We broke up with some #childfree almost-friends last night (as of this writing which will post at a later date). This was our third time to meet them. There was a red flag (pun intended) at our second, but we thought it was a misunderstanding. Now we know it was not. The exact story isn’t blog worthy; maybe I’ll elaborate later.
The gist is: we don’t willingly socialize with republicans or libertarians. Clearly, we don’t always know, but when they out themselves, they do so on our chopping block. Anyone who supports a party of sexism, bigotry, hate, greed, and other “sins”–to use their own markers for morality–is not someone we will give our time or energy to. They don’t deserve friends, in my opinion. They definitely don’t deserve our friendship.
So, this morning, one of the first posts I see is just ..so ..dang …relevant.
I relayed this story to someone today who said, “It must be hard to be a republican in Colorado”. Yes, it honestly must be hard to be one anywhere, but especially here.