repukes are all cowards--four friendships ended

[leftofthedial]

they can dish it out but they can't take it.

I have four former friends who are classic middle-aged ignorant-as-all-hell, i-me-me-mine, bigoted repuke bushturd worshipers. Two are big-time dittoheads; two are not. These were friends since high school or college (25+ years).

I have now ended the last of the four friendships.

Over the years, all four have sent me untold Clinton-slamming, Gore-slamming, Kerry-slamming RW Rove-machine bullshit emails. The fourth and final of these idiots, a wise-ass extraordinaire who has always used "humor" to back away from his RW propaganda lies and bullshit when I've challenged him, has been barraging me with bushturd-defending, Nagin and Blanco-attacking emails for a couple of weeks now. I called him on his racism and on the lies he has been disseminating and I've attacked the bushturd for being a gutless puke of leader. My ex-friend, unable to counter a single one of my criticisms of the little shitstain who would be king, bailed out on any debate and asked me to quit sending him any further bush-hating emails.

I then realized that all four of these gutless (re)pukes took the same approach, gleefully dishing out lies and crap with both hands, but then crying Mama and taking their ball and going home as soon as I criticized their worthless asshole leader.

Fucking cowards. Just like little george.

[adubadee]

1. Fuck Em.

nt

[leftofthedial]

14. not with Dick Cheney's, uh

Dick.

:-)

[villager]

2. that's how they are...

that's who they are...

[leftofthedial]

17. that's what they are

Unbelievably beyond reason

[villager]

24. an acquaintance did the same thing...

...after years of sending me "humorous" slime about Clinton, Democrats, et al., she stopped after I started rebutting all of her crap.

At least I'm not pestered by all that e-drivel, though...

[CountAllVotes]

3. you aren't alone

Lost two myself recently.

My gain, their loss.

:kick:

P.S. Same goes for you too. :D

[leftofthedial]

18. thanks

:thumbsup:

[wtmusic]

4. 'quit sending him any further bush-hating emails'

he just doesn't want to know, now does he? Sad, really.

[Blue Gardener]

5. I got a couple of those racist emails

In a nutshell they called the NO refugees ungrateful whiners, among other things. Really disgusting.

[electropop]

12. When my relatives send such garbage

I compose a detailed rebuttal with facts, figures, and ugly pictures and broadcast it to the whole mailing list. Never get a reply. :evilgrin:

[leftofthedial]

20. I did the same

but now he doesn't send me anything on a list. he sends it separately.

[electropop]

56. Put him in your killfile.

Let your computer take out the garbage for you. :-)

[leftofthedial]

19. one was a faux Heineken ad

showing a black "looter" with a shopping cart full of heinekens

Choice of NO looters.

Black people are looters

White people find food

[electropop]

6. That's how it works with bullies.

Once in school I was harassed by one, who taunted me to fight him. I know zero about such things, but I gave him a little feeble punch to his belly. He ran away crying. If only our "Democratic" politicians knew this. :grr:

[leftofthedial]

27. that's it in a nutshell

they succumbed to Reaganism--might makes right, biggest bully gets all the lunch money, greed is good

[sickinohio]

42. Yep - feeble-minded bullies is what they are.

about 40 years ago, when I was in the 4th grade, there was this girl in our class that was REALLY poor. Her clothes were ragged, dirty. Her hair was always matted. Everyone always made fun of her and called her names, etc. No one would even THINK of playing with her at recess, so she usually stayed inside during recess (I suppose to avoid all the hassle).

Anyway, I would stay inside lots of times and play jacks or whatever with her, cause I really felt bad for her. Then, I got so sick of hearing the bullies teasing her and putting her down (she really was a nice person, just really shy, I remember).

And with me being a bit of a tomboy, (I have three brothers and no sisters), she was getting teased once too often to suit me - so, I let em have it!! Pretty soon, here comes the teacher - I got a whack with a paddle because I was fighting in school. I really didn't care, cause I knew those bullies needed the fight they got from me!! They quit teasing her after that and I was pretty satisfied with the outcome.

