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I have this group of friends that I play poker with every Saturday night. We are all pretty good friends, but I am the only liberal out of the group (the rest being conservatives). They will say some pretty stupid things, in my opinion, and all of the them agree with each other. I am not one to just go with the flow, so occasionally I'll voice my opinion.

It's really funny, they are all pro attack on Iraq (except me), but I am the only one out of the group serving in the military. They are all for tougher law enforcement, the three strikes law and harsh prison terms, but all of them smoke pot. They listen to rap, but they are racist as hell against black people. If I didn't know better, I would say they're dumb ass rednecks.

Anyone have any experiences being the only Democrat, or Republican, out of a group of friends?

Yeah. I'm the only leftwinger among my group of friends. One of them thinks we should nuke all the "ay-rabs" and is your typical RW xtian. Another is a fundie that claims that trees were sandblasted to look like they were many thousands of years old. Another one is big on the personal responsibility stuff but does nothing but wrestle and gets himself into trouble.

My dad and I are one of the few leftwingers in the city we live in. Wright Patterson is close by, so we have a lot of military people. Our city also has many redneck/richie/fundie hybrids

Luckily, only one of my friends in this group is a Christian, and he keeps his mouth shut. Oh, he SAYS he is a Christian, but he gets stoned and drunk weekly, and he has an addiction to porn.

He realizes, however, that I have a degree in biology so he never opens his mouth about evolution or creationism.

I am the only liberal in my group of friends. Most of them are jack catholics(confirmed but dont belive a word, hell one of them teaches evolution in the confirmation class he is teaching )

Not the only...but my group consists of many not care or screaming changers with a couple conservative...one hard liner...and liberals.

And yet we discuss none of this poker night, except lamenting our jobs and their wives.

Most of the people I know at Uni are so liberal it must hurt which really isn't surprising but arguing with them is like arguing with a brick wall.

I and my family (immediate, anyway) are the only conservatives I know in the whole of New York state... Seriously. All my friends are either liberal to the point where we agree on just about nothing politically, or are undecided/don't care. All my friends parents are painfully liberal, and my school reeks of it. It can be hard.

Most of my good friends are neo-cons. I would call myself middle of the spectrum.

Yes I am the lone Beanist at most places I go

Crazy_Vasey wrote:Most of the people I know at Uni are so liberal it must hurt which really isn't surprising but arguing with them is like arguing with a brick wall.

I have to say it again -

I'm a leftist, but it always disappoints me that most of the people at this end of the political spectrum are morons.

But then again, most the ones that are on the other end are morons too.

All humans are morons!

most of my friends are as liberal as me or more liberal.
í´ve got one bulgarian friend who is liberal in most sectors but then on the other hand he despises gipsies so outragously...

I'm the only male in the group I hang out with with that doesn't have the maturity and intellectual abilities of a 10 year-old. Does that count?

Most of my friends are liberal aon lots of things but are also pretty hard stoned Christians.

Most people I know are conservative or completely apathetic. Most are fundies.

It feels that way here sometimes. The only rabid fiver in the room.
Ahhh.

Well I do have that problem sometimes, I live in a community with a healthy jewish, lutheran, and methodist, with a few catholics, population...In ohio. Not to mention the fact that it is moderately wealthy.
Thus it is moderate conservative verging on nut case. Thankfully I'm going to a nice liberal arts uni next year.

All the fucking time

Beintg a softcore libertarian means I've usually got plenty to disagree with no matter who the current company is.

PrinceofLowLight wrote:Beintg a softcore libertarian means I've usually got plenty to disagree with no matter who the current company is.

But on the plus side you get to have that oh so cozy feeling that all the world is nuts but you.

Try being an athiest libertarian at a Catholic university. The longhairs are all the liberation theology/Catholic Marxism types, and the conservatives are all old-school pre-Vatican II Catholics (never mind most of them were born after 1980). It's possible to get into an argument where I'm fending off idiots from the left and the right simultaneously.

I've found that the truly educated (and self-aware) people are the ones that sample a bit from the left and right. In some arenas I am very much to the right but in others I am wholly to the left. Crossing the spectrum so much makes it hard to pin me down, really...

I'm all over the spectrum. An thts why I'm also independent.

RedImperator wrote:Try being an athiest libertarian at a Catholic university. The longhairs are all the liberation theology/Catholic Marxism types, and the conservatives are all old-school pre-Vatican II Catholics (never mind most of them were born after 1980). It's possible to get into an argument where I'm fending off idiots from the left and the right simultaneously.

Try being a Methodist libertarian religion major at a school where Catholics and Southern Baptists are the majority of the religious, with 10 Greek organizations that make up ~40% of the campus. I usually have to fend off the radical left (we've been accused of being racist because we don't have quotas in place ) and the conservatives (SB fundies) at the same time. Luckily being around y'all for so long has pretty much made me immune to mere words .

I was the person who wasn't a statist raving loony in my high school AP Gov't class. I usually kept quiet.

Among my co-workers than I like to hang out with, most are Republicans. Some are so partisian they cant recognize it, but for the most part we get along fine even though Im a moderate Democrat.

The Dark wrote:Luckily being around y'all for so long has pretty much made me immune to mere words .

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