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hamsterjill

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33. I find Democrats to be much more knowledgeable.

Sat Feb 27, 2016, 10:43 PM

Feb 2016

Caveat, I do live in Texas. But all of the Democrats that I know are simply more intelligent, better informed and more aware of the impact of things on our world in general.

Republicans think more only of themselves.

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Do you consider the Republicans your enemy? [View all] Meldread Feb 2016 OP

I see them more as the destroyers of the earth virtualobserver Feb 2016 #1

I believe that Republican values and behavior are the result of a common ladjf Feb 2016 #76

not as an enemy Merryland Feb 2016 #2

The fringe at both ends maybe... TipTok Feb 2016 #3

Not necessarily, but there is Trump..... JohnnyLib2 Feb 2016 #4

Yes. frogmarch Feb 2016 #5

I gotta give this a +1000! hamsterjill Feb 2016 #30

GOP is owned by the same people who own Dem kcjohn1 Feb 2016 #6

I find Democrats to be much more knowledgeable. hamsterjill Feb 2016 #33

Yes, I treat them as an enemy, Saul Alinsky play book. juxtaposed Feb 2016 #7

No, deathrind Feb 2016 #8

No, I see conservatism as Rebkeh Feb 2016 #9

+1 eom dragonfly301 Feb 2016 #31

Same here. Conservatives. It's about policy, not the team Populist_Prole Feb 2016 #74

Hell yes Hayduke Bomgarte Feb 2016 #10

I see them as a swarm of locusts heading toward a ripe field of corn. Rex Feb 2016 #11

Yes, yortsed snacilbuper Feb 2016 #12

Not only ruined Abouttime Feb 2016 #69

I view authoritarians and the establishment as the enemy of all life. Shandris Feb 2016 #13

yes Cobalt Violet Feb 2016 #14

Are you suggesting there are no greedy democrats? TipTok Feb 2016 #20

No, I'm saying all the greedy are my enemy. Cobalt Violet Feb 2016 #25

I have Republican friends and family members, so, no Ex Lurker Feb 2016 #15

Republicans are enemies of humanity Yavin4 Feb 2016 #16

Yes. Maru Kitteh Feb 2016 #17

People? No. Leadership? Totally. n/t DeadLetterOffice Feb 2016 #18

Evil Incarnate dumbcat Feb 2016 #19

Opponents politically, yes. As individuals, no. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2016 #21

Some of them. Pisces Feb 2016 #22

"I Hate Republicans" by the HappyTones... GReedDiamond Feb 2016 #23

I consider the 1% and the corporations my enemies Marrah_G Feb 2016 #24

yep (n/t) rurallib Feb 2016 #26

Yes. Pathwalker Feb 2016 #27

No, there are many who belong to the Republican party that I despise though notadmblnd Feb 2016 #28

The elected ones, sure. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #29

yes. eom artyteacher Feb 2016 #32

I ask you the same question after you read this: monicaangela Feb 2016 #34

You don't have to convince me. Meldread Feb 2016 #38

My sentiments exactly Meldread monicaangela Feb 2016 #42

My feeling is that... Meldread Feb 2016 #43

I agree Meldread monicaangela Feb 2016 #45

Which conservative movement, though? You do realize Hortensis Feb 2016 #79

These days, yes. elleng Feb 2016 #35

No, but... Mike Nelson Feb 2016 #36

The Extreme ones, definitely! Jim Beard Feb 2016 #37

Yes! mountain grammy Feb 2016 #39

Their policy and votes are responsible for millions of dead people and possibly the end onecaliberal Feb 2016 #40

An adversary, not an enemy. Atman Feb 2016 #41

Define for me the limits Dan Feb 2016 #44

Enemy? Yes HeiressofBickworth Feb 2016 #46

Very well said, BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #56

No Angel Martin Feb 2016 #47

Yes and also those that control a rigged system. mmonk Feb 2016 #48

they not only stop America from progressing Skittles Feb 2016 #49

yes rockfordfile Feb 2016 #50

Yes putitinD Feb 2016 #51

Yes JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #52

They see us as the enemy, which is why they can't do anything useful That Guy 888 Feb 2016 #53

No, I just hate them. B Calm Feb 2016 #54

Yes absolutely rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #55

No bigwillq Feb 2016 #57

They are not a party rock Feb 2016 #58

The party label has started to mean less and less to me. noamnety Feb 2016 #59

Yep krawhitham Feb 2016 #60

no, they are Satan. Or more accurately, Legacy Nazis. librechik Feb 2016 #61

I don't consider individual Republicans, or Tories, to be my enemy LeftishBrit Feb 2016 #62

As an organization? Absolutely. Individual Republicans? Not so much. Paladin Feb 2016 #63

yep yep yep you betcha.....get the general idea? dembotoz Feb 2016 #64

Absolutely Matrosov Feb 2016 #65

Not only my enemy, but the enemy of minorities, children, foreigners, women and the planet in genera lunatica Feb 2016 #66

Yes, the enemy davekriss Feb 2016 #67

Absolutely. Their actions have been, and are, harmful to our lives. Greybnk48 Feb 2016 #68

Yes. I'm a woman. They don't think I'm entitled to equal rights. Fuck them. Arugula Latte Feb 2016 #70

As a group? Not really... Adrahil Feb 2016 #71

I just had the privilege hfojvt Feb 2016 #72

No, life would be pretty shitty if I thought everyone who disagreed with me was an enemy. Shoulders of Giants Feb 2016 #73

I see Republicans as rivals, Republican leaders as hornswagglers, and GOP voters as victims... Bucky Feb 2016 #75

Yes...eom StopTheNeoCons Feb 2016 #77

I consider oligarchs my enemies. nt valerief Feb 2016 #78

Not exactly. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2016 #80

republican party as an entity ....yes etherealtruth Feb 2016 #81

Yes but in my case they started it Person 2713 Feb 2016 #82

Opposition, not enemy. /nt Marr Feb 2016 #83

only since 1933 Gabi Hayes Feb 2016 #84

Depends on who it is sakabatou Feb 2016 #85

I don't. I think 840high Feb 2016 #86

Of course they are my ENEMY maxrandb Feb 2016 #87

Yep, I do. WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #88

White supremacy, classism, and systemized racism are my enemies. Party isn't important. craigmatic Feb 2016 #89