Campaign 2012, or, Let the mudslinging begin (er. continue?)!

[jessm78.livejournal.com]

I guess most of you guys either don't talk about politics much on your LJs or you have mostly conservatives on your flist. But for those of you who have liberal flisters, have you experienced any provoking comments yet?

I have an flister who I've met in person a few times. She's a really nice girl but a very strong-minded liberal. Despite our very different political views, we get along well and don't really discuss politics. Today she made a post showing off a button a friend gave her that said "Dogs Against Romney" on it. She told us she was voting for Obama, how strongly held her beliefs are, and five reasons that she's a liberal. She said at the end that she's fine with agreeing to disagree. I told her that's what I love about her, that she can at least be respectful of opposing views. But one of her friends (who isn't on my flist) decides to say "If you have a vagina and are voting the Ronney/Ryan ticket, I judge you. I judge you hard."

It's comments like this that annoy me because they seem like they're looking for a fight. I'm sure this person thinks that not everyone on my friend's flist has the same exact beliefs. And I'm sure there are some out there, but none of the conservatives or libertarians on my flist say things like this. It always seems to be the liberals. More than four years ago a former (thank goodness) flister was ranting "I HATE THE ASSHOLES WHO VOTED FOR BUSH!"

99% of my flist are liberals, so I have a filter for political posts that includes like-minded friends. I know it's my LJ and I should be able to say whatever I want, but I don't feel like slinging mud back and forth with people I otherwise get along with. Has anyone else had to deal with such provoking garbage before? Hoping I'm not alone, lol. I have a feeling it's going to get worse as the weeks go by. *sigh*

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[darth-firefly.livejournal.com]

You know, I think one of the reasons I like British actors and actresses so much is because they know they're actors and actresses, not political experts. When it comes to politics, they keep their mouths shut.

I recently lost my job and given some of the crap a former coworker is putting on FB, I know my work place would be UNBEARABLE with all the libtards running around the place right now.

[jessm78.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I really haven't heard very much from them. Daniel Radcliffe gave an interview once and said he was an atheist, but he's laid back about it and doesn't push his views on other people. There was some actor who once said, "I'm an actor; why would people care about my political beliefs?" I wish I could remember who said that...

My mom used to work for an elementary school, and the guidance counselor there was a good friend of hers though she was a liberal. When Clinton was leaving office, my mom showed her a funny political cartoon that made a jab against him. She came back with about 8 cartoons mocking Bush.

[darth-firefly.livejournal.com]

Ohh lord.... that reminds of '04 when I volunteered to be a poll watcher. I was stationed at an elementary school and one of the classrooms had a 'mock election' of their own. We were set up right outside the teacher's lounge and at the end of the day, I heard this one woman insulting one of the children in her class because she voted for Bush. I'm guessing she was the only one to do so.

[jessm78.livejournal.com]

Whoa...

That actually reminds me of a video I saw on youtube some months back. The one that was taken in a high school class of a teacher chewing out a kid for criticizing Obama? She was yelling at the kid, like "How dare you!!"

[neemarita.livejournal.com]

We had a mock election in 2000. Bush won by a landslide. I was in junior high. It was for our American History class. The teacher who was a liberal was shocked but didn't say anything.

My mom was like, "Good for you kids." lol

When I worked in 2004 doing Bush/Cheney grassroots stuff I had children call me the c-word because their mothers told them to. Kids called me a fucker. Kids flipped me off. I was horrified. WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE TEACHING THEIR CHILDREN?

[jessm78.livejournal.com]

My high school had a mock election in 1992. Bush won by a huge margin. They also had mock debates and the guy who played Perot was pretty funny. We put up campaign posters in the hallways. I still laugh at one that a senior put up: "George Bush: Hopelessly Conservative." LOL (I'm in NY and at the time, a guy named Bob Abrams was running against our then Senator Al D'amato. A commercial put out by the D'amato campaign said "Bob Abrams: Hopelessly Liberal", so it was clear this student's poster was a lame take-off on that).

Ouch. Those people are classless and have sadly shown their kids that it's okay to be that way. Things have gotten so vulgar in recent years, it's disgusting.

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Ohh lord.... that reminds of '04 when I volunteered to be a poll watcher. I was stationed at an elementary school and one of the classrooms had a 'mock election' of their own. We were set up right outside the teacher's lounge and at the end of the day, I heard this one woman insulting one of the children in her class because she voted for Bush. I'm guessing she was the only one to do so.


I worked in Elementary schools back in '08 right after the election. And almost every school I worked in was COVERED in celebratory Obama posters and art projects. A lot of them gave me this creepy "Dear Leader" vibe because they were all over the walls and touted him as some sort of God-like figure who would fix all the world's problems and end racism forever.

I'm not just saying that because I didn't vote for him. I would have been equally creeped out if propaganda posters featuring McCain and Palin had been plastered around my work spaces. But something tells me that my liberal bosses would have NEVER allowed that.