[kj] Darren Peace

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Sorry, I get it now.

Yeah, I think you are right.

BUT!: There is also a point where someone's politics get so obtrusively 
obnoxious to you, that it does color how you feel about their personality.

Keep in mind I live in Texas, was raised in the Dallas area, and grew up 
around a lot of very backwards conservatives. It colored their 
personalities to such a degree that it made it hard to like them. The 
Dead Kennedys sucked, Subhumans sucked, Crass sucked, all kind of 
actually decent music sucked because they were pansy leftist wankers. I 
mean, I have to relate to someone somehow. When someone comes at me from 
this really alien cultural world where the USA kicks ass and can do no 
wrong, and if you are gay you might as well get the death penalty, etc., 
etc., it is hard to say, "Oh wel, that is just their politics, but 
otherwise I am sure they are decent!"

-Oliver


The Exorcist wrote:

> That's exactly what I wrote:

> "One last thing, if you'd learn to disassociate politics from 

> individuals you'd be surprised

> at how many decent people are out there."

>

> I basically state that even if you disagree with someone politically 

> it doesn't mean you have to hate/despise them.

> And once you past the politics of the individual, you'd be surprised 

> how amicable they may turn out to be. :)