tell them you're a scientologist......you'll never hear from him again....
tell them you're a scientologist......you'll never hear from him again....
PHeller wrote: Or you just get set in your (annoyingly stubborn) ways.
Then that would mean that you didn't learn. Shame on you.
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: Ugh, just now he sends me this email that he wrote.A WATERSHED MOMENT By now, you have probably heard .... blah blah blah, words you don't want your co-workers to see, blah blah blah...Just shoot me now.....
I berkeleying hate when people send me political emails. While I do listen to talk radio a great deal, I do not let it consume my life. If someone wants to talk politics, I may or may not engage them. But I certainly do not send these stupid emails around or bother reading them.
Anti-stance wrote:SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: Ugh, just now he sends me this email that he wrote.I berkeleying hate when people send me political emails. While I do listen to talk radio a great deal, I do not let it consume my life. If someone wants to talk politics, I may or may not engage them. But I certainly do not send these stupid emails around or bother reading them.A WATERSHED MOMENT By now, you have probably heard .... blah blah blah, words you don't want your co-workers to see, blah blah blah...Just shoot me now.....
I bet you listen to the same guy I do in the mornings!
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Set up an email filter on the keywords "Hussein, Reagan, GOP, Dems" and have it auto-reply with "This email was considered inappropriate and irritating and has been deleted automatically".
Why bother. Dad is obviously Mr. "Old guy on the internet." Just say "Hey pop, I changed my email address to obamaluvr69@hotmail" and never be bothered again?
Honestly though (OP) why not break his balls right back? Around the age of 30, I really stopped worrying about "making daddy proud" and told him as much. I am an adult. Everything I have, I've worked for. Mommy and daddy didn't pay for cars or school or a place to live. So while I respect my Dad, I don't mind breaking balls with him, and he doesn't mind either.
Yes, he sends me the emails (we are both non-democrats) and I ignore 99% of them unless I see a really weird one, at which point I'll point him to Snopes and remind him that the quickest way to lose an argument is to overstate it.
Remember, Dad didn't grow up with a computer and email and crap.
(I called my FIL by his first name)
Hey FIL,
Have you heard the Word of the Lord?
Let me tell you about my relationship with our Savior Jesus Christ.
Long before I met your daughter, I used to do .......
FIL has a quizzical look.
Do some homework, learn the terms and put a coupla WatchTower pamphlets in his hands.
After 5 minutes, smile.
Pop two beers, hand him one.
"Now do you understand why I glaze over with politics?"
Good Luck.
HA!!!!!! Dan is the man.
Oh ya'll mean I should have told my brother-in-law to "Shut up or I am going to punch you square in your berkeleying face." ?Berkeleying liberal pot smoking hippie living on disability.... GRRRRRR
Oh and this was over dinner. 
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: My dad is way way way too into politics for me. It just comes up all the time and almost every conversation turns into his hatred for the Democrats.
I'm sure your Dad is a really smart guy who has worked hard all his life to get you to a place where you can chisel out your own little niche in this world and find some happiness. There are people in Washington who, just for the sake of argument, we will call "Democrats". These people want to take what you work for, and give it to those who are too lazy to work. Maybe you should hear your Dad out, and really listen to what he has to say.
Otto Maddox wrote: I can read them just fine. The not responding is hard. I get the urge to antagonize everyone just to get even.
That may be just what he's looking for. I'll never understand why, but some people enjoy arguing. I don't, particularly about politics...I'm well informed and know what my opinions are, I just don't care to share them with others or hear theirs.
My suggestions would be to 1) try to change the subject, and if that doesn't work then 2) just come out and tell him you don't want to talk about politics. If he wants to fight about it, leave - abusive relationships aren't worth it.
mguar wrote: In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker: I understand the brevity of what you are saying but..... What about honor they mother and father?Or in southern terms, Respect your elders?
You can honor and respect them but if they ignore you when you are tap-tap-tapping your distain I think it is fine to use a bigger hammer. Respect works both ways.
Otto Maddox wrote: Am I the only one that gets the red an blue political affiliations mixed up? When I see red, I think communist.
