You know what I can’t stand?
People that are utterly disrespectful when it comes to political views. (Or, really, anyone disrespectful at all, but I’m talking political right now.)
I have a friend who is extremely conservative. There isn’t one issue he’s even remotely moderate about, let alone anywhere near liberal. You have to tiptoe around anything political around him unless you want an earful of his opinions.
Now, I’m all for debate, but I’m also all for acknowledging the other side and realizing that your way isn’t necessarily the only way.
This friend of mine commented on Len’s friend’s Facebook status, which said something to the effect of “So-and-so is very close to calling himself a Democrat.” Said friend of mine had a conversation with Len’s friend, then followed up with “All I heard from that was ’sorry I am totally wrong…wow Democrats sure are stupid.’ Lol” Len then got involved, said straight out “No need to be disrespectful”, to which said friend responded “Respect is definitely something you can’t learn from a typical liberal, ha nice try though.”
HOW DISGUSTING IS THAT.
Said friend refuses to even hear out the other side. I consider my political alignment moderate, holding opinions that fall both on the liberal side and on the conservative side. If I even briefly mention a left-wing point of view, he goes BALLISTIC and WILL NOT drop the issue till I either hang up the phone or walk away. As you can see, he also flat-out name calls people (anyone!) stupid, brainless, unintelligent for having liberal opinions.
And he wonders why I refuse to date him. I can’t ever be with someone who not only is so completely disrespectful, but also someone who absolutely refuses to accept that HE could be the wrong one.
Ugh, people like that bug me. I’m extremely liberal, but I don’t spew my views to everyone. I’ll debate politics, but I don’t try to cram it down anyone’s throat.
I think the more one is like that, the more ignorant he/she is about politics. I see the tendency that such people picked either conservative or liberal first, then adjusted their opinions about issues accordingly. Otherwise, they actually have to know about the issues, you see. It’s sad that more and more people choose their sides first. One reason I lose all respect for somebody’s political opinion when they tell me something like “I was born conservative (or liberal).” is exactly that, that their political intelligence stayed at the exactly same level as when they were born. Sad.
I do agree that that’s the case for many people, Yoon. I know it was like that for me; my mom is (usually) liberal, so I went around saying I was too. Same with my brother, after my conservative father.
And I think what I’ve finally realized in the past few weeks is that I DON’T necessarily swing liberal. I’ve been debating the healthcare reform with my best friend, and while I do agree we need SOME kind of reform, the answer should not be universal healthcare. That is sooo far from what I “thought” before- thought in quotes because before, I never actually THOUGHT about it. And now that leaves me wanting to slam my own head against a wall for being so stupid.
*zips mouth shut* I have an extremely liberal view on what should be done about health care, way beyond what Obama’s doing.
Hahaha I already knew that
I’ll agree to disagree/avoid the topic… :p
On behalf of conservatives everywhere, I apologise.