I removed somebody from my "friends" list, because they have a "Bush/Cheney '04" avatar. Does this make me a bad person? Granted the person wasn't a friend yet, more just a friendly acquaintance, but is a politically revolting avatar enough of a reason for me to decide that he's not worth giving a chance? It's a perfectly legitimate reason as far as I'm concerned, but am I the only one who feels that way? Would spotting that avatar in your friends' journal entries make you literally feel queasy, the way I did? And as if it isn't already bad enough, the person is a New Yorker, too! I though I was fairly safe here! Gee whiz. Yuck. Ok, I've had enough of this subject.
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Thank you so much for the birthday wishes guys, that really meant a lot to me. You have no idea. And I do plan on thanking each of you personally for them if I haven't yet. I'm going to try, at least.
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So. Well. Another weekend wasted, another party (or two or three) missed. Best friend bailed on the birthday celebration actiivities she planned for me, at the last minute. Needless to say, I'm getting really good at knitting. It's been a month since the last time I actually had a night out. I'm 19 and already a spinster? That's so funny I forgot to laugh. The weird part of it is, though, that it doesn't really bother me. I''m still overall incredibly content. Life is treating me well right now.
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For all my happiness, though, I must say I'm really looking forward to some stiff drinks next weekend. And to my SGNY friends, I expect to be joining me for that. I'm going to be pissed off if you guys don't show up. Check the event list if you don't know what I'm talking about. Be there or be square, fuckers. (Unless you vote for Bush on Tuesday, in which case you're still invited but I'd rather you keep your distance from me, thank you very much.
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Thank you so much for the birthday wishes guys, that really meant a lot to me. You have no idea. And I do plan on thanking each of you personally for them if I haven't yet. I'm going to try, at least.
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So. Well. Another weekend wasted, another party (or two or three) missed. Best friend bailed on the birthday celebration actiivities she planned for me, at the last minute. Needless to say, I'm getting really good at knitting. It's been a month since the last time I actually had a night out. I'm 19 and already a spinster? That's so funny I forgot to laugh. The weird part of it is, though, that it doesn't really bother me. I''m still overall incredibly content. Life is treating me well right now.
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For all my happiness, though, I must say I'm really looking forward to some stiff drinks next weekend. And to my SGNY friends, I expect to be joining me for that. I'm going to be pissed off if you guys don't show up. Check the event list if you don't know what I'm talking about. Be there or be square, fuckers. (Unless you vote for Bush on Tuesday, in which case you're still invited but I'd rather you keep your distance from me, thank you very much.
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I would say that being able to socialize with people with whom one disagrees is an important skill to have. If one shuns everyone with whom one disagrees, one winds up living in an ideological echo-chamber like GWB does.
That said: one certainly shouldn't have to socialize with everyone with whom one disagrees. If one socializes with a person a bit and then decides that he or she is a tool, then to hell with him or her.
For example: Chuck Hagel and John McCain are Republicans, and based upon what I have heard from them in the past (i.e., they seem reasonable and thoughtful men), I'd be willing to give their ideas a hearing even though I'd expect myself not to agree with them. Arlen Specter, Dennis Hastert, GWB, Tom DeLay, and so forth, have all proven themselves to be remarkably repugnant people with views I abhor, and I wouldn't give anything that any of them has to say a hearing.
So, with Lain, shun away. It's not like you're prejudiced with respect to him: your not pre-judging him; you're simply judging him because you know something of him and don't like what you know.
It's not like you're hurting in the friends department, and I doubt you will be because you gave Lain the boot.
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Oooops! I meant Rick Santorum, not Arlen Specter. Sorry.
[Edited on Nov 04, 2004 8:42PM]