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In reply to the discussion: My arch-conservative uncle strikes again [View all]Ping Tung
(4,133 posts)33. I endeavor to please.
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There is a 3rd kind---- those who are really the 2nd kind, but pretend that
Jack Valentino
12 hrs ago
#40
(as long as no one tells him it is actually Sharia law, because 'muslims bad' )
Jack Valentino
12 hrs ago
#41
Good for you for your straight talk and no-nonsense reactions to his neanderthal opinions.
Martin68
23 hrs ago
#7
It's high time to stop mincing words. There's nothing conservative about "arch-conservatives".
JHB
23 hrs ago
#10
" They have to run things, because only they know what things are right and wrong."
MLWR
23 hrs ago
#13
I can honestly say my uncle, a navy veteran, is more out in left field than I am and I am in the left field parking lot
AZLD4Candidate
22 hrs ago
#16
Don't hold me to this with regard to Fugelsang's book, but I think it's attributed to him.
hamsterjill
22 hrs ago
#17
i would have gone off on unc saying this is neither a christian or religious country.
AllaN01Bear
22 hrs ago
#22
"As long as what the people decide is approved by religious leaders" - like the Taliban?
rurallib
21 hrs ago
#27
We never talk politics at family holidays, and I helped reinforce that unwritten rule one Xmas
TlalocW
21 hrs ago
#31