An Honest Facebook Political Argument - damn funny and enlightening as well...

[T Wolf]

While most here will think of me (if at all) as a disloyal Democrat, in other forums (FB), there are times when I go a little extreme in attacking the reich - and it has caused some "issues" in terms of my expressing those thoughts - so much so that my daughters did an "intervention" last weekend.

They pointed me to this...

An Honest Facebook Political Argument by Chase Mitchell on March 31, 2010

http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1803025

The roles played are:

The Troublemaker
The Bait-Taker
The Chime-In
The Lazy Activist
The Bro
The Peacemaker
The Embarrassment
The Random Acquaintance
The Thoughtful One

How do you deal with familial criticism of your political opinionating?

[madmax]

1. lol

Reads a lot like some DU threads. :evilgrin:

Anyone brave enough to admit that at times they've been one of these characters. :rofl:

[T Wolf]

2. My daughters IDed me as a Bait-Taker who tends to go off when "provoked" by my Troublemaker cousin.

And while I will never change his thoroughly-virulent predatory-capitalist, sub-prime mortgage market exploiter self, another FB "friend" pointed out that it is important to keep putting our side out there so that others who read his page get an alternate view to counter the greed-is-good, trickle-down-is-the-savior-of-America messages he posts.

But I have to wonder - do people really change their minds? I have my doubts.

[madmax]

3. I confess

Sometimes I'm the Lazy Activist. There are so many issues, so much information that I can't by any means keep it all together. I just don't have the brain cell power I did 20 years ago. ;)

As for changing minds - I don't think so, depends on so many factors such as their own personal life experiences, their age. Younger ones are more open to change. Perhaps that's why our educational system is geared to keeping the youth stupid and void of critical thinking.

[gratuitous]

4. Wait; where's The All-Knowing Oracle?

Or is that subsumed under one of the other roles?

[hootinholler]

5. Why look inside.

He's right here.

;)

-Hoot