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In reply to the discussion: I can not have a friend who is a Republican.. [View all]Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)150. Which is a perfectly OK position, provided that you don't choose to have children.
There's no moral obligation to have children, and if you don't think you could do a good job of it then that's absolutely fine.
But if you really think it's that likely that you'd disown and cut off a child, it would be a really shitty thing to do to have one. N.T.
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I try to be up front to everyone and I do have Republican friends but it's hard.
Lint Head
Sep 2013
#1
I know many, MANY conservatives and Republicans who are impressive examples of empathy,
Common Sense Party
Sep 2013
#9
There's a "self-applied label", and there's a label one applies to a political affiliation...
cherokeeprogressive
Sep 2013
#24
Today, you don't have to ask, it seeps right out of them via the blind accusations they make
bluestate10
Sep 2013
#57
I don't inquire into political positions with acquaintances, but some people shove it in your face.
Shrike47
Sep 2013
#105
Does politics rule my life? Unfortunately. As a gay person, just being alive is a political act.
Sanddog42
Sep 2013
#122
Could you ever maintain a close relationship with a child who becomes a Republican?
Common Sense Party
Sep 2013
#11
In which case, you have a moral obligation not to have children, I fear. N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
Sep 2013
#70
If a child of mine turns out to be one who has no compassion or empathy. And simply does not
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#79
Which is a perfectly OK position, provided that you don't choose to have children.
Donald Ian Rankin
Sep 2013
#150
I think it's less rare than you'd think, because of post-natal depression.
Donald Ian Rankin
Sep 2013
#170
No.. I think only associating with ideological clones of yourself is dull...
Decaffeinated
Sep 2013
#34
So you are saying that they are”cluless” of what partly they are responsible for..And a 3rd of these
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#71
We are talking about a new breed of Republican which has little resemblance to the Repubs. of 20
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#40
I try not to assume that people who see the world differently than I do are evil (or even wrong)
Recursion
Sep 2013
#28
It isn't that they see the world differently, their views come out as vile beliefs and hatreds.
bluestate10
Sep 2013
#58
There is a need for at least two parties what passes for Republicans today is a fringe.
gordianot
Sep 2013
#32
What does a moderate republican bring to the table with regards to today’s political reality?.
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#38
Wrong, and myopic. President Obama's core values that he displays via actions scream Democrat
bluestate10
Sep 2013
#59
I’m not saying I’m right..but how can you be a friend with one who denies climate change?
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#43
So you can not discuss the thousands of kids and tens of thousands of people who go to bed hungry
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#74
Agree 100% sure I know Pubs many through work but I only interact with them for work purposes only
FUMCSDLCBDPOS
Sep 2013
#50
I'm with you, BB! Anyone who would identify themselves with the things that today's
Dark n Stormy Knight
Sep 2013
#54
I agree with you. I don't understand the view put forward by some that dealing with only
bluestate10
Sep 2013
#63
I remember when I went to work somewhere many years ago - the person who ostensibly had the most in
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#55
Neither can I. Anyone that still identifies with that party is a bad person, IMO.
bluestate10
Sep 2013
#56
Eisenhower type republicans have been mostly chased out of that party. The few that are
bluestate10
Sep 2013
#64
Liberals can be obnoxious and vain, not humble etc, However if their votes remain on our side of the
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#68
sorry buddy....When some “don’t" believe" that we should be looking after everybody’s innate
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#75
When people push their agenda on simply on hate. There is no such thing as reason..
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#110
Trouble when you marry into a family of them. Overall, I find most republicans
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2013
#72
Not me.. If a guy makes a low keyed racial joke about Obama and then tags on a few “they should pull
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#76
I can't imagine only being friends with people who think exactly like I do.
GreenEyedLefty
Sep 2013
#77
Political views (votes) for not helping ones who are suffering due to lack of health coverage are
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#82
I can only have very superficial relationships with them, if we don't talk politics.
MoonRiver
Sep 2013
#81
In my opinion one can never be too into politics when they are striving to save people’s lives
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#117
I hear the precise same thing about religion... for the precise same reasons.
LanternWaste
Sep 2013
#210
I bet every one of your Republican friends agree with Congress’s decision to cut billions out
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#118
I feel differently. First off, you can't pick your relatives, and some of the people
LaydeeBug
Sep 2013
#93
Very difficult to change opinions based on the lies of hate talk radio and Fox..
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#120
Oh it is very difficult to be sure, and sometimes frustrating, but never say never
LaydeeBug
Sep 2013
#157
In my experience, people of opposite views on things, fade from my social life...
KitSileya
Sep 2013
#94
I agree... Focusing on the spread of Communism and limiting discretionary spending is not half as
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#121
It depends on how rabid they are. And whether they're mean people or just clueless.
OnionPatch
Sep 2013
#98
My life is not limited to politics. I have friends who are Republicans and Conservatives....
Agnosticsherbet
Sep 2013
#102
Why? Friends and relatives who are Republican are an educational opportunity, if you are patient,
pnwmom
Sep 2013
#108
No republican friends at all. Plenty of acquaintances as most people out here are conservative
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2013
#116
I went to a republican's birth day party yesterday. It is someone my husband became friends with
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#119
Untrue. Why do you think some conservatives have changed their minds on things like
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#130
My father was married to a republican and is now dating another republican.
MrsKirkley
Sep 2013
#152
Most of the time when people get together for a dinner, lunch or a barbecue the subject of politics
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#159
Lifelong friends who turn out to be Repubs, yes. Make new friends who are Repubs, no. n/t
Blaukraut
Sep 2013
#161
And yet they don’t seem to worry a bit about circumstances which could also destroy their lives.....
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#163
The same way that you can be posting on a political site with an NFL logo as your avatar
OmahaBlueDog
Sep 2013
#206
With me, family transcends politics. I have republican relatives and stil love them. But on
AlinPA
Sep 2013
#186
The bottom line for me is, friends are people I trust, and I have learned to never, ever,
Zorra
Sep 2013
#196
Thanks for that. Sometimes I forget that there are people like that out there..
busterbrown
Sep 2013
#199
I do predicate my friendships on the integrity and the character of the individual.
LanternWaste
Sep 2013
#211