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Peregrine Took

(7,504 posts) Sun Nov 10, 2013, 02:53 PM Nov 2013

What do you do re: someone interjecting Fox/rethug talking points at dinner?

Say you are out to dinner with your in-laws and things are going along ok with half a bottle of wine under your belts and someone brings up Obamacare and proceeds to launch into a huge harangue against Obama and the Dems and that person knows we are strong Democrats. a

I disagreed with her but later regretted it and wished I'd just kept quiet - it was a social occasion after all and just because she was rude I needn't have compounded it.

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What do you do re: someone interjecting Fox/rethug talking points at dinner? (Original Post) Peregrine Took Nov 2013 OP

Knowing that you cannot talk sense into furniture (i.e., their brains, or facsimiles thereof) CurtEastPoint Nov 2013 #1

Tricky - best plan maybe something like "we are going to have to disagree about this, but... NRaleighLiberal Nov 2013 #2

Actually, I did the opposite a few nights ago. Turbineguy Nov 2013 #3

I sometimes say JustAnotherGen Nov 2013 #4

That's a perfect response! pengillian101 Apr 2014 #6

Just laugh at them Politicalboi Mar 2014 #5

CurtEastPoint

(19,182 posts)

1. Knowing that you cannot talk sense into furniture (i.e., their brains, or facsimiles thereof)

Reply to Peregrine Took (Original post)

Sun Nov 10, 2013, 02:58 PM

Nov 2013

I have simply stated, "I will not discuss this with you," and then change the subject. I have yet to get any pushback.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,504 posts)

2. Tricky - best plan maybe something like "we are going to have to disagree about this, but...

Reply to Peregrine Took (Original post)

Sun Nov 10, 2013, 03:01 PM

Nov 2013

let's leave politics out of this occasion" or something like that.

Whether I could follow my own advice....

Turbineguy

(38,382 posts)

3. Actually, I did the opposite a few nights ago.

Reply to Peregrine Took (Original post)

Sun Nov 10, 2013, 03:43 PM

Nov 2013

The discussion was about Obamacare and the other party started with the SRWTP's. I went on to say that my premiums were going to double from $782 to $193 per month. He siad, "What kind of math is that?" "Fox News Math!" The person who pointed out that 40 million people would now get health care was pretty much drowned out.