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LWolf

(46,179 posts)
17. What do you do?
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 07:51 PM
Jan 2017

You live your life. You are as kind and friendly as you can be. You remember the old adage from my mom's generation that I was raised on: Politics and religion are not appropriate topics of conversation for civil social conversation. You remain true to yourself, and engage people who engage you first. You model the change you'd like to see in pov, but you don't attack, get in arguments, or burn bridges. You simply, when it becomes necessary, cordially agree to disagree. You lead by example, and you inform by example. You don't engage in hate, in identity politics, or in politics as a team sport. You stick to issues. And, most of all, you live your life: family, work, play, community, and activism. If there's no one to "act" with locally, spread out through a region. I can meet up with fellow progressives in the nearest small city, about 20 miles away, to talk, to plan, to act.

This is the same thing I'd be saying no matter WHO sits in the WH.

you become a social recluse Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #1
Yeah, I think I would. BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #3
I did. n/t Different Drummer Jan 2017 #4
me too. n/a Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #6
Definitely that. QED Jan 2017 #9
I am a social recluse and I like it. kickitup Jan 2017 #15
and you haunt DU for relief Sunriser13 Jan 2017 #35
Are there any people of color? vlyons Jan 2017 #2
I grew up in the same town as you. Cracklin Charlie Jan 2017 #5
You be true to yourself. easttexaslefty Jan 2017 #7
I do agree with you. BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #8
I am in a family of former Democrats who are now mesmerized by Thinkingabout Jan 2017 #10
Are there a lot of fights at the dinner table? BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #11
No, when they start I give facts and then I ask if there is something I could say Thinkingabout Jan 2017 #16
I similarly grew up in a southern state that has morphed from blue to deep red Docreed2003 Jan 2017 #12
Enjoyed your post. I can't imagine moving back to my birthplace. I have made the promise too. Missn-Hitch Jan 2017 #19
Thank You! Happy New Year to you and yours!! Docreed2003 Jan 2017 #20
Years ago I moved to a red town. safeinOhio Jan 2017 #13
Ugh. What is your impression of the UU church? Missn-Hitch Jan 2017 #21
Love that one, safeinOhio Jan 2017 #24
I know! I had to move back down there in 2012. . . . BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #23
1500 people in my small Kentucky town. My adult sons are constantly telling us to get out. kickitup Jan 2017 #14
What do you do? LWolf Jan 2017 #17
You do not talk politics mcar Jan 2017 #18
You go to work, you come home...same as anywhere USA ileus Jan 2017 #22
The letter from Pelosi and Shumer about Sanders'... LAS14 Jan 2017 #25
first step, find your local party. If you don't know anyone on the central OhioBlue Jan 2017 #31
Avoid politics liberal N proud Jan 2017 #26
We keep to ourselves. femmocrat Jan 2017 #27
Red state survival.... Dawgman49 Jan 2017 #28
You learn to be southern belle like blue cat Jan 2017 #29
I'm in rural North Alabama sarah FAILIN Jan 2017 #30
I honestly find it hard to understand why anyone would stay. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2017 #32
I live in Walker, AJT Jan 2017 #33
the beauty is Skittles Jan 2017 #34
You work to turn your state blue Gothmog Jan 2017 #36
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