Last I heard its all pink inside
1988RedT2 wrote:SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: My dad is way way way too into politics for me. It just comes up all the time and almost every conversation turns into his hatred for the Democrats.I'm sure your Dad is a really smart guy who has worked hard all his life to get you to a place where you can chisel out your own little niche in this world and find some happiness. There are people in Washington who, just for the sake of argument, we will call "Democrats". These people want to take what you work for, and give it to those who are too lazy to work. Maybe you should hear your Dad out, and really listen to what he has to say.
No
I've been listening to his pro-republican ramblings for the last twenty years. The stuff he says today about Obama is the same stuff he said about Clinton. I'm tired of it.
I don't like politics. It's plain and simple as that. I don't like hearing about it, I don't like talking about it, and I definitely don't like having someone's opinions stuffed down my throat.
To me every politician is a crook one way or another. They're in it for themselves and no one else regardless what they say or promise.
At this point, it wouldn't make a damn difference if there was a Democrat or Republican in the President's Chair or who controlled the House or Senate. This country is screwed six ways from Sunday and nobody can fix it on the fact that they are red or blue. Congress sits there and jerks each other off and I have to hear about it on the news every night.They don't want to work with each other to try to make this country a better place to live. Instead they fight each other on everything and us citizens who voted these idiots into office have to sit here and suffer.
Now that I have that out of my system.
Otto Maddox wrote: All you have to do is see that someone has included "Hussein" in Obama's name to know they are a neocon.
my response to that is to always call the presumptive Republican nominee "Willard" every time i mention him... because "Mitt" just sounds stupid..
if it matters, i'm a Ron Paul guy...
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: At this point, it wouldn't make a damn difference if there was a Democrat or Republican in the President's Chair or who controlled the House or Senate. This country is screwed six ways from Sunday and nobody can fix it on the fact that they are red or blue. Congress sits there and jerks each other off and I have to hear about it on the news every night.They don't want to work with each other to try to make this country a better place to live. Instead they fight each other on everything and us citizens who voted these idiots into office have to sit here and suffer.
No it wouldn't matter.
No, our country is not screwed. The sky is not falling. We are in a recession that occurred for a whole myriad of systemic reasons, not just any one group's fault. The biggest issues our country is dealing with is that we are in a recession and just have to weather the storm. When more money starts circulating better, things will improve.
The point of government is not to get things done. The point of government is to protect the general welfare of the population. Our founding fathers were smart enough to realize that meant building a system of government where it was really really hard to get things done. When it's easy to get things done, it's easy for a faction to inflict its will upon the entirety of the population. One of the best way to keep overly-opinionated people who want to wield power from using it to trample on others is to stick them all together in one place and give them just enough power to feel important and counteract what the other opinionated people want to do with their power.
stuart in mn wrote:Otto Maddox wrote: I can read them just fine. The not responding is hard. I get the urge to antagonize everyone just to get even.That may be just what he's looking for. I'll never understand why, but some people enjoy arguing. I don't, particularly about politics...I'm well informed and know what my opinions are, I just don't care to share them with others or hear theirs. My suggestions would be to 1) try to change the subject, and if that doesn't work then 2) just come out and tell him you don't want to talk about politics. If he wants to fight about it, leave - abusive relationships aren't worth it.
On the debate team in high school, have a philosophy minor to go with my PR degree................yeah, I enjoy spirited banter.
It's also funny to trip someone up to the point of anger........yes, I'm a bad person.
Is anyone else seeing the irony that OP is slowly being forced into a political discussion in this thread?
In reply to 92CelicaHalfTrac:
I caught that. But I am not so sure it was slow. It was more like OMG! Listen to dad! Democrats want to steal your baby's pacifier!
mguar wrote: In reply to SyntheticBlinkerFluid: The system is broke..
Most true words you have posted on these forums.
z31maniac wrote: I bet you listen to the same guy I do in the mornings!
If he flies a Mooney and rides a BMW, then yes.
z31maniac wrote: It's also funny to trip someone up to the point of anger........yes, I'm a bad person.
I'm sure they think it's a laugh riot.
No, our country is not screwed. The sky is not falling.
I appreciate your optimism, and respectfully disagree. Take a look, and keep in mind that there are 10,000 people a day retiring and collecting social security.
Alright guys, I didn't want this to turn into a political debate. I just wanted advice.
Sooo...the way to deal with someone who is overly political is apparently to debate them about politics. Simple, no?
to the OP: has anyone suggested hiring Cock Knocker?
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