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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[neverfading.livejournal.com]

"But I draw the line when attention whores like Thomas Beattie go on Oprah and DEMAND to be referred to as a "pregnant man" when she is actually just an ugly woman who got knocked up by a turkey baster."

Yes. This is the very same example that I was thinking of. Once again, an example of the fact that activists don't really want privacy, at all.

We're constantly being told that the behavior of some group doesn't affect the rest of us at all, and that the members of said group just want to have privacy and go about their business and live their lives in a discreet and dignified manner.

Of course, this is not true at all. If the members of various activist groups just wanted to have privacy, then they wouldn't be incessantly seeking publicity and exposure and public acknowledgement.

"We need to teach children about XYZ group in the public schools starting in kindergarten, and we need XYZ History Month, and we need more XYZ characters on TV shows" is not seeking privacy.

Activist groups don't want tolerance, at all. They reject mere tolerance. They want to be incessantly *praised and celebrated*.