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'Gary Has a Lake 2: Everyone in Indiana Isn't a Racist Dumbass'

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Sep 19, 2017.

  1. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Really? You are almost 50 years old. Have you not ever read the letters to the editor of a local newspaper? Have you never read the online comments after certain news stories?

    Paeans to what swell people liberals are, let me tell you.
     
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    I'm not sure why you needed to round up.
     
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  3. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    My kid is doing rounding at school right now. I'm just in that mindset.
     
  4. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    I had an ex, who the minute you turned 26, you were in your late twenties, and almost 30.

    Drove me nuts, especially since 26 is mid twenties.

    My wife isn't as bad, but she's still a rounder.
     
  5. Fly

    Fly Well-Known Member

    As long as she's rounder in all the right places :)
     
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  6. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    This made me think of the times I've imagined my dad, who has lived in Lucas, Kan., his entire life other than four years of college in Hays, Kan., and @Michael_ Gee meeting. If they talked sports, music, movies, etc. they could be best friends, I'm sure.

    If they started trying to explain their politics they'd feel like they'd just met a Martian.
     
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  7. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    My rule of thumb when I traveled for work was that "sports is for everybody." I never talked politics unless asked a direct question. In person, I still adhere to that rule except with my closest friends.
     
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  8. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

  9. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    San Diego is a Navy town. Not exactly the poster city for California liberalism.
     
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  10. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Bill Walton neutralizes that.
     
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  11. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    It only seems weird because she did it. It's close to your default stance regarding liberals, YF.
     
  12. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    I don't think liberals are ignorant.

    You have to remember, I've lived in big urban centers my entire life.

    I know lots of smart, liberals. Friends with bunches of them.

    My oldest brother might be the smartest guy I know, and he'd be a top 10 liberal here.

    And, while I think some might let their world view shape their opinions more than their smarts, I've never know one to wonder if their are black or LGBT folks in (insert the flyover state of your choice).

    That's the author's characterization of her fellow liberals, not mine.
     
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