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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is everyone talking about "politics" like it's some knd of separate topic and not about everything  we do  and experience? Our money,  our food, our transportation, infrastructure,  education, health care, etc.
Right now it's our values.
How does anyone opt out of talking about everything?

And the wife who claims  to not know what political affiliation her husband  is? What? After these last 7 years? Are they cognitively challenged, depressed,  living under a rock?[/quote]

I talk about food when discussing what farmers market I’ll buy from this week or what recipes to try, no politics necessary. I talk about transportation when I need to buy a new car or complain about gas prices-sometimes political. I talk about education when I discuss curriculum with teachers and do homework and supplemental education with dc. I’ll discuss health care with my doctors. Majority of topics don’t center around politics unless you want them to. I don’t want my life to be like that. If you do though great I won’t judge you for it. [/quote]
Agree. Not everything in life is politics. I can discuss the menu for the week and items we need to get from the grocery store without talking about how much money farmers get from the government or how the pesticides are destroying the earth. We can discuss who’s picking up Larlo from practice and who’s covering early school pickup without discussing the greed of oil companies and how our cars are polluting the air. We can talk about the upcoming school projects for the kids and what craft supplies they’ll need without talking about the good/bad of common core, or the inept school board. 
Frankly, my opinions on politics won’t change anything. Discussing with my husband won’t change anything. Only through the ballot box and choosing candidates that have similar ideals without being in the pocket of lobbyists will policies change.[/quote]

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