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Liberalynn

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40. I have kind of a similar situation.

Wed Jan 22, 2014, 10:22 AM

Jan 2014

My sister is a Democrat but many members of our extended family are Pukers. There are times I really want to blast them for their ignorance, bigotry etc because I fear my silence will not only be taken as acceptance but in a sense is a betrayal of my beliefs. I have started to say more. I wrote a man from my Writer's Group who sends me Tea Party crap and said while I enjoyed his stories and his poetry and the funny cat and dog pics, to please put in the subject line "political commentary" whenever he sent out one of his "mass mailings" to those of us in his email address book" That way I can definitely delete them without reading them, I am not censoring him and unless he is totally unable to read between the lines which he isn't he knows I don't like that crap. As for my family I have to tread carefully because while my sis claims I'm the only overly sensitive person who would be hurt if I started a family feud with my cousins from my Mom's side she would be too. There are only a handful out of the group I truly would be upset about if I never saw or spoke to again but I love and depend on my sister so I won't humiliate her by blowing up at them.

Sometimes though I really just want to give them this speech. "Get your Damn heads out of your asses try watching some actual news instead of Faux Noise, Most of you are lazier than the people you complain about.

I have degrees in History, Social Science, and Paralegal. I am a member of the International Social Science Honor Society. I have studied the Constitution backwards and forwards. I can site case law in my sleep. I have read The Federalist Papers more than once. Most of you probably don't even know what those are. So excuse me if I think I know more about how the Government should function than you. The fact is I do.I know truth hurts. So do what you do best which is sit there scratching your asses blaming everyone else for your shortcomings and shut the hell up about things you know nothing about and leave the voting to those of us who actually have a clue about what is best for the country.WHY YES I AM A LIBERAL ELITIST I HAVE A BRAIN AND UNLIKE YOU Am NOT ASHAMED to USE IT."

That is what I really want to say to every Puke I know but am to chicken to.

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