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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think I’m more radical in many ways than some friends and less radical in other ways than other friends.

I enjoy the company of nonreligious, outside the box, joyful expressive people which means I usually end up friends with colorful lefty types. I myself am pretty mainstream.

What I don’t tolerate is mean people. I have found many MAGA types are aggressive and mean and like to troll people either in person or online. So by having standard of kindness and joy, usually I don’t have these people in my life by choice. Conservatives who are happy and not bitter and can refrain from making racist and sexist statements and have pleasant conversations are welcome in my life.[/quote]

As a centrist liberal, I agree.  It's all about are you truly a kind person and treat others well?  I haven't found many MAGA that aren't spiteful and deeply insecure.  [/quote]

I’m pp and the MAGA in my life are family members. They are bitter, angry, unpleasant to be around, intolerant of religions other than their brand of evangelical Christian, make fun of any type of work that is not military/blue collar (although they don’t support unions), and although they complain about prices of produce or restaurants or slow service, they blame everything on illegal immigrants (though how exactly one can “root out” the illegal ones without making everyday life for all brown people difficult they can’t answer), and are obsessed to a ridiculous degree about transgender people despite not knowing any in real life.

It becomes hard to have a small talk conversation about anything. “Larla is in her school play” becomes some rant about critical race theory and “Larlo is taking swimming lessons” becomes a rant about trans women in girls’ sports. Discussing a national tragedy like the LA wildfires becomes a rant about Newsom and something about the weather becomes about how climate change is bunk. I am so tired of it and tried to avoid politics but it became impossible so now I just limit my time as much as I can. [/quote]

JFC, this is literally the politics message board here. I don’t deal with people like they in my life.[/quote]

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