re: #67 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Yeah, but I don’t think that the majority of the people who vote Republican are actually gorging on ragegasms. I think we’re looking at the 27%, and a sizable contingent of MBF/”both sides do it so I’m going for this side because lower my taxes and universal healthcare is bad but don’t touch my Medicare” folks.

My in-laws vote Republican, for example. And for sure they are not rising up for any kind of civil war. They’d be completely fucking horrified. My grandfather would have been too, despite his diet of Fox News and ignorance. He served this country for 20 years; he believed in fighting for his ideology at the ballot box.

And I disagree with them, but we still manage to all get along tolerably well. Part of that is/was being smart enough to leave politics out of the conversation, because we’re family. (Some families may be able to handle that, but in general not mine.)

My problem with Tardis’ view is he seems to view all Republicans as being like CCJ and I have to say as much as the Republican worldview genuinely disgusts me, you have to view people as people. A lot of these people are our neighbors, friends or hell in your and many other people’s cases our family. I understand his frustration but at the same time, seeing all conservatives as cartoon characters almost doesn’t help how he looks at this.