He mentioned that he doesn't listen to a certain band any more because he found out they affiliated with a political party not his own, democratic {"those liberals", in his words} to be specific. This reminded me of the Chick-Fil-A incident a few weeks back and I stared at him incredulously, "that's so intolerant of you." He responded with "Intolerant?? Mackenzie. Do you know what those people believe? They're one step away from communism."
Holy.
Crap.
What kind of a world are we living in?!?! There are so many problems with what your arrogant, narrow-minded brain just said!!! First of all, you're not going to listen to music by a certain band because they have a different opinion than you??? Oh, you're right, because I forgot how listening to music will brainwash you into agreeing with everything the band thinks regardless of the fact that their music has literally nothing to do with that. My bad! And besides, how could we possibly tolerate someone having a different opinion than us?! That just plain goes against the grain of American society as a melting pot completely!!! Heavens! Not to mention the fact that you actually said "the concept of democracy is practically socialism itself". I cannot believe how stupid you have to be to believe that. How the swear word do you get that?!? You're taking the middle left of the spectrum and throwing it all the way to then end! It's almost comical how ignorant that statement is!
I don't necessarily affiliate with any political party at the moment, I don't agree with parties. But, if I had to, I'd be hesitantly conservative. That being said, I have a good, dear friend that is totally liberal! Hard core! We get along so well. Heck, I practically dated him this summer. We respected that the other had way different opinions {and in some cases, identical} and still held each other in high esteem. I would never have said, "we can't be friends because you're a liberal" and likewise he would never have said "stop talking to me, you conservative freak." So, why is it okay for people to do that to each other all over the rest of the country? Why do people do this to themselves? I'm so sick of it.
