My encounter with a repug on match.com

A conservative emailed me, and I replied that I am not interested in conservatives or anyone who voted for Bush. This was his response, to which I promptly closed the match. Enjoy.....

"It must be boring in your little world, where everyone is liberal and must believe as you do, or you can't get along with them. Doesn't that go against your entire philosophy? It seems kind of disingenuous to base your taste in Men to their political affiliation, or what you assume it is by reading the word conservative in a profile. I think Bush is a joke, and I didn't vote for him. I didn't vote for Kerry either, as he is nothing but a rich snob who couldn't care less about us commoners. You could have just not answered my email, and let it go at that, but you chose to pick out a word that describes my philosophy is matters such as crime, and people pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps, rather than relying on a pourous welfare system that does nothing but keep lazy people on their butts. I am for abortion, legalization of drugs, prostitution, and putting child molesters to death. How about you?"

I can't stand conservatives, ewww.

NOW. They have a very slow learning curve.

no way he didn't vote for Jr.

The poor grammar, lack of compassion for others, and inappropriate boundaries (asking "How about you" and not respecting that you have no interest) are remarkable.

That's what you get for the courtesy of a reply. I've never heard anybody bitch before getting a response even if it is negative. What a tool this guy is. I don't know if it's where I live (WI) or match.com in general but it seems to me the majority of men there are conservatives. I've ended up endorsing the "no conservatives, ever" policy for dating myself. I personally think politics is a good indicator because there seems to be a fundamental difference in the way we look at the world versus the way they look at the world.

intellectually and sexually stimulating, and conservative men repulsive. I believe politics is a great indicator and strongly endorse "no conservatives, ever" policy!

:woohoo:

But I have bent it for certain people. My last boyfriend claimed to be a conservative but he really wasn't. Or at least he wasn't a complete one. But he did turn out to be a liar. Hmmm, maybe I need to rethink making exceptions!

Boo-hoo. That's what I say.

just to weed out the morons. It's very important to me to date someone with similar views. On eharmony, they send matches to you, and 2 men closed the match immediately by chosing the prewritten reply that says something about family values not matching or something to that effect. I only lasted one month on that site, I just wanted to check it out. I talked to one conservative guy on the phone because he said that he regretted voting for Bush, but I found him dull and just couldn't do it.

It's not like welfare issues, and the fate of child molesters comes up in normal first date conversations.

Politics is an obvious priority for him.

And, bullshit about him not voting for *.

I joined Eharmony a few years ago. They sent me a guy who listed Rush Limbaugh as one of the three things in life that he couldn't live without. I never logged back on.

after one month because of all the redneck conservatives hicks on that site. They don't allow for gay matches either so fuck them.

I am pretty conservative in living my life, though my beliefs are progressive. Ergo-I got matched up with way too many right wingers. I didn't realize they don't allow gay matches. It makes sense-that's why all the conservative nutters go there. Good place to avoid!

is a republican donor, so I don't even know why I bothered to sign up. I never would have in the past, but thought is was a slow way to ease into the e-dating scene and I knew that it would only be for one month.

I really just avoided it after that. Honestly, I seemed to be good at attracting idiots online dating, so I retired from that! Now I attract them in person!

that in and of itself repulses me.

Before I swore off online matchmaking websites, I took eHarmony's excessively long personality profile quiz (45 minutes long, as I recall.)

However, the "matches" I got were all from fundie-infested suburbs. I never bothered to pay the fee that would allow me to reply.

But scary as hell. I was a little creeped out wondering why I was his "ideal" match!

No offense, but no wonder he's trolling singles sites. Ick.

but I am an evil woman :evilgrin:

:woohoo:

I did want to fuck with him further, but people like him are too far gone to even bother. I have met 2 cool guys on democraticmatch.com, but there aren't many men who are that site. I have been on match.com for only one day, but I have noticed that they do have a fair amt. of liberals on the site.

I think you should make nice and date him. He's a keeper freeper.
;)

Our "pourous welfare system that does nothing but keep lazy people on their butts?" Oooh, catch me before I faint from a spell of the vapors.

within minutes of meeting him and I am a nonviolent person.

If he's a "bootstraps" kind of guy, he'd be a Democrat.

at those who voted for Bush and his minions, but not conflicted about the fact that I would not enjoy the company of a conservative man.

You're not missing much...

he uses that as an opportunity to attack you? What a slimeball! And that's a classic RW tactic - "you people claim to be so tolerant, but can't seem to handle another opinion? U R A hippocrat!" :rofl: At least he did you the favor of "removing all doubt" before you had the chance to go on an actual date. I met several women through match.com a few years back after my divorce, and noticed the general trend that women who described themselves as liberal seemed more intelligent and had a lot more going for them than those calling themselves conservative. In fact, many of those came across as poorly-educated, ignorant fundies...

Liberals seem to have better critical thinking skills. I admit that I enjoyed pissing him off.:evilgrin:

Sounds like he has several axes with not enough wheels to grind them all at once. Doesn't sound like a happy guy. Probably gets upset at the home and garden store when someone says the word "bush." Talk about having enough buttons for anyone to push.

Now that I think about it, it might be worth it to write back once more and say, "Maybe the only thing less attractive to me than conservatism is an utter lack of peace in a man's soul. Strike two for you. Don't try for strike three -- sounds like you're already on the edge."

I get the feeling that it's not as good as the ads say. Do they work out for you other than in this particular incident?

Go to Democratic/liberal/social cause functions, activities that you enjoy, particularly the arts. Concerts, museums, gallery openings, opera (they put the words up in English now so you can read them), whatever. I have found that artists and musicians are very liberal politically and religiously. It's like it doesn't even come up. Right wingers tend to not have any imagination and therefore are not interested in the arts, performing or visual or any kind except possibly the dreaded bluebonnet or flag painting.

If you're religiously liberal, but not xtian, hit a Unitarian church or fellowship. They take anybody -- atheists, agnostics, pagans, secular humanists, the confused who admit it, etc.

Go to an arts event, and the women will outnumber the straight men by three to one at least.

Listen, guys, I've seen gay men pick one another up in the lobby during intermission at the opera or live theater. Why can't straight men go to these events and pick up a nice woman in the same way?

Get out of your "typical big-hearted but dumb American guy" conditioning that says that the arts are "gay," dress up nicely, and go to the opera, a dance performance, the symphony, a chamber music concert, a jazz concert, live theater, a gallery opening, or a literary event. If you don't understand it, approach an appealing woman for help in understanding it.

Who knows? You may even find that you LIKE the arts events that all "real men" are supposed to hate. Who the hell cares what "the guys" think if you find the woman of your dreams?

The news message boards there really are freeper central. Mind you, it's that's how folk on a dating site think they can impress the opposite sex then good luck to 'em because I can't see for the life of me how ranting about liberals makes you attractive to the opposite sex!