Frustrated with ‘liberal’ friends who are so very insular and intolerant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I only find this stunning when a friend says something like “I could never be friends with someone who votes for Trump.”
—and yet they truly have no idea how I vote because we’ve never discussed it and they’ve never asked. (For the record, I voted for Trump once before) But after that statement is said, it’s like a threat that tells me they are intolerant and closed-minded, while pretending and maybe even believing themselves to be the opposite.

It’s probably a good thing you never mentioned it because you’re basically saying you have no critical thinking ability. And no, I’m not making a highly educated joke, my FIL lives in the most MAGA part of the country ever, surrounded by MAGA and never went to college. He never even considered voting for trump for a second because he is a person who knows how to think. He is a democrat and always will be.

[Anonymous]

A lot of people on both sides who are really into politics have problems with perspective taking and whole person understanding of themselves and others. Politics doesn't help but they are likely like this with other things too. Black and White presonalities. There are just as many crazies on one side as the other just in different ways. A lot of middle America is extremely intolerant of the coast and of course immigrants as you've heard. Beat thing is to see these parties as two extremes and not fall for their imagined realities.

[Anonymous]

They’re immature. So are many people on both sides of the aisle. I was kind of like that in my early 20s. There’s something to be said for wisdom. I’m 50 and can get along with almost anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody is required to be friends with anybody else and most people only have the capacity to have 5 to 10 friends.

Also, we told her children shoes, your friends, wisely.

What you were saying is you want my only 5 to 10 friends To include people who tried to overthrow the government? Doesn’t go against everything we tell our kids.

Choose your friends wisely and if that means being friends with people that believe the world is flat go for it.

That's not even remotely what OP said but good job proving OP's point!

Can’t you just go back to hating Taylor Swift and vaccines ?

I love Taylor Swift and vaccines and will canvas for Harris in PA. I just don't like YOU.

Ditto. I will continue to be insular (pick good intelligent and kind friends who don't hate and want to take away right from women/LGBT/etc) and intolerant of ignorance (the earth is not flat, bleach can't be injected), hate (I don't particularly like Pence but don't think he should be hung) and racism (there are not good people on both sides, sorry not sorry).

Enjoy your silent majority stance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are a lot of us out there, mostly quiet about it though

Check out the Honestly podcast

+1. I like Honestly a lot. Not all the eps and Bari can be a little much sometimes, but overall I appreciate the variety of views and the emphasis on debate and dialogue. I’m also a lifelong Dem.

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody is required to be friends with anybody else and most people only have the capacity to have 5 to 10 friends.

Also, we told her children shoes, your friends, wisely.

What you were saying is you want my only 5 to 10 friends To include people who tried to overthrow the government? Doesn’t go against everything we tell our kids.

Choose your friends wisely and if that means being friends with people that believe the world is flat go for it.

That's not even remotely what OP said but good job proving OP's point!

Can’t you just go back to hating Taylor Swift and vaccines ?

I love Taylor Swift and vaccines and will canvas for Harris in PA. I just don't like YOU.

+1, sounds like the OP hit a little too close to home for the PP.

Nope I'm married to a Republican who was and will always be an never Trumper. He has dumped more friends than I have, but yes we are insular (not hanging with terrible people) and intolerant (of ignorance, stupidity, hate, racism).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I only find this stunning when a friend says something like “I could never be friends with someone who votes for Trump.”
—and yet they truly have no idea how I vote because we’ve never discussed it and they’ve never asked. (For the record, I voted for Trump once before) But after that statement is said, it’s like a threat that tells me they are intolerant and closed-minded, while pretending and maybe even believing themselves to be the opposite.

You probably need to understand the different between a friend and an acquaintance.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow my people here. Its especially annoying when I'll point out that maybe Dems would be more successful electorally (something I want because the GOP is horrifying and also because I share many/most Democratic policy goals) if there was less scorn from many in the party toward people who are not coastal, UMC, and highly educated, I am ALSO viewed with suspicion. Or if I say "yes I share your goal of making society less dependent on fossil fuels, but I don't think we can realistically convert most car drivers in Nebraska (where I'm from) to e-bikes," then I'm probably MAGA too.