I just bet those bullies grew up to be big bu$hco fans. Don't know what made me remember that, and sorry for the lengthy story.

[electropop]

55. Cathartic story, SIO!

Thanks for sharing. I wonder if it was formative in your political belief system?

[sickinohio]

57. Maybe so.

I wonder if it is our "formidable" years that shape our political thoughts? If there is something that happens to us to make us believe the way that we do? I just don't know.

I have a daughter that is a die-hard rePuke. I really don't understand that. I know I didn't raise her to be. I also know that she is a very caring person, so I don't understand her political opinions, and can't discuss with her either - I don't mind leaving behind relationships with all other rePukes, but, I just can't let a relationship with my daughter go.

Thankfully, my other daughter and my son are definitely NOT rePukes (they don't discuss with their sister either). I just hope that someday soon she will see the light, and realize what liars and cheats these people are, and that they are only "all about me, me, me and I don't give a damn what happens to anyone else". Here's to hoping she crosses over to the good side:

:toast:

[andyhappy]

7. I have an uncle like that

he is a republican from texas who emails me the same kind of 'jokes'

at first I thought it was great. A chance for me to talk to someone I know who is on the right and maybe I could reason with them. Hell, even find out how on earth he can think like that...but yeah...if its not a hillary joke he just doesn't understand.

[leftofthedial]

34. the cluelessness and the ability to reject reason

boggle the mind

[sickinohio]

43. Coincidence - I had an uncle that did the same thing

to me. Always emailing bu$hco shit. He's a big Southern Baptist Christian in North CArolina. Then I sent him a copy of this article:

No Longer a Christian
by Karen Horst Cobb

It used to be here: www.commondreams.org/views04/1025-25.htm

Don't know if it is still there or not. Anyway, after I sent him that, he never emails me AT ALL now!!

I don't know how to post links, or I would have done that. I'm not computer savvy!!

[SteppingRazor]

8. I'm like Bush. I live in a bubble...

Conservative friends?

That's a bit of an oxymoron, I'm afraid. :evilgrin:

My parents are both Republicans, but after I visited home once and my dad told me to "fuck off" at the dinner table, we aggreed to never talk politics again. It's worked pretty well.

[leftofthedial]

22. I now officially have one repuke friend

and I'm struggling mightily with that

the rest can fuck themselves

[Sub Atomic]

9. You should send them all one last email

stating that they, being * lovers, are now the minority in this country.

And if they don't like what you're saying, then they CAN GET THE FUCK OUT!! GO FUCKING LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE IF YOU DON'T LIKE AMERICA YOU FUCKING ASSHAT!!!

[leftofthedial]

53. good idea

:-)

[tx_dem41]

10. The way you talk about them makes me wonder why you ...

were ever friends with them to begin with ...and just as importantly, why they were ever friends to you.

[leftofthedial]

25. three of the four once were fairly enlightened

the other married a very dear friend of mine--both are now religiously insane pod people

two of the other three used to be fairly liberal; the other was at one time a principled conservative. we had terrific debates throughout college and shortly after.

now they all are mindless jingoistic, slogan regurgitating (re)pukes.

No fucking loss.

[tx_dem41]

33. Maybe you changed too? n/t

[leftofthedial]

38. Politically, no

I've always been WAY liberal.

In other ways, no doubt I have.

[July]

52. People send him/ her right-wing bullshit;

he/she replies with facts, trying to enlighten them. They pick up their ball and go home. He/she writes them off.

Not that hard to understand.

I have friends for many reasons -- we grew up together, went to college together, we're cousins, our kids go to school together, and so on. We're not all on the same page politically, but we've found a reason to be friends. If one of them starts to tell me what I know to be lies about politics, I'd do the same thing as the OP.

What's odd about the OP's trying to disabuse them of their false beliefs? I'd try to do that for someone I considered a friend.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Over the last five years I have ended 12

friendships, same reason

[ClintonTyree]

13. Good for you.......

I've had to jettison a few of my old friends over the last few years as well. We really don't need the aggravation, you know? Screw them.

