| I can tolerate it if we're just having a conversation about the elections and who we support etc. but when it becomes a full blown argument on politics, I avoid it by all costs. Most of my actual friends don't even do that crap around me, I don't like it at all lol. |
| I genuinely have no interest in politics, but luckily neither do many of my friends. |
| I don't avoid them I just change the topic to something else. I don't remember where I heard it but I've learned that the key to maintaining a large amount of friends is to never get into serious and long debates over money, politics, and religion. Aside from that I'll talk for a few minutes about something along those lines with my friends as long as they don't say something stupider than what we already say to each other, which would be a real achievement. |
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| I really don't have interest in politics, seeing as they hate both metal/rock & anime (2 things that I'm in love with). Whenever I want to talk about music with my friend (he doesn't know I'm an otaku lol), he just keeps ranting on about politics. He too is a democrat, and a serious one. It gets annoying, but we're still great friends. |
| are you a one man thread generator? i tell them i refuse to talk about politics with them. if they can't respect that then they are not friends |
| I have a friend whos a steadfast Republican and we talk politics pretty often; debates can be fun at times but one everyday cant be good |
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| In my group of 15-16 yo friends... I'm particularly the only one that enjoys debating about politics. However, despite their strong conservative inclinations, (perhaps due to not much exposure to other opinions other that the ones of their parents), they usually end up agreeing with me when it comes to discussing about human rights, current affairs and liberal views. So no, I don't avoid them, I convince them, persuasion. B) |
Nasieir said: In my group of 15-16 yo friends... I'm particularly the only one that enjoys debating about politics. However, despite their strong conservative inclinations, (perhaps due to not much exposure to other opinions other that the ones of their parents), they usually end up agreeing with me when it comes to discussing about human rights, current affairs and liberal views. So no, I don't avoid them, I convince them, persuasion. B) wow, I'm 15, can barely stand it, unless it's about terrorism |
| I don't avoid them. I avoid discussing with them the topic where their stand is completely opposite of that is mine.... in an extreme way. |
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| I'd like to get a job in killing everyone who is far left |
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| As long as if they aren't right wing, I can tolerate them. I actually like talking about politics btw. |
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| I don't mind them. But if they act like smartass, i'd rather avoid |
YorKeY said: Most people don't like to talk about politics or have any friends who do, and most of the time it's not cause " they don't like to talk about them " it's cause they don't know shit about them, and feel stupid, so " they don't like to talk about them. " Lol Ah yes, the ole 'if you don't agree with my opinions you must be stupid' argument. A classic. |
cumshotz said: Waifu_Strangler said: i'm an far left radical marxist anarcho-communist. would you kill me waifu strangler? even with our disagreements about the sex pistols i'd like to think not.I'd like to get a job in killing everyone who is far left Fine you can live. Date can live as well. |
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| I've never really stopped hanging out with anyone because of opposing ideologies. I got this trait because our family dinners revolve around talks about economics, politics, philosophy, new science breakthroughs and everything in between. |
| Never. I always discourse and never argue, we are not that rigid in our political views and always welcome newer thoughts into the discussion. |
| Discussing topics like politics has caused so much friendship breakups, its so sad ... we have a rule , its simple, everyone understands everyone's views from the start and no one tries to push their own views over the other afterwards, thats how you maintain friendships. Sadly, in some cases the gap betwen opposing political views can be too great to allow people to be friends from the start, which is kind of understandable imo. |
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| I have a friend that likes to bash Obama, but it's mostly rhetoric from unreliable sources. I like bashing politics with accurate facts. I don't have the energy to debate online, and irl; so I usually change the subject. |
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| I avoid political discussions yes. |
| all of my friend just bragging along about their political view, especially when they discussed hot topic or political event, in my country or abroad stuff that pick their interest. imo they're just show off, pretend to be badass and become sporadic"problem solver" when came time to act or kind of rl application, all of them just fuckin' hypocriteshopeless person... well i gues it's not different with ppl in d net, it's relieved stress to talk about, seems like that in the end i just try avoid that kind conversation when it's look possible, but sometimes if i can't escape or stuck on th polemics their talk about, i just blend into one of them, another bragger...or did shitpostcomment. |
karambiaMay 4, 2016 2:09 AM
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| I only have one friend who even follows politics. I do enjoy hearing his perspective on it though. He doesn't go into full blown rants or anything; he's just been following the American politics, researching into all the candidates, etc. It's somewhat interesting. I get better and unbiased notion of what's happening from him than I do on the tripe that is social media. But if he did start ranting about it all the time, then I'd definitely tell him to shut the fuck up about it. |
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| I usually pay no heed to all that stuff. I like letting people have opinions see? |
