It seems women weren't the only thing you were hitting on...
Posted on 05/03/2012 8:55:00 AM PDT by Lazamataz
About 17 years ago, in Rochester, NY, I befriended a small group of people. It was in my druggie days, and they were all big potheads. There was one couple in particular, the T's, I will call them.
I used to go to their frequent dinner parties, and all of us would have a grand old time. They loved inviting me, they called me the 'life of the party'.
Fast forward to now. I happen to look them up on FaceBook. We are all delighted to have reconnected. Things are cool. Over the course of time, the female starts bringing up politics, decrying those 'awful, racist TEABAGGERS'. I tell her my sympathies are with the Tea Party and all we want is a return to the Constitution. When she starts going on about how the Constitution was written by a bunch of racist, evil white men and that it needs to be completely rewritten, I advise her that we probably should avoid the politics discussions if we are going to remain friends.
She ends up being a founding member of Lincoln, Nebraska's Occupy Movement. She contacts me about it and wants me to celebrate it with her. I tell her that I am very happy she's found something that works in her life to avoid depression and her other issues, but I am opposed to the movement as a whole. Still, I stress, I'm happy that she's happy.
Over the course of time, I do my usual thing on facebook and post occasional taunts and jokes directed at the Occupy Wall Street movement. Then one day I notice that she's been missing in action. I go look her and her husband up.
They de-friended me.
Well, to that, I say, good freakin' riddence. I like to leave politics out of friendships, but you know what? OWS and the left are my ENEMIES. I cannot be friends with my absolute, mortal, hated enemy.
I take being “Un-friended” as a badge of honor. A notch on a holster. A feather in one’s cap. A gold star on my paper. Well, you can’t have that, but if you’re an American citizen you are entitled to:
a heated kidney shaped pool,
a microwave oven—don’t watch the food cook,
a Dyna-Gym—I’ll personally demonstrate it in the privacy of your own home,
a king-size Titanic unsinkable Molly Brown waterbed with polybendum,
a foolproof plan and an airtight alibi,
real simulated Indian jewelry,
a Gucci shoetree,
a year’s supply of antibiotics,
a personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth
and Bob Dylan’s new unlisted phone number,
a beautifully restored 3rd Reich swizzle stick,
Rosemary’s baby,
a dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams,
a new Matador, a new mastodon,
a Maverick, a Mustang, a Montego,
a Merc Montclair, a Mark IV, a meteor,
a Mercedes, an MG, or a Malibu,
a Mort Moriarty, a Maserati, a Mac truck,
a Mazda, a new Monza, or a moped,
a Winnebago—Hell, a herd of Winnebago’s we’re giving ‘em away,
or how about a McCulloch chainsaw,
a Las Vegas wedding,
a Mexican divorce,
a solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot,
or a baby’s arm holding an apple?
Thanks for that info. I just put brats on my grocery list.
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It seems women weren't the only thing you were hitting on...
I tend to rise to those sort of threats. I tell 'em to bring a lot of ammo, body armor, and food and water sufficient for a few days.
Cuz it's on.
I know what you mean, but I try to keep my cool; I knew he was just mouthing off. I seriously doubt he is as armed as I am :-)
I want to shake a stick at, and run after, all my Free Republic friends.
"Tsk,tsk. Why I never thought I'd see the day (said in a Slim Whitman sheriff from Blazing Saddles kind of way).
Seriously, I know what you mean. My niece's have totally gone off the deep end and we don't see each other except on holidays and politics isn't discussed.
One niece actually posted that if Jesus came back he would vote Dem. I told my wife I had to keep from posting on the nieces facebook "Yeah, I thought it was pretty stupid you thinking that Jesus would vote dem. when he came back but then I realized you weren't talking about the biblical figure you were talking about "Heysuus" your illegal mexican handyman. Of course, he would vote dem when he gets back from being deported."
Yeah, I would've gotten seriously de-friended for that one.
Yep
If the JH is female and good looking, a prominently showing erection will drive them off....
If the JW is female and good looking, a prominently showing erection will drive them off....
I’m *still* in Rochester, and a lot of my friends up here who were into the hard-partying life back 20 years ago are morphing from Democrat to OWS. lol, Laz, is it possible we might have crossed paths so many years ago?
For me, Facebook is a great place to post pictures of the good food, or maybe the flowers and vegetables you grow in your backyard. Other than that, it’s more or less just the world trolling you for your own personal information. Why put bullets in the guns of your enemies?
My uncle used to tell me; if you are a conservative before you are 30, you have no heart; if you are a liberal after you are 30, you have no brain.
Laz, if you ever happen to get back into Rochester and have a bunch of us all get together to meet ya, just let us know. :)
I occasionally go back. If you want, I will post about it and we can all hang and get Country Sweet. :)
I go to Rochester from time to time. I’ll post under chat/vanity next time I go there. We can get all the Rochester Freepers together and eat LOTS OF COUNTRY SWEET!!!!
I do have one question: Now, I grant you I've opened a bunch of browsers, but it seems you have posted this question a lot of times!
I checked her out and she describes herself as a Liberal - favorite author Christopher Hitchens; favorite quote "God is NOT great".
No thanks, Hillary, we will not be "friends"
Incidentally I discovered that I had a listing - or whatever they call it - which gave my date of birth; marital status; religious persuasion and political affiliation. None of that information came from me.
I removed as much as I could and now see "'Churchillspirit' has changed her religious views."
Yes, I go back to Rochester. Do you like Country Sweet?
—I removed as much as I could and now see “’Churchillspirit’ has changed her religious views.”—
So, you’ve “seen the light.” ;-)
The guy that put me on ignore was a “friend” only in facebook terms. I have no clue who the guy actually is. When I lived in Seattle I was in a lot of bands (bass and vocals). I befriended a few and suddenly I was getting friend requests from all their friends, and then from their friends, etc. I have a TON of musician friends (some very famous people) that I don’t know from Adam.
I consider them harmless, really. But this guy was such an “in your face, conservatives are idiots” guy that I couldn’t resist using my weapon of choice: language, to lay him out. Smiling, always smiling.
He never came across anyone with such staying power before. He would laugh at conservatives that would unfriend him as losers and “run out of arguments”, etc. So it was clear that his MO was to shame people into unfriending him. Always being polite, yet firm and steadfast, I forced him to cut his losses. I suspect all the likes were getting to him.
As a fellow former Rochesterian relocated to Atlanta(ish), we’re both observing & living the oft-mentioned bit about the Civil War having pitted former friends against each other due to political geography.
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