(02-25-2026, 10:09 PM)RazorV66 Wrote:(02-25-2026, 09:57 PM)ANNEE Wrote: I am so over the “US vs THEM”.
Doesn’t even matter what it’s about — just same old same old.
Imagine having actual conversations.
Imagine having actual conversations with Democrats?
It's not possible anymore.
Their hate for Trump has rotted their brains so bad, they now hate America.
Bullshit.
It IS possible, but one has to put the effort into it instead of just starting a partisan shouting match. I've done it. Numerous, numerous times, both online AND in person.
The key is to not belittle them, and not allow them to belittle you. Once that is allowed to start, both sides lose a valuable resource, no matter how smugly they feel about it.
It's a skill that, sadly, what passes for modern "education" seems to have left by the wayside.
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake