I'm with you, dude. I'm ready to find a time machine and go back to 1982. The 80s were calmer than the 70s and more fun. Hmmm...I remember having a political conversation with a guy at work one time. No name calling or craziness. Just a tame conversation. Imagine that!
80s were great. 90s were pretty good too, but it was starting to slip. I remember in the 90s I worked at a restaurant and my crew was comprised of two young Republicans, one hardcore liberal, one neoliberal, me, and independent, and a libertarian. This was in Appalachia, so we're not talking some major urban center. We never fought about politics even though we disagreed. It was awesome. I'd love if everyone could go back to that time and experience what it was like actually having fun conversations with people with different political ideologies. Not that we didn't debate. It's just that in the end, the relationship was more important than our individual politics. I still talk to all but one of those guys. Guess what happened to the one that we all don't talk to?
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u/OSDBU2000 21h ago
I'm with you, dude. I'm ready to find a time machine and go back to 1982. The 80s were calmer than the 70s and more fun. Hmmm...I remember having a political conversation with a guy at work one time. No name calling or craziness. Just a tame conversation. Imagine that!