Have you ever really trusted someone because of their political

and/or ethical views, when meeting on a forum like DU? HAve you taken it further?
For the record, I have, wholeheartedly, and never regretted the people I have met.

with my politics?

Well, I suppose I have, although I'm not sure I'd loan them my car or my debit card.

I have found friends through politics, but trust is something it takes me awhile to give to anybody I don't know.

i have to agree with ken. i have good friends who agree with my politics and other who think totally differently. i also have enemies on both sides. friendship depends on alot more important things than political views.

- went to DC in Jan 07, had 3 roomies, loved them all, and slept with one of them.

miss you in DC in January?

So things are jumpin' in Juneau, huh? Wow.

in Montreal last summer (he was travelling, we travelled there to get together). Had a great time. I trusted him completely, e.g. with my personal info, before meeting.

Several people I'd met on line trusted me -- when I had to drive to Florida 4 years ago, we stayed overnight in DC and Baltimore on the way down and back with two of the women I'd met some time before, when we were all fighting the good fight (and entertaining ourselves mightily) at a variety of anti-choice hangouts on the net. Had dinner with another two, separately, in North Carolina, one man one woman, who had also met each other a while before.

And heck, I met the co-vivant through an on-line personals site 8 years ago. He answered my (very political) blurb, I was tired of the thing by then, I said "send me your thoughts on Kosovo", he did, here we are.

I am absolutely mum about identifying-type personal info in public on the net (having been seriously and threateningly stalked on-line by one of the more unpleasant denizens of those anti-choice hangouts), but there are all sorts of people I've met anonymously, including at DU, whom I would not hesitate to trust that way. Politics of some sort has been the initial connection. Which doesn't mean I'd trust everybody I perceived as politically compatible; there are still nutters out there. ;)

I'd never been involved in a 'blog', or an atmosphere like this in any way, so I was/am learning, though common sense goes a long way. And I have learned a lot.

YOU, for one. :hug:

:hug:

We'll have to do it again sometime. :)

People like you made/make it worthwhile. We are on the same page and want/demand! the same thing-an end to this bullshit 'occupation'.
You gave us all strength by coming from AK; never discount that, we bragged about you, often!

Hugs to you! :hug:

people who are like minded in politics are no more trustworthy than the general population at large. x(

Completely agree w/ this.

could not agree more!

but it involved a boyfriend who was very abusive

She has literally kept me alive.