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Though I don't know what NPR listening says about politics. I never got that.
My reference was just kind of a tongue-in-cheek nod to the stereotype of a liberal person. But in truth, the reporting does tend to emphasize the social issues that libs are focused on.
My ex was self-described as a middle-of-the-road moderate when I met him on Match... I think a big part of that self-identification was that people in his line of work tend to be quite conservative, so he used that description to avoiding getting baited into political debate at work by saying he was moderate and saw both sides. He was already on the lefty end of moderate, but became more left-leaning (and more frustrated with his neocon coworkers) as the relationship progressed.
I prefer to date someone with similar political beliefs as my own too. I tend to go liberal on social issues and conservative on fiscal issues. I try to abide by common sense more than sticking to any one party all the time. However, as long as someone is respectful of differing opinions and can actually express why they feel they way they do, then it wouldn't be a total deal breaker for me if all of our beliefs didn't line up. I don't like when people post too many political things on Facebook, so that would have been a major turn off for me no matter which side he was posting for.
Politics suck. Politicians and diapers need to be changed often. And for the same reason. I loathe the lot of them, democrat and republican alike.
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As someone who worked with them, I cannot agree with you more.
ALL politicians are lying d bags. I don't care if you're talkin Donkey's or Elephant's. They both lie and rob you blind, the Dem's just give the illusion of being for the little guy......
I think being honest in that area is important, it could cause some major compatibility issues otherwise.
Since we're talking about this something that really irks me is when you're talking with strangers or even people you know and they start spouting off about some policitical views like everyone at the table agrees with them, you know what I mean?? I find that insulting and annoying.
Chowhound, I once had a massage therapist start spouting off her political agenda during my appointment time! It was possibly one of the most unprofessional service-oriented experiences of my life. There is a place and time for discussing this, and during the course of providing a service for a fee is not it!
Chowhound, I once had a massage therapist start spouting off her political agenda during my appointment time! It was possibly one of the most unprofessional service-oriented experiences of my life. There is a place and time for discussing this, and during the course of providing a service for a fee is not it!
I agree, you're a "captive" audience to her at that point, that would have pissed me off, even if I had agreed with the views, I probably wouldn't want to be yacking about it if I were getting a massage at the time, that should be quiet peaceful time, in my humble opinion.
I try not to place that much importance on politics, so I'm perfectly okay dating a man that doesn't have the same leaning as me, especially considering that I consider myself a moderate-liberal leaning toward libertarian. That being said I would have a difficult time dating a man that is very conservative. This isn't because I think conservatives are bad or worse than liberals, but whereas I can understand why a man very liberal would be passionate about Gay rights, or drug legalization, I could never understand a person who is so opposed to what two people do in the bedroom that he/she would deny them marriage rights nor could I understand the anger and frustration with the poor... Furthermore I'm no longer a Christian(though I do believe in a high power and practice new age spirituality) so that also eliminates a good amount of men that are very conservative.
I know that there are certainly conservatives that are only fiscally conservative and that I would be perfectly fine with, but social conservatives I would have very little in common with.
I've voted democrat the last two elections-the first time because I believed in Obama, the second time because I could not stand Romney and wanted to give Obama a chance to see certain things through. However in both elections I found that the platform that I mostly identified with was Ron Paul--with a mixture of Obama. So I don't need to date a man necessarily liberal or democrat but I don't think I would have much in common with a very far leaning social conservative
Socially-conservative and economically-liberal here For me and ideally, a hypothetical romantic match would be similar in viewpoints, although I have found that I actually have more in common beliefs-wise with 100% liberals (economically and socially), vs. with both either 100% conservatives (economically and socially) or Libertarians, who tend to be liberal socially and conservative economically. I don't think I would be romantically compatible with a fiscal conservative, just because our worldviews would be so starkly different and diametrically opposed, on so many things in life
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Politics suck. Politicians and diapers need to be changed often. And for the same reason. I loathe the lot of them, democrat and republican alike.
I'm here with you
Personally speaking, I'm very conservative. My boyfriend? He's as liberal (socially speaking) as they come. So, this makes for interesting conversations between us.
For example, a person who is socially-conservative + economically-liberal might potentially be described as Pro-Life and pro-family and pro-religious values, but also pro-Social Security, pro-Medicare, and supportive of higher taxes on upper-income individuals and similar more-liberal fiscal policies, etc. It could be seen as "conservative but without being fiscally conservative", or as a "socially conservative liberal". It's interesting to think about and I sometimes wonder why there aren't more people similar to that politically, who are out there...
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For me and ideally, a hypothetical romantic match would be similar in viewpoints, although I have found that I actually have more in common beliefs-wise with 100% liberals (economically and socially), vs. with both either 100% conservatives (economically and socially) or Libertarians, who tend to be liberal socially and conservative economically. I don't think I would be romantically compatible with a fiscal conservative, just because our worldviews would be so starkly different and diametrically opposed, on so many things in life 
