Your personal interactions with really stupid people… err, I mean republicans.

MtnMan

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Jul 27, 2004
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Real world interactions with stupid people, the kind of stupid that really makes you wonder, or by someone close that related their experience with people you know.

I get my hair cut by a woman for about 40 years, that has cut my hair for 5+ years now, does it in her home 1 or 2 days a week, for some extra bucks. She owns her home, in a nice area, but has the misfortune of having her worthless brother living with her. He owns a number of guns, most still in the box and never been shot, a decent car, and that is the sum total of his success in life, and he is a typical Trumper. She said he is absolutely coming apart at the seams over Harris.

She also related that another of her friends, that I also know, from the old neighborhood, flat out laughed at her out for wasting her vote. She asks him what he's talking about, and he explains it...

He said, "Since I am sure you have already voted for Biden, and he dropped out, that means they are going to throw your ballot out, and your vote won't count"
 

brycejones

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Oct 18, 2005
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Yesterday I threatened my daughter with dropping her off with these people and telling them she loved Trump and wanted to know more.


I should have stopped to see what kind of discount they were running on FJB clothing and flags.
 

BonzaiDuck

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Jun 30, 2004
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The cowards keep a low profile unless you draw them out.

I have considered taking my two, closest remaining family members out of my will and trust. But they have been behaving well. Our conversations never drift into things overtly political.

I'm tempted to put some provocative bumper-poster on my old vehicle. For instance "Execute Trump for his crimes on Independence Day, for Red State Prime Time and Sesame Street re-run." But I love my car too much, and I might not be able to pick up my Louisville Slugger or USMC machete in time before damage has been done by some . . . . MAGA . . . . Space Alien.
 
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My whole area is weird. Dead Red Weird.

For several decades, nearly all local elected official in this county were (D). There may have been one (R) in county office. In time for the state election in '18, ALL of them, every single one had switched to (R). Not because that's what they believed in, but they knew they would not get re-elected if they stayed (D). It was simply to keep their jobs.

At a picnic last fall (2023), someone commented that they were afraid Donny would go to jail. That set off some other weirdness and one guy chimed in about Benghazi ... really. Not lying. How many years ago was that?

Another crack/meth head put up a Donny flag a few months ago. It's now completely weather worn and tattered, only rags hanging from the pole.


They're all otherwise good people and we rely heavily on each other, helping in any way we can.