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femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
27. I keep to myself.
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 06:31 PM
Jun 2017

Easy to do now that I'm retired, but even when I was working, I never discussed politics.

I only engage in political conversations with two close friends and online.

we drink heavily. nt. drray23 Jun 2017 #1
There is that mcar Jun 2017 #19
And drug heavily. And now we know that a lot of the money they use for drugs came from cheating nikibatts Jun 2017 #43
Ha! I think you are in good company. AgadorSparticus Jun 2017 #45
Yep, Wiseman32218 Jun 2017 #52
Bourbon craze zipplewrath Jun 2017 #82
I heard that! mreilly Jun 2017 #84
With the help of my robot friends NobodyHere Jun 2017 #2
!!!! Coventina Jun 2017 #10
I was hoping someone would get it NobodyHere Jun 2017 #12
I'm wondering how you eat and breathe!!! Coventina Jun 2017 #14
DUzy! ThoughtCriminal Jun 2017 #48
It's very difficult!!!! I live in the middle of SC. 😕 I have to bite my tongue a lot! SCLumbeelady Jun 2017 #3
Same here mercuryblues Jun 2017 #7
Welcome to DU! WhiteTara Jun 2017 #29
more seriously , it is possible to find like minded people drray23 Jun 2017 #4
I happily discovered that most of my book club is liberal mcar Jun 2017 #20
When I see a Left-leaning person on the community FB page... Orrex Jun 2017 #80
Who said we're sane? TexasProgresive Jun 2017 #5
I'm with you on that! ekelly Jun 2017 #24
I just got back from San Antonio marlakay Jun 2017 #92
I actually find that the hostile environment helps drive my passion. Gravitycollapse Jun 2017 #6
No such thing as sanity with Rick Scott as governor Awsi Dooger Jun 2017 #8
"No such thing as sanity with Rick Scott as governor" mitch96 Jun 2017 #38
It might be a good idea not elect anyone... 3catwoman3 Jun 2017 #60
Mike Scott, Ft. Myers Fl. Sheriff. Spoke at Sarah Palin rally & said "Barack HUSSEIN Obama" kerry-is-my-prez Jun 2017 #63
Did I miss any? mitch96 Jun 2017 #69
I live in a blue city (and county) in what used to be a purple state, turned RED. mnhtnbb Jun 2017 #9
Sounds like Nashville... Docreed2003 Jun 2017 #46
I'm glad to hear Nashville is blue. Aristus Jun 2017 #85
You keep on keeping on. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #11
Yeah, at a certain point I realized politics isn't everything Amishman Jun 2017 #76
My list: Coventina Jun 2017 #13
nothing is worse than hearing the local newscast get the national scene entirely wrong spanone Jun 2017 #49
I keep mine by telling it like it is. INdemo Jun 2017 #15
Lions Club blueinnebraska Jun 2017 #81
Yep I know ...Liberals not allowed INdemo Jun 2017 #96
You work like crazy to change things Gothmog Jun 2017 #16
Red states? Laffy Kat Jun 2017 #17
who says we do? kydo Jun 2017 #18
I moved to a dreadful red state after living in San Francisco for 20+ years. BigDemVoter Jun 2017 #21
3 years of that? Ugh musta seemed like 30..... lunasun Jun 2017 #31
I've never lived in a blue area. I know no other feeling than cry baby Jun 2017 #22
I live on this website. It's my homepage on all my browsers. It's my sanctuary. It's my safe word. Mr. Ected Jun 2017 #23
DRUGS demtenjeep Jun 2017 #25
Even worse, I lived in a red district in a blue state Jersey Devil Jun 2017 #26
I keep to myself. femmocrat Jun 2017 #27
Me too. QED Jun 2017 #36
And me. nt marybourg Jun 2017 #44
Same here. mitch96 Jun 2017 #47
WELP... UncleTomsEvilBrother Jun 2017 #28
Lived in the Redest County in one of the Redest States Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #30
Proud of you, Nevada! Dumb Heller. mountain grammy Jun 2017 #70
A lot of antidepressants. LiberalArkie Jun 2017 #32
I live in a deep red state. MontanaMama Jun 2017 #33
Get involved in local Democratic Clubs xmas74 Jun 2017 #34
I hang out here Phoenix61 Jun 2017 #35
I am originally from Alabama but I moved to Georgia 22 years ago..I love it here... asuhornets Jun 2017 #37
Opioids ornotna Jun 2017 #39
Dallas may be in Texas DFW Jun 2017 #40
All the big cities in Texas are blue TexasBushwhacker Jun 2017 #53
Yeap, Been through Texas ... its blue and after the NYT story on the Russian IP black list I have no YCHDT Jun 2017 #90
Hard to tell DFW Jun 2017 #95
I drink more than I used to when I lived in a blue state. redstatebluegirl Jun 2017 #41
I Moved The River Jun 2017 #42
+1. Eom pirateshipdude Jun 2017 #58
Since I'm white, male, straight & Christian ... dawg Jun 2017 #50
I grew up with it, I'm used to it. The Genealogist Jun 2017 #51
East Tennessee SouthernIrish Jun 2017 #54
Lots of parallels with the Resistance in WWII France. Honestly. (nt) Paladin Jun 2017 #55
I avoid what I can and what I can't avoid, I mock relentlessly. Solly Mack Jun 2017 #56
I live in a part of Georgia where being a liberal Democrat... Different Drummer Jun 2017 #57
I focus on the work TXCritter Jun 2017 #59
In avoid contact with the most avid Trump people and don't talk politics with doc03 Jun 2017 #61
I give them hell. They could find a mob to chase after me in five seconds. Luckily, my coworkers kerry-is-my-prez Jun 2017 #62
I spend a lot of time on DU. hamsterjill Jun 2017 #64
Go to work, come home, go fishing. ileus Jun 2017 #65
I torment them Skittles Jun 2017 #66
EtOH GeorgeGist Jun 2017 #67
At work I am surrounded by Republicans and it can get lonely . . . Butterflies Jun 2017 #68
I'm in a red area, purple state. mountain grammy Jun 2017 #71
SiriusXM radio and alcohol....then I moved bluecollar2 Jun 2017 #72
I can't. We're moving. AwakeAtLast Jun 2017 #73
Where are you going? mnhtnbb Jun 2017 #74
Illinois, close to family AwakeAtLast Jun 2017 #88
Well, my coping mechanisms blew about an hour ago. Full fledged melt-down. mnhtnbb Jun 2017 #75
I'm in Georgia 6, a sort of purple district I guess. greymattermom Jun 2017 #77
Who said I was sane? Runningdawg Jun 2017 #78
Wine. riversedge Jun 2017 #79
Democratic Club friends. Minimal TV news. northoftheborder Jun 2017 #83
My close friends are Dems. SamKnause Jun 2017 #86
We have liberal friends, and the cons who greatly Hortensis Jun 2017 #89
Drugs..... jdadd Jun 2017 #87
Ignore the asshole as they ride around with their Trump 2016 Blue_true Jun 2017 #91
Love living in Florida GulfCoast66 Jun 2017 #93
Self-imposed isolation misanthrope Jun 2017 #94
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