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Treefrog

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69. Don't pay any mind to that kind of thing.

Fri Jul 16, 2021, 01:21 PM

Jul 2021

Thick skin is needed for this website. There's another thread now where people are crowing about Covid deaths. Another poster on that thread asked what has happened to du? I'm fairly new as a member, but I've been reading this forum for donkeys' years. There's definitely been a change.

Plenty of us are happy to see new members. One thing you can do is avail yourself of some of the wonderful du functions, such as the "ignore" feature. I haven't used it, but I hear from others that it greatly lowers blood pressure lol.

I don't argue politics with ANY of my neighbors...all of whom are great people from what I've seen. They are white, black and latino. All go to work, take their children and dogs on walks around the neighborhood, and I have a big basket of my tomatoes I give away to any who want them because I always have too many. My basket sign simply says FREE HOMEGROWN TOMATOES. I can't imagine the sign saying FREE TOMATOES (except for you nasty republicans.)

Anyway, welcome to du!

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My Experience in SW Missouri [View all] rustysgurl Jul 2021 OP

I have an ex-DIL living and working in Lebanon. She keeps telling me the vaccine doesn't sinkingfeeling Jul 2021 #1

Good for you for speaking up so clearly to her! MLAA Jul 2021 #2

I know the drill gay texan Jul 2021 #3

It would have been even worse griffi94 Jul 2021 #15

Not sure about that. momta Jul 2021 #56

Ha. You're probly right griffi94 Jul 2021 #70

That's a bold strategy, Cotton gratuitous Jul 2021 #4

Got me...one of my favorite cameos of all-time! Moostache Jul 2021 #6

I wonder if that 99% statistic is confusing to these people. raging moderate Jul 2021 #5

sta-tis-tic. 3 syllables. Too many. Does not compute. It's all about what bubba thinks.... erronis Jul 2021 #14

Does this theory of yours regarding syllables apply to the many AA folks who have chosen not to vax? Treefrog Jul 2021 #71

I suspect part of the reason that some AA folks don't take the vaccine Dan Jul 2021 #74

Probably not, but it is just as dumb treestar Jul 2021 #85

I would just ask them, "Would six figures in hospital debt change your life for the better?" CrispyQ Jul 2021 #62

Sorry about your bad experience SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #7

Good Luck rustysgurl Jul 2021 #9

We've been here for 15 years SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #10

Good for you. griffi94 Jul 2021 #16

I Wasn't Speaking of YOUR Friends and Neighbors rustysgurl Jul 2021 #20

That poster didn't call you any names at all. Treefrog Jul 2021 #73

hmmm? WhiteTara Jul 2021 #76

Our neighbors moved and I'm storing some Bill O'Reilley crap that arrived for them after they left renate Jul 2021 #36

I'm actually related to rednecks Random Boomer Jul 2021 #50

"Red neck" is a phrase turned completely around from it's original meaning ... marble falls Jul 2021 #53

Way back in the early 1980's, slightlv Jul 2021 #67

Silence gives consent .... marble falls Jul 2021 #52

Seems to me the poster simply considers it 'BS" when referring to neighbors. I don't engage Treefrog Jul 2021 #57

I think your experience is more the norm. People are helpful except when pushed. erronis Jul 2021 #17

Wow. Question: why do you feel the need to be here? Duppers Jul 2021 #29

If an argument costs you SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #30

I was close to being in your camp until the 2nd to the last sentence herding cats Jul 2021 #33

This is a newbie. Here one month only. secondwind Jul 2021 #48

A person can be political and still understand that politicians generally don't care about them WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #51

Thanks SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #61

Hard to be friends with someone thinks you're going to Hell... Girard442 Jul 2021 #82

This. Thank you. Treefrog Jul 2021 #72

Plenty of people interact on du in non--political ways. This poster simply stated that they didn't Treefrog Jul 2021 #59

Why are you on this Page? You're here for only one month, secondwind Jul 2021 #49

