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In reply to the discussion: How many friendships have you had to end [View all]Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)17. Have you considered agreeing to disagree with them?
They won't budge, you won't budge, you shake hands and move on? It's a pretty simple thing, as they aren't policymakers and neither are you, so it's not like your butting heads would amount to anything anyways. You may as well save yourself the headache.
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Who's trying to disprove your legitimacy? I'm taking you at 100% face value.
Decoy of Fenris
Feb 2018
#38
"Mildly" civil. That's a step above "indifferent" and significantly above "actively hostile."
Decoy of Fenris
Feb 2018
#42
You can't take the gun demagoguery out of it. The OP is separating him/herself from
flamin lib
Feb 2018
#25
But smokers do not spend all their waking moments telling you about the wonders of tobacco
DBoon
Feb 2018
#29
Not knowing what "gun fever" is, I'd still say "none." I treasure those with whom I can dig into
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2018
#4
My shooting friends are mature educated professions. So "none" would be my answer. nt
hack89
Feb 2018
#6
It's not that we're "meaner", Flibbity, we're just tired of having to fight on two fronts.
Decoy of Fenris
Feb 2018
#31
When I was single I stopped dating a guy because he loved taking his gun everywhere
kimbutgar
Feb 2018
#28
Since we are having a civilized conversation, what do you propose specifically?
Always Right
Feb 2018
#43
IIRC, the Journal News had some of the dish they were serving fed back to them...
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2018
#71
I routinely block people out of my life who travel with guns or post pictures of themselves
MaryMagdaline
Feb 2018
#60