[leftofthedial]

54. it's a shame, though

it feels a little like they died

[samsingh]

15. standard approach of all these repug cowards

they are bullies, self-centred, whiners. any good deed from us just makes them worse. any appeasement inspires them. but give back a fraction of what they dish out and they whine and cry like little babies.

they're disgusting impeciles.

[leftofthedial]

26. the narcissism is frightening

I Me Me Mine

[GCP]

16. I've never seen the country more divided

Maybe the civil war era was similar, I'm not a historian, so I wouldn't know.
I don't defend your ex-friends, but I do mainly blame Reagan's getting rid of the fairness doctrine and the rise of hate-filled-inflame-the-passions-of-the-under-educated-and-under-informed-populace right-wing hate-radio.
But, boy, that Bush is sure some uniter and not a divider, huh? :sarcasm:

[leftofthedial]

29. I literally hate the people

You will never meet a more easy-going, live-and-let-live person than me, but I just can not stand living on the same planet with these vile creatures.

[tlsmith1963]

51. Me, Too

I'm usually pretty shy, but Bush supporters just bring out something *ugly* in me. I literally hate these people, & I wish it didn't have to be this way. I would rather be friends with everyone. But I just can't be friends with people on the far-Right.

Tammy

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. yes the counrry was this divided

befere the civil war started.. amazing writing about the era and how it divided families and the country

Why I call this a cold civil war

Oh and yes I am a historian, and if yuo can read any period papers or some good secondary sources, including Zinn

[tlsmith1963]

50. Yes, Ironic, Isn't It?

The Freepers are always yelling about how biased the media is, & yet it was their guy, Reagan, who got rid of the Fairness Doctrine. They have no right to complain when they caused all of this in the first place.

Tammy

[firefox]

21. Anyone that says "liberal media" to me is gone

They must be talking trash at church, because several of the people I went to college with 30 years ago just really preach the evils of the "liberal media". That just happens to be my litmus test for whom I am tolerant. The country and the world are at stake and it all requires a message- get the hell out of my life.

These people weren't religious in college, but now they got religion and how. Screw them. I want friends in the reality-based community.

[Imagevision]

23. Schmucks like that aren't friends - they're acquaintense's

now your life will be filled with less shit -- I hope Bush starts giving drunk speeches which is only a matter of Rita hitting Texas!

[leftofthedial]

36. like pruning a tree

[Balbus]

28. What made the 5 of you friends in the first place?

Friendship implies common goals, common interests, enjoyment of ones company, companionship. It's obvious that you didn't share the same political philosophy so what did you share to classify them as "ex-friends"? Did you go to class together, enjoy the same books, like the same movies? Did you enjoy hanging out and drinking a beer or two and talking about sports? Did you go to Vegas together and lose a butt-load of money at the blackjack tables and laugh about it the next week to all the people that didn't go with you? Were you on the same softball team or basketball team? Could you not wait to get together to play poker every Saturday night?

I guess I'm asking is, not why do you hate them now, but why did you consider them friends in the first place?

[leftofthedial]

32. two of us grew up together

the other two I met in college

we all live in different parts of the country/world and rarely get together in person anymore.

two were fairly liberal Dems in college. I don't know what happened to them. I think one may have become religiously insane.

one certainly became a religiously insane shell of a human quite a while ago; we stayed in contact because I was godparent to their first son (a weird role for an atheist--I think they thought they could "save" me)

the other was always conservative-libertarian, but fairly thoughtful about it. we used to debate in a very healthy way. his philosophy and ability to argue actually helped me to form my ideas. now he is just a slogan-spouting idiot. he couldn't defend a position on a dare and chickens out immediately when you challenge his bullshit Limbaugh-esque assertions.