| Difficult to answer. If that friend of mine was pretty close to me, it would be realy difficult to avoid him/her, since i don't want it. But if things get annoying (since i don't have a big interest about politics) i could just say to him/her "stop talking about politics all the time" or something like that. But if there is a topic which i can talk with, i have no problem doing it, as long as none of us goes the conversation too far away.... |
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Uil3 said: help me what o.O, give what? that's not the point dude, i know what the shit is, and it's not i more advanced than them, but i just came quick to realized their Started BS themselves and pretend to be a quiet listener busy-ing myself with phone or guitar in d hands, in other word be non-offended person in the table and calm down the feedback..semss said: all of my friend just bragging along about their political view, especially when they discussed hot topic or political event, in my country or abroad stuff that pick their interest. imo they're just show off, pretend to be badass and become sporadic"problem solver" when came time to act or kind of rl application, all of them just fuckin' hypocriteshopeless person... well i gues it's not different with ppl in d net, it's relieved stress to talk about, seems like that in the end i just try avoid that kind conversation when it's look possible, but sometimes if i can't escape or stuck on th polemics their talk about, i just blend into one of them, another bragger...or did shitpostcomment. No. When someone is giving you their political view, theyre trying to help you. You should always hear them out and listen to what they have to say |
karambiaMay 4, 2016 4:06 AM
la critique de l'intention pure |
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Uil3 said: owh i see. np dude, i realized the word "avoid" there could mean fully ignore or runaway from it, of course not, that's not polite, in asian ways xD ..semss said: help me what o.O, give what? that's not the point dude, i know what the shit is, and it's not i more advanced than them, but i just came quick to realized their Started BS themselves and pretend to be a quiet listener busy-ing myself with phone or guitar in d hands, in other word be non-offended person in the table and calm down the feedback.. sorry , i thought you were saying you ignore your friends when they talk about their political views but i understand what you mean now. So sorry. And what i meant by help is that theyre trying to convince you to come and join their side for when the day comes (purgatory) *not sure about that purgatory stuff, but trust my circle just did good best in bragging :D |
karambiaMay 4, 2016 4:28 AM
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| Most social topics have a hint of politics or political ideology linked with it, so it's something that is unavoidable if you're venturing into such topics. I don't actively avoid talking about politics, but I do avoid talking about politics with people who are either on the far right or far left of the political spectrum as they aren't usually reasonable when it comes to hearing someone else's opinion. Talking about politics all the time obviously is boring unless that's all you're interested in, so I get you wanting to avoid a person who only talks about politics all the time. In all honesty, politics is an interesting subject to talk about and a subject where people have a wide variety of opinions on different political issues. |
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| Talking politics is fine with me... it's nice having friendly/casual debates over it with friends from time to time. But if any of them became that into it to the point that they want to argue or push their views on me, then no. I'll just tell them to just stop and keep their thoughts to themselves or save their opinions for a conversation with someone else. |
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| No. It is the opposite. I prefer people that talk about politics (as long as they don't talk about it all the time). They usually are more intelligent and interesting than people that only talk about uninteresting stuff like the weather. |
| Well if they talk about it non-stop it'll get irritating so I would probably assertively tell them to tone it down. (I will try to be nice). If they are passionate about it who can stop them? (well if they go too over the top as a nice friend one should kindly remind them to keep it to themselves if it affects others too.) |
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| Well, if they get all political with me and i don't want to talk about it, then i'll annoy them by doing the same with a different topic. It'll look like we are constantly changing the subject on each other. Since politics are uncomfortable, and i want to match that factor, i normally just start talking about sexual things. I can't complain as i enjoy the topic and it is a faraway topic from politics so they will have trouble linking the two subjects. |
Alcoholic-san said: Kewpie_doll said: lol I guess. someone called me the god of successful threads the other day.are you a one man thread generator? I just pop in here with random thoughts, drop 'em in a thread and wait for the autism entertainment comments on here are pretty amusing "someone" could be an 11 year old lol |
| I avoid people or "friends" when they get too barbaric or ignorant, not when they have a certain political standpoint. I'm willing to listen if they're/you're willing to talk like a rational and level-headed human being with common sense. |
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| I would if they where democrats for sure... |
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| I avoid political conversations. They typical end with one person being upset or acting unreasonable. I have no problem befriending those with a different opinion. Most of my friends don't vote anyway. My dad got angry just because I wouldn't tell him who I voted for. He doesn't vote. So why does he care? :D |
Nek0May 4, 2016 2:39 PM
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| never happened to me so idk. i think i'd be interested in hearing about what they have to say? but if politics turned into the only topic they ever talked about then that's a lil heavy |
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