AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 01/14/2017 at 19:49 • Filed to: None

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When you don’t have kids, you control who you interact with. When you have kids, your kids have parents who are assholes. A guy just dropped off his kid at my house for my son’s 13th birthday slumber party (VIDEO GAME TRUCK FTW). The kid is cool as hell.

We have known this family for a long time. He is an academic, and she works in NPR-type journalism.

They hate me. I am a management side labor attorney. I am at war with the United Farm Workers (Cesar Chavez) daily.

It has gotten back to me that they are trlling people that I am a racist, Trump supporting facist.

I worked for Ralph Nader and Harvey Rosenfeld.

I worked for the UN on elections in Bosnia in 1997 after the war.

I have spoken to ag industry groups in 5 states on the benefits of immigration reform and open borders. 

My blood boils. I took the Vespa for a ride to get the god damned cake and found myself waylaid at the bar for a Peroni. They are playing Sinatra. Fuck.

Funktheduck > ImmoralMinority 01/14/2017 at 19:56

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That’s my problem with some people these days. It’s an us vs them mentality and cannot accept another point of view. I have friends that are hardcore republicans and hardcore democrats and everything in between. I can accept people for who they are and what they believe. Why can’t anyone else?

TheRealBicycleBuck > ImmoralMinority 01/14/2017 at 20:12

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Parent, neighbors, random people on the street - there are a-holes everywhere. Thing is, they feel the same way about us. Even in a relatively tight and forgiving community like we have here, there are times when we don’t see eye to eye or miscommunication leads to angry words. All we can do is try to calm ourselves down and work things out.

Sorry to hear it. I’ve been in similar situations. It always sucks.

Sam > ImmoralMinority 01/14/2017 at 20:14

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Why do you care? It’s not like their negative opinion of your career really harms you in any meaningful way.

Birddog > ImmoralMinority 01/14/2017 at 20:21

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It’s not just the parents. It’s people in general. I feel like we have reached peak intolerance. At least in my lifetime. I have family that has “unfriended” and cut ties with me and other members of my side of the family because we’re “Racist.. Homophobic.. Nazi.. Trumper..”. The sad part is they know it’s not true.

They’ve met my Gay and Trans friends, they know I’ve been involved in the LGBT community since my late teens (not so much anymore though). They know our support was on the “liberal” side for a long time. They don’t care and there is no explaining our position to them.

It’s a frigging shame. Really, all you can do is smile and nod.

S65 > ImmoralMinority 01/14/2017 at 20:21

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Off topic but that’s a cool Vespa sticker

ttyymmnn > Birddog 01/14/2017 at 20:25

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Peak intolerance would be the Bosnian genocide. We’re not quite there. Yet.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Sam 01/14/2017 at 20:34

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When it leaks over into bad mouthing to others, that’s a bit unnecessary. I was always told if you can’t say something nice.... so there are some people I just don’t say anything about;). We all have our little peeves and goofy stuff we care about and bothers us, and bothers other people that we do, so the old adage works. If you can’t say anything nice about a person, then just don’t say anything about the person. Keep the neagativity to yourself and don’t perpetuate it by piling on when others start into someone else.

Birddog > ttyymmnn 01/14/2017 at 20:41

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Uhm.. Not what I was going for but I guess you’re right.

I was kind of shooting for how everyone is acting like a 10 year old by plugging their ears and yelling I CAN’T HEAR YOU POOPY HEAD because we all see things differently and they can’t handle it.

ttyymmnn > Birddog 01/14/2017 at 21:18

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I know what you were shooting for. America has lost the ability to find any middle ground. It’s sad and frustrating.

nermal > ImmoralMinority 01/14/2017 at 21:56

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Supporting the president doesn’t make you a fascist or a racist or any other -ist with a negative connotation attached to it.....

People are weird.