[GreenPartyVoter]

31. I don't blame you for telling them NO MORE

[AlinPA]

35. My wife and I don't associate with republicans except our son-in-law who

NEVER talks politics. He is like one of those "old republicans" who would have supported Ev Dirksen or Chafee Sr. Looking at what he does to help others and his kindnesses, I have a hard time understanding why he is still registered as a republican. We don't mention the subject with him. Our daughter, an ardent Democrat shrugs it off and says their votes offset. My wife and I just can't believe this guy's compassion, his large amounts of donations to groups that help the poor. I guess there are a few out there.

[sickinohio]

37. That is the way they all are.

COWARDS and they don't want to hear any actual TRUTH about the chimp king. They can spread lie after lie after lie, but the minute they are challenged with the truth, they get REALLY PIS*ED, and tell you to stop sending them anything against bu$hco and his entourage!! Had it happen to me too (with family)!!

[leftofthedial]

47. they've replaced their brains and actual thought

with a bunch of insipid slogans that don't hold water

when you punch them full of holes, the repukes panic and run away.

cowards is it.

Intellectual cowards.

Afraid of change. Afraid of "them" (whoever "they" are). Afraid of challenge.

[Grateful for Hope]

39. This is such a shame

It just goes to show how divisive this admin is. I know you said that your friends sent you, over the years, left-bashing emails. But, did you get the sense that they were as serious as they are now?

I can't help but think that the divisiveness we currently see has been encouraged because "United we stand, divided we fall". They do not want the US to be united.

[OnionPatch]

40. Wow, you're story sounds like mine!

But it was only two rightie friends, not four. The similarity was that both of them sent me all kinds of pro-Bush, anti-liberal garbage with glee and anticipation until I started arguing back with facts and reliable links of information. Now they have both decided they don't want to keep arguing politics anymore. :nopity: Funny how these declarations both came when it was their turn to hit back and refute my arguments.

Anyway, I terminated those two very long friendships because of my conviction that these people were not the good people I first believed they were. Sad, but I see this going on all over the place. Kind of scary, too.

[ninkasi]

41. You're better without them...

I did the same with a friendship that has lasted for over 30 years, but I decided that in the future, any friendships I cherish will have to be based on honesty. I have bit back words, tried to ignore things, told myself it was just that one area we disagreed on, then had enough. I could tolerate repukes, and some who claimed to be Democrats but were racists or homophones, but hid it under thinly veiled humor...I could tolerate it more before Chimp.

So much misery has been caused, so much death, and suffering, and real tragedy, that I can no longer tolerate those who follow such a man, or tolerate the same ugly prejudices that the repukes perpetuate. Too much is at stake. Besides, I have my beautiful family, all liberal, or if not liberal, neutral leaning liberal.

You are right...they are cowards, and you are too good a person to have to tolerate cowardly friends. Besides, even though it's in cyberspace, you have lots of us here who more closely believe the same things you do, and hold the same ideals.

[applegrove]

44. Sad. Sad that they are so filled with hate and attack that they are

no longer capable of being friends. Very hard to loose a friend. Remember - you are not alone.

[David Zephyr]

45. Just the more time to spend with real friends

I'm old guy, but I crossed that road decades ago fretting at the "loss", but I am cocooned with the finest friends now on earth...and I'm sure the same will now happen to you as you have more time to spend with people with real values.

Congratulations on your breaking away from toxic relationships.

It only gets better from here.

:hi:

[leftofthedial]

46. I'm looking forward to it

I'm a pretty old guy myself and going through a life "purge" anyway.

[Eurobabe]

48. I got a call out of the blue from my ex-Bushtard friend

she called to tell me she's preggo with little repube #3. Keep in mind I have not heard from this Bu$h Ranger in person since June 2003.

They'll all self-absorbed fucking narcissists, like their leader.

[tlsmith1963]

49. I'm Getting to the Point...

...where I can't stand the town I live in. Santee, CA. used to be such a cool place, but in recent years it's become so upper-class & Republican. The town has lost its' soul. When I was younger it wasn't really upper-class, & I liked it that way. You know how people always want the poor people out of their town? I actually want the upper-class ones out of mine, & especially the Republican ones! They are so self-centered & boring. Especially the kids.

Tammy