44 |
66. Nothing really, she's now retired and was long divorced n/t |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:55 AM Response to Original message |
45. Stockholm Syndrome? |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
46. Saw it in the past ... |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
47. Tell her that to be a bona fide teabagger she MUST forfeit demon Medicare. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
48. Dunk him in hot water |
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barbiegeek (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
49. I'd ask her why she changed her views from 30 years ago |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
50. I would send a search party out to find the missing part of her brain. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
52. I recently told someone that she knew where to find me when |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
53. I haven't seen this in my circles |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
55. Here is what you do: You don't talk about politics or religion. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
56. Remind her she is un-democratic. If she truly believed in democracy, |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
57. I lost a good friend in 2004 because of political and religious differences |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
58. laugh at her and treat her with ridicule... |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
59. How does that happen? |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. You find you must |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. How does |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Seriously? |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Doesn't sound like a moderate dem to me |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 08:20 AM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Sigh |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. I understand people have that view |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #80 |
82. I agree with you |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
60. Why would you want to associate with someone worships Cheney, Palin and Company? |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
61. Have you asked her what she thinks should be done about healthcare for the working poor? |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
63. Unless you expect to score big in her will, write her off |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
68. By the way, life has been SO much better since I |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
70. I can't tell you what to do but I ask you to reflect on this |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
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mrfocus (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
74. Give her a "No Cash - No Care" wristband.... |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
75. I would drop that friend in a heartbeat |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
76. It's fine. Keep her as a friend, if you can. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
81. patience is needed...listen, humor, maybe compromise until the lightbulb is turned on full |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
83. In my circle of close friends |
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