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What to talk about, when casual conversation risks becoming a mine field? [1]
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Date: 2022-09-17
Well, tomorrow should be interesting. I’m off to attend a family event which will be bringing all kinds of people together. As this is supposed to be a social occasion, one of the first things to remember is NOT to talk about… politics.
So, just for ‘fun’ I thought I’d draw up a list of things that should be off-limits as conversation starters. (Is this ‘self-cancel culture’?) It could be a perverse drinking game depending on how many ‘hits’ this list could generate.
So let’s see – here’s what might be on a partial list of forbidden topics. If it seems a bit slanted, it’s because you can’t have American Psychosis without psychos. I’ve been having the experience more and more lately of seeing otherwise rational, seemingly nice people, lose their shit when something comes up that pushes their buttons. Just saying the words in bold type alone could be enough to start a fracas...
Joe Biden:
Is leaving the border wide open
Is to blame for high gas prices
Is to blame for inflation
Is the worst president ever
Is senile
Is a pedophile
Is being manipulated by Kamala Harris
Is too old to be president
Is selling out the country to China
Is to blame for the invasion of Ukraine
Botched the withdrawal from Afghanistan
Climate Change:
Is a hoax
Has always been happening
Is caused by the sun heating up
Has nothing to do with anything people do
Will destroy the economy if we get off fossil fuels
Will have us freezing in the dark if we get off fossil fuels
Could be a good thing if more CO2 increases food crop growth
(Does this mean the old conversational stand-by of just talking about the weather is now too dangerous to bring up?)
Covid:
Is fake news
Was created by the Chinese to cripple our economy
Was created in Chinese labs with funding from Dr. Fauci
Is a fake diagnosis so doctors/hospitals will get more money
Is no worse than the flu
Is being used as an excuse to infringe freedom with dangerous/useless vaccine mandates and masks that don’t work
Has killed people because doctors/the government refuses to let people have real treatments that work
Should have Fauci on trial for his crimes
Public Schools:
Are teaching Critical Race Theory to make white kids hate themselves
Are confusing kids about gender
Are grooming kids for pedophiles
Should have armed teachers
Should only have one entrance, to keep shooters out
Should make sure only ‘approved’ books are in classrooms
Should allow parents to decide what can be taught to their children
Should bring back/keep/increase corporal punishment
Are trying to teach ‘wokeness’
Need to bring back prayer
Immigration/The Border/Illegals:
Is out of control
Is making border states crime zones
Will not replace us
Is letting Democrats flood the country with illegal voters to steal elections
Abortion:
Should be banned everywhere
Should have no exceptions
Should be left to the states — NOT
Is never necessary to save a woman’s life
Blue Cities/States
Are crime-ridden hellholes
Are flooded with illegals
Are going broke because their high taxes are killing jobs and businesses
Are too ‘woke’ to function
Are full of drugs and sexual perversion
Elections:
Are full of fraud
Were stolen in 2020
Have too many illegal voters
Have rigged voting machines
Can’t be trusted because Democrats cheat
Should be left to state legislatures to run, not the Federal government
Should keep the electoral college so red states won’t be disenfranchised
Need strict voter ID
Should not be carried out by mail-in voting or drop off ballot boxes
January 6:
Was a false flag operation
Was just peaceful tourists
Was AntiFa
Was the last chance to save America
Should warn people that the Deep State/Democrats/George Soros/etc. can't get away with this forever
Trump:
Don’t even get started
Obviously this is just a partial list – and there’s so much crazy out there just waiting to be triggered, who knows what might set things off? Wish me luck… And feel free to share any experiences you may have had with conversations blowing up on you.
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