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JMMendez1989 (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:22 PM Original message |
Dealing With A Conservative Brother |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. I married into a religiously and politically conservative family. The best decision we ever made was |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. yep. so my motto with two brothers and a father. i dont talk politics with you |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's why mom has always liked you best |
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Centrisms Voice (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. First, calm him down |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. people who talk over you and scream at you, you just have to distance yourself from them |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm a twin, too. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Intervention time. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. Listen and ask questions |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. This is the best advice I've seen |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. There are things I can not talk to my brother about. |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. Welcome to DU!!! |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. Try just discussing concepts without labeling them liberal or conservative. |
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appamado amata padam (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. My brother, and, most sadly, |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. Facts don't work |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. Ask him if he'll listen to Thom Hartmann for two weeks. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Even I can't listen to Thom for two weeks straight, and we live in the same town. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. 2 of my little brothers are ultra right wing |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. There is a video of Al franken at the Minnesota state fair |
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