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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:14 PM Original message |
Didn't eat at my relatives for Thanksgiving because of politics |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm sorry. |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I enjoyed the holiday |
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Unbowed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
65. I did. Especially when I got home and came here. |
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auntsue (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hmmmm you said |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. My mom was there for 3 hours before I arrived |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Of course you can walk away |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
63. so it's ok for them to talk politics but not you? |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. I would'a left too. But I would'a left out the "have a nice thanksgiving" part. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. As he should be |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
66. Where I come from, you greet a guest before pre-emptively scolding them. |
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143tbone (468 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Man, you did the right thing, walking out. Especially if these were |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. We're talking Boston, not the South |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Is That South Boston? |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Actually, North of Boston |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
61. LOL! I love it when people automatically say "is this down |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. No kidding. Only the South has racists. |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. I second your post |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. way to go jumping to conclusions |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
57. For a lighthearted rebuke, here's Randy Newman's "Rednecks" to educate you. . . |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm Confused Here |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. We have always talked politics at gatherings, for years |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
68. I agree |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Check this out |
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Dis Pater (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Isn't it time that we all came together? |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. In a perfect world yes we are one America. |
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Dis Pater (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. There is no Black America or White America.. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. You are preaching to the choir here. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. They are determined to go out of their way to be assholes |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. You're right, I just said that to my wife |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. They meant there'll be no politics from YOU today. |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. I wouldn't go until the boyfriend was welcomed into the family gatherings..... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I agree. |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. Damn Right! |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. Next Time, Do This |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. I misread this as "Didn't eat my relatives" |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Not eating one's relatives... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Even cannibals don't like the taste of Republicans. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. I misread that as even cannibals don't like the taste of relatives. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Well, that's probably true too. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. So did I. n/t |
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PearliePoo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. They had already decided on their "game plan" for dealing with you. |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. We talked politics the whole time |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. Hypocrites! |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
25. why didn't you go with your wife to her family's home ? |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That's my elderly mom's side of the family |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. Sounds like their plan worked |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I wish you got it |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Oh I know the type. I really get it |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. K&R. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. Consider yourself lucky! My cousin's husband is one of those "Obama is the Anti-Christ" idiots! |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I guess you have me beat. My cousins are just assholes (NT) |
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Unbowed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
36. My sympathies. At least you were smart enough to leave. I wasn't. |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Here's a little more |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
56. You make a handsome couple, louis c. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
62. Excuse me but I am missing something - why would your |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
75. This is the same cousins who won't invite their sibling's black boyfriend |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Yes but have they said anything about your wife in the past? |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. They are aware, but they seem to have opinions on immigrants that are RW |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. Sorry man |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
42. I've always been stunned by the blue collar bigotry in the Boston area. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
43. Good for you, louis c. Life is too short to spend a night with people like that. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
46. I understand that you don't share politics with your family. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. It sounds like it was only "no politics" if it wasn't their politics. |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I think that's right |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:59 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. I agree but it didn't sound that way. But, I don't know them |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:58 AM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Well that is totally different, of course. But it sounded like |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #50 |
76. BINGO |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. However, the remark was only said to me as I arrived |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Well obviously! I am sure they are well aware of your views |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
64. You're lucky that I'm not one of your kids. |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
52. The only thing I would have done differently |
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JimboBillyBubbaBob (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
54. Louis C! |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
67. Lol. I hear you, man |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
69. You did the right thing! nt |
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Pluvious (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
70. My TG with the Freeper In-laws |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
72. Not invited cause her boyfriend is african american? |
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Blue Gardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
73. Me either |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
74. Good for you, louis! |
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xenu loves you (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
79. You missed one hell of an opportunity there... |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:50 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. I'm really a high profile Democrat in my home town |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
81. I read this stuff and I thank the Universe |
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