Sometimes the groupthink and cliquishness on the left is as bad as the right, even if the underlying ideas are way better. It's the better of two bad options but yes it sure is annoying sometimes.

I’m with you.
Dems need to work harder to understand and reach all corners of the party, and to think much more about economic issues and how they impact people who aren’t coastal elite. This board is a great example of being out of touch, when people are whining that they don’t have more than $1 or $2 million in their 401k.

Except Dem's fight for economic issue that will help people who are NOT costal elites, and this new form of Republicans (not the normal Republicans) are not fighting for people who are NOT costal elites.

It seems to me you have not read the economic plans - you are the ones that are "out of touch".

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Anonymous wrote:I only find this stunning when a friend says something like “I could never be friends with someone who votes for Trump.”
—and yet they truly have no idea how I vote because we’ve never discussed it and they’ve never asked. (For the record, I voted for Trump once before) But after that statement is said, it’s like a threat that tells me they are intolerant and closed-minded, while pretending and maybe even believing themselves to be the opposite.

It’s probably a good thing you never mentioned it because you’re basically saying you have no critical thinking ability. And no, I’m not making a highly educated joke, my FIL lives in the most MAGA part of the country ever, surrounded by MAGA and never went to college. He never even considered voting for trump for a second because he is a person who knows how to think. He is a democrat and always will be.

My family is full of cops, farmer, and seriously religious people. They have voted Republican when it made sense (they voted for Obama) but they would never, ever, ever vote for Trump.

It's like people have not read his presidential plan.

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I live in a liberal enclave in DC and no one says stuff like this. You need to log off.

[Anonymous]

You realize that Kamala would have this in the bag if she had hopped on a plane to NC, put in a little footwork to get people what they needed and taken some photos hugging some kids.
but EW! That would have meant rubbing elbows with MAGA. She is the most elitist candidate we've ever had, even worse than Obama (PBUH).

[Anonymous]

I have more liberal than conservative friends, but I'd say the liberal ones are generally the most intolerant and obnoxious, so I agree with you, OP. It's ironic because they'll discuss how intolerant the right is and I just want to tell them to look in the mirror. I vote left and I will openly disagree with some conservative positions but I'm not as rabid and myopic as some of my liberal friends. I just let it go because there's nothing that will offend them more than comparing them to the people they hate but it's very clear to see and I am tired of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You realize that Kamala would have this in the bag if she had hopped on a plane to NC, put in a little footwork to get people what they needed and taken some photos hugging some kids.
but EW! That would have meant rubbing elbows with MAGA. She is the most elitist candidate we've ever had, even worse than Obama (PBUH).

I’ve said the same thing. She had a huge opportunity to demonstrate leadership in the aftermath of Helene and bombed it. And here comes Milton and she’s doing a press tour whining about DeSantis not taking her calls. Um, he’s busy? I don’t want to vote for Trump, but good lord, give me something to vote for!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You realize that Kamala would have this in the bag if she had hopped on a plane to NC, put in a little footwork to get people what they needed and taken some photos hugging some kids.
but EW! That would have meant rubbing elbows with MAGA. She is the most elitist candidate we've ever had, even worse than Obama (PBUH).

This is a stupid take. People don’t want a security circus to visit them post hurricane. That’s why Trump isn’t there either. They need/want potable water, not hugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate all liberal women! So f g obnoxious and self righteous. Moved our family out of Bethesda after what seemed a lifetime to flyover country. My dh was true blue liberal, we laughed how we cancelled each others vote every year! He finally came to me one day and said he could not put up with our Bethesda life any longer. His description was it felt phony and the people blew with the wind with their allegiance. We have no family here, started over with our children. Took pay cuts but my god is our life so much more genuine and quite simply, happier. Travel back and forth to dc due to our industry and work and hate it more and more. Sadly most of the people in dc don’t get what a joke they are to the people looking in, no self reflection at all.

So, that is an incredible generalization. Most people in the DC area are just hard working people living their lives; like others around the country. Maybe your small area of Bethesda wasn't a good fit for you, but that isn't representative of the DC area as a whole.