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hughee99

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53. So 3 hours before any of the games started, the guy put the Trump thing on,

Fri Jul 5, 2019, 11:21 AM

Jul 2019

And you wanted to watch the pregame instead? I live in a pretty hardcore sports market and even the Red Sox don’t do 3 hours of pregame.

I get that you didn’t want to watch Trump, but the baseball game had nothing to do with it. No doubt your friend was being a douche for putting it on, but the alternative wouldn’t have been the game, or even the pregame at 3:30

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So I got to a 4th of July party and there were asshole Trump lovers there [View all] TruckFump Jul 2019 OP

Best part...it was also a birthday party. TruckFump Jul 2019 #1

May your wine BlueIdaho Jul 2019 #2

Now that made me feel better! TruckFump Jul 2019 #3

They're rude The Wizard Jul 2019 #4

Boy, that was the end of it for me. TruckFump Jul 2019 #5

The day will come when that person will pretend they knew all the time lunatica Jul 2019 #59

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Yes. History repeats itself! lunatica Jul 2019 #66

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I had one of those. The Wizard Jul 2019 #113

Confirm in advance, because I'm kinda old. susanna Jul 2019 #104

It's the ultimate fig leaf excuse lunatica Jul 2019 #112

Oh yes it is! n/t susanna Jul 2019 #114

He knew he as wrong, he just didn't care. Mariana Jul 2019 #84

I do have to agree. TruckFump Jul 2019 #85

The day of reckoning comes, however, and whenever. We separate from toxic friends. And that emmaverybo Jul 2019 #6

Thank you. TruckFump Jul 2019 #7

You did the hard thing. We can all show outrage against humanity among each other. But what's emmaverybo Jul 2019 #9

Happy 4th back to you!! TruckFump Jul 2019 #10

Ya shoulda brung your cake and vino over to here! 😊 sprinkleeninow Jul 2019 #30

I do believe you are correct!!! TruckFump Jul 2019 #31

Awws. Thank you. sprinkleeninow Jul 2019 #33

Good on you, TruckFrump! Cha Jul 2019 #8

Thank you! TruckFump Jul 2019 #11

This should make us all feel better.. Cha Jul 2019 #12

Yeah, I hear ya. TruckFump Jul 2019 #13

"You know, if Trump had a brain, he would still be a moron!!!!!!!" Different Drummer Jul 2019 #50

"Trump supporters are liars and inconsiderate assholes." Talitha Jul 2019 #14

And they are racists Pluvious Jul 2019 #63

You did the right thing - he wanted to see if he could get away with it FakeNoose Jul 2019 #15

You know, you are absolutely right. TruckFump Jul 2019 #17

Trumpers are lying assholes. You did the right thing. SunSeeker Jul 2019 #16

Thank you. TruckFump Jul 2019 #18

You deserve way better friends than that! SunSeeker Jul 2019 #20

Yes, I do. TruckFump Jul 2019 #21

Good. Life's too short to waste with asshole Trumpers. SunSeeker Jul 2019 #26

you're looking at this wrong. invoke/bring up limbaugh when talking to and responding certainot Sep 2019 #116

You did the right thing, and it took some courage ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #19

Thank you. TruckFump Jul 2019 #22

"This is a guy who grew up poor, was in a foster home, he's a vet, etc." Different Drummer Jul 2019 #54

I no longer have any repug friends or family by choice so I never run into tht problem. nt yaesu Jul 2019 #23

The new 11th Commandment TruckFump Jul 2019 #25

Same here. Once I find that they like Trump, the chord is cut ASAP. nt Blue_true Jul 2019 #77

Trump is evil and IMO anyone who supports him is evil. TruckFump Jul 2019 #86

Life is difficult as it is. I learned a long time ago not to keep friends that Blue_true Jul 2019 #91

i suggest relating it all to limbaugh, who all republicans know as their leader, who is certainot Jul 2019 #24

Um MarvinGardens Jul 2019 #57

it's suggested as an explanation for why humans became 90% right handed certainot Jul 2019 #64

