Reply #13: My good friend, Robert. [View All]

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We can have passionate yet healthy discussions about politics. Neither one of us is the type to say "everyone in my political party is right, and everyone in your political party is wrong." Example: I won't defend Clinton's blowjob, I'll admit that it was stupid of him; he took a risk and he lost and he had to expect some measure of fall-out from that, but Robert will agree that Republicans unfairly judge Clinton as a politician via the blowjob instead of honestly evaluating his performance as a president. We both laugh at Santorum. He thinks that Bush is doing a good job, I obviously disagree; the important thing is that I respect his opinion because, unlike so many others, he knows WHY he believes something - he can articulate his arguments and reasonably defend them instead of just spouting party memes, or "justifying" his position by retreating to "because it's in the Bible."

Usually we'll listen respectfully to the other's opinions and value that input, but occasionally the conversation will get a little too heated. Fortunately we are quick in agreeing to disagree, and then we change the subject.


:)