I could stop there, but the guy is annoyingly likable and I enjoy his company. For several years, he would go off on tirades about what a moron/evil dictator Trump was, although I never responded. Life is too short to burn stomach acid on fights over religion or politics. Then came the morning after the 2020 election when I found him gloating at the local coffee shop. I sat at his table and listened until he finally came up for air. I took the shot.
“So K., it must feel pretty good to finally have a president who is smarter than you are, huh?”
He didn’t respond for at least ten minutes, the cogs in his head spinning at Mach fast. His face was contorted and he stared past me.
“Nice weather this late in the fall,” he finally said.
I agreed, and that was the last time we ever talked politics. I genuinely enjoy his company and we have far more in common than red/blue arguments.
I've had to tell non-military the same thing. They all think we're just a bunch of gun-toting, lip-dipping rednecks. Some of my longest-lasting friends from the military are Democrats or even liberal whackos. But I love them all. ;)
Well said. The world is made of some wonderful people, politics aside. I love my liberal friends and relatives. True relationships are not built on politics first. It is not the be all, end all.
We have a Democrat in our county here in Idaho.
I could stop there, but the guy is annoyingly likable and I enjoy his company. For several years, he would go off on tirades about what a moron/evil dictator Trump was, although I never responded. Life is too short to burn stomach acid on fights over religion or politics. Then came the morning after the 2020 election when I found him gloating at the local coffee shop. I sat at his table and listened until he finally came up for air. I took the shot.
“So K., it must feel pretty good to finally have a president who is smarter than you are, huh?”
He didn’t respond for at least ten minutes, the cogs in his head spinning at Mach fast. His face was contorted and he stared past me.
“Nice weather this late in the fall,” he finally said.
I agreed, and that was the last time we ever talked politics. I genuinely enjoy his company and we have far more in common than red/blue arguments.
I've had to tell non-military the same thing. They all think we're just a bunch of gun-toting, lip-dipping rednecks. Some of my longest-lasting friends from the military are Democrats or even liberal whackos. But I love them all. ;)
Related: It’s fun to see civilian faces when I mention that several of our friends came out after exiting the military.
Well said. The world is made of some wonderful people, politics aside. I love my liberal friends and relatives. True relationships are not built on politics first. It is not the be all, end all.
Well done! Let’s hope he ponders about it
Nicely said. I get tired of the black and white with no gray. You get it.