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What got you into talking /interested in politics?

El_K
El_K Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,532 Swaye's Wigwam
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For me, I am one of those people you have probably met who said they don’t watch TV or sports. But for me I am the guy who doesn’t care about it watch anything political. Uninterested.

When the girlfriends dad comes to visit for his two week stay, he will watch CNN and MSNBC all day long. The minute I get home it goes on to sports as he knows I hate hot political talk.

So, what got you into talking/ arguing about politics?
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  • ApostleofGrief
    ApostleofGrief Member Posts: 3,904
    El_K said:

    For me, I am one of those people you have probably met who said they don’t watch TV or sports. But for me I am the guy who doesn’t care about it watch anything political. Uninterested.

    When the girlfriends dad comes to visit for his two week stay, he will watch CNN and MSNBC all day long. The minute I get home it goes on to sports as he knows I hate hot political talk.

    So, what got you into talking/ arguing about politics?

    pics?
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  • WestlinnDuck
    WestlinnDuck Member Posts: 17,963 Standard Supporter
    Speaking broadly, I don’t like politics – at least how it is practiced today. Most of politics is ignoring basic economic facts, history, science and math. And then there is the lying, primarily from the left, but plenty on the right. I’m a libertarian leaning conservative. I have no interest in running your life. But those on the left have a great interest in running my life.
    I’m interested in history and the future of this country because foremost it affects me and my family. Therefore, I enjoy arguing with facts and first principles. Both of those are like salt to a slug for leftards. It’s difficult for a leftard to argue from first principles if they are “free sh*t” and power. It’s quite interesting on any political board I’ve been on that leftards don’t even try to defend key positions like affirmative action or the fraud of global warming. Get one to define “black” for purposes of AA. Ask how much should we spend on global warming and what it will accomplish. Crickets. Then try arguing with Dan Rather about the fake TANG memos or anything that hondo is promoting. Why Dan Rather wants to be functionally indistinguishable from hondo is beyond me.
    Why anyone supposedly interested in politics listens to the fake news that comes from CNN or MSLSD is also beyond me. I don’t lie and don’t like to be lied to. With leftards it’s their prime purpose.
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  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,846 Swaye's Wigwam
    I got into politics when I was at the Central Tavern in Seattle and Tiny Freeman (RIP I think) was there getting hammered and he at the time was a Republican candidate for senate.

    About the same time the Buffalo party and the OWL parties were laughingly running candidates. Also, I was with soon to be one of the Mrs. and she was friends with the head of NOW who was a bloody commie. I argued politics with her all the tim.

    Seriously, I used to walk into the NOW house just north of UW and ask the girls if they had dinner ready for me. Most of them were dykes and I am lucky I survived or so I was told later.

    https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Maybe-big-living-Tiny-can-bring-character-back-1241413.php
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OWL_Party

    This is the only thing I can find on the Buffalo party - doesn't say much about when they fizzled out but I have friends that were at the convention.

    http://skyriverlives.com/buffalo_party_pics.php
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  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    WestlinnDuck said:

    Speaking broadly, I don’t like politics – at least how it is practiced today. Most of politics is ignoring basic economic facts, history, science and math. And then there is the lying, primarily from the left, but plenty on the right. I’m a libertarian leaning conservative. I have no interest in running your life. But those on the left have a great interest in running my life.
    I’m interested in history and the future of this country because foremost it affects me and my family. Therefore, I enjoy arguing with facts and first principles. Both of those are like salt to a slug for leftards. It’s difficult for a leftard to argue from first principles if they are “free sh*t” and power. It’s quite interesting on any political board I’ve been on that leftards don’t even try to defend key positions like affirmative action or the fraud of global warming. Get one to define “black” for purposes of AA. Ask how much should we spend on global warming and what it will accomplish. Crickets. Then try arguing with Dan Rather about the fake TANG memos or anything that hondo is promoting. Why Dan Rather wants to be functionally indistinguishable from hondo is beyond me.
    Why anyone supposedly interested in politics listens to the fake news that comes from CNN or MSLSD is also beyond me. I don’t lie and don’t like to be lied to. With leftards it’s their prime purpose.

    TL;DR
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  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457
    I worked with a hard core conservative dude who listened to Rush and Micheal Savage and shit. Lot of long car rides and her say nonsensical shit to me like "it's proven that cutting taxes brings in more revenue to the government". So I'd research it. He also was ultra religious, hated gay people and thought women who had abortions should be thrown in jail.

    Needless to say he'd fit in here. Except he loved the SEC and the Yankees.
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