So you don't believe in We the People? treestar Jul 2021 #84

Kind of what I thought, but frankly couldn't think of the words to say n/t rustysgurl Jul 2021 #32

Oh! I just said similar below to them. herding cats Jul 2021 #34

Thanks. Thought I couldn't be the only one. Duppers Jul 2021 #38

I said that political arguments with friends and neighbors SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #65

Are you sure you're on the right website? Elessar Zappa Jul 2021 #55

How kind. Treefrog Jul 2021 #60

I thought that I was SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #64

Don't pay any mind to that kind of thing. Treefrog Jul 2021 #69

most of us have been friends for 15 years or so WhiteTara Jul 2021 #80

Please ignore the people flaming you, DU is better than that lanlady Jul 2021 #83

I think it is tough to believe they've never mentioned their political views treestar Jul 2021 #86

Since you replied to my post twice SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #87

OK I did assume you were not into politics at all treestar Jul 2021 #88

I grew up in 99 44/100 Ivory Soap pure white Ronald Reagan country. hunter Jul 2021 #8

thanks for the post, rustysgurl NJCher Jul 2021 #11

No cure for Stupid moose966 Jul 2021 #12

If that's how they feel, then why don't they all commit suicide? raccoon Jul 2021 #13

Sorry to say, I believe the majority of this thinking comes from their church/pastors. No Vested Interest Jul 2021 #18

CBR - Cash Based Religion. keithbvadu2 Jul 2021 #26

How did that old song in church go? Was it "washed in the blood of the scam"? KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2021 #19

One the great canoe or float trips is the Buffalo River.. Botany Jul 2021 #21

I've floated the Buffalo--it IS awesome! lastlib Jul 2021 #25

As an ecologist and a lover of nature the area is awesome but Good God in Butter the people .... Botany Jul 2021 #28

We moved to a very conservative area of GA from CA. Our neighbors Hortensis Jul 2021 #22

Was invited to a neighbor's birthday party Duppers Jul 2021 #39

There's more to it. Conservatives by personality tend to have Hortensis Jul 2021 #45

Yes, astute observations. Duppers Jul 2021 #47

Yes. For me these political attitudes are impossible to tolerate Hortensis Jul 2021 #66

Is the blood of Jesus going to pay their medical bills? littlemissmartypants Jul 2021 #23

You mean you just can't fix religion, not without a lot of expensive deprogramming Warpy Jul 2021 #24

'Hallelujah! More children are dying to be with the lord!' keithbvadu2 Jul 2021 #27

I hear you rustysgurl Skittles Jul 2021 #31

this is blind faith Shellback Squid Jul 2021 #35

Tell to stop wearing her seat belt when she drives and "Pead the blood of Jesus" Maraya1969 Jul 2021 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Jul 2021 #40

I lived in Ozark and Nixa Thtwudbeme Jul 2021 #41

Maybe they deserve our praise bucolic_frolic Jul 2021 #42

God helps those that help themselves?!?! Probatim Jul 2021 #43

Honestly, at this point I just hope they all get to meet their Lawd soon. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #44

... catbyte Jul 2021 #46

Which illustrates that in the "show me" state, not everyone Harker Jul 2021 #54

Gee, I wonder why that same attitude about vaccines doesn't apply to guns? Silent3 Jul 2021 #58

Well, if you didn't like it in the 70's . . . Strelnikov_ Jul 2021 #63

Tattoos? Elessar Zappa Jul 2021 #68

My guess is, the type of art may be quite different DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 #89

An Apology ... of sorts rustysgurl Jul 2021 #75

Thank you Bucky Jul 2021 #78

"an ignorant, thoughtless fool" Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #77

The vaccination rates homegirl Jul 2021 #79

It's what god wants wsbradshaw Jul 2021 #81

"We had someone spit in a nurse's eye because she told him he had COVID and he didn't believe her" dalton99a Jul 2021 #90

Yet they still worship Trump, who DID get vaccinated. raging moderate Aug 2021 #91