Thank you for the explanation. MarvinGardens Jul 2019 #68

Make me glad that I am Kaiserguy Jul 2019 #93

Don't ever forget the dumb factor. democratisphere Jul 2019 #27

It's gotta be more than that. TruckFump Jul 2019 #28

Wow samir.g Jul 2019 #29

Thank you for taking a stand against trump and not just going along with the host's propaganda lunasun Jul 2019 #32

you went to somebody's house, it was their birthday Kali Jul 2019 #34

I disagree with you, Kali UniqueUserName Jul 2019 #36

they were a guest in somebody's home Kali Jul 2019 #95

It was NOT the host's birthday. TruckFump Jul 2019 #38

there was shitty behavior on all parts Kali Jul 2019 #96

Click. TruckFump Jul 2019 #98

heh Kali Jul 2019 #99

That surprises me coming from you. lunatica Jul 2019 #60

how so? Kali Jul 2019 #97

I can see why she's had it with Trump's MAGATs lunatica Jul 2019 #100

I would have cut ties before accepting an invitation to a social event, Kali Jul 2019 #101

Gotta agree. cwydro Jul 2019 #108

You were wise to leave vlyons Jul 2019 #35

I know I'm late to respond, but were the rest of the guests okay with the Trump crap on the TV? YOHABLO Jul 2019 #37

They left, too. TruckFump Jul 2019 #39

Why would a host not plan his party around the wishes of one hughee99 Jul 2019 #40

It was not planned around one person. TruckFump Jul 2019 #41

So this was a gathering of 5 people, one of which did not want hughee99 Jul 2019 #43

Pretty much correct. TruckFump Jul 2019 #44

Okay, I think I understand most of it now. hughee99 Jul 2019 #48

West Coast time -- PDT TruckFump Jul 2019 #51

So 3 hours before any of the games started, the guy put the Trump thing on, hughee99 Jul 2019 #53

What can I tell you. TruckFump Jul 2019 #56

From the box score at mlb.com hughee99 Jul 2019 #62

Lol! You just pecked away at at the details DasMadchen Jul 2019 #105

How did the facts of the event collapse? TruckFump Jul 2019 #107

Some friend...I don't blame you for being ticked off. I'm surprised that one of the other ... SWBTATTReg Jul 2019 #67

Thank you. TruckFump Jul 2019 #70

Why have anything you know is politics treestar Jul 2019 #69

Good question. Caliman73 Jul 2019 #78

Dodgers and Diamondbacks--I watched. panader0 Jul 2019 #42

I love the LA teams. TruckFump Jul 2019 #45

Did the Diamonbacks "Walk" the game away again? Blue_true Jul 2019 #81

Went to a garden party Bonx Jul 2019 #46

Amen to that! TruckFump Jul 2019 #47

Great old song. cwydro Jul 2019 #58

Folks, if you haven't disassociated yourself from trump-loving friends and relatives... Paladin Jul 2019 #49

Yes, sooner or later it has to happen. A Trump supporter is an ooky Jul 2019 #55

I thought some of them were salvageable. I was wrong. Paladin Jul 2019 #61

There is NO talking in any reasonable manner with them. TruckFump Jul 2019 #71

Not all assholes are republicans, but all republicans are assholes n/t Victor_c3 Jul 2019 #52

Sorry you had to go through this Chicagogrl1 Jul 2019 #72

I am shocked! BlueJac Jul 2019 #73

Rude, stupid, bigotted... TruckFump Jul 2019 #74

Your last sentence sums it up.... paleotn Jul 2019 #75

Those are prerequisite qualities to be a tRump supporter gtar100 Jul 2019 #76

You mean Republican? Trump supporters are republicans. They are traitors rockfordfile Jul 2019 #79

So....why do you think you can control what a person does at their party? alphafemale Jul 2019 #80

Typically when a host agree to a set of conditions, they are followed. Blue_true Jul 2019 #82

Exactly how it worked among all of us...until yesterday TruckFump Jul 2019 #88

I would certainly NOT act towards an RW TruckFump Jul 2019 #87

isn't it common courtesy to keep politics out of these types of things? treestar Jul 2019 #92

I am a very nice person. warmfeet Jul 2019 #83

It was my birthday too...too bad you didn't come here. BigmanPigman Jul 2019 #89

Happy belated Birthday!!! TruckFump Jul 2019 #90

Should have shoved that cake in his face on the way out. AJT Jul 2019 #102

I just wanted away from the TV with the giant face to Trump on it TruckFump Jul 2019 #109

Does the host behave like a bully in other ways? Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2019 #103

Yes. TruckFump Jul 2019 #106

And you were friends with this person? cwydro Jul 2019 #110

We had a mutual friend -- the birthday boy. TruckFump Jul 2019 #111

I feel bad for the birthday boy/girl. cwydro Jul 2019 #115