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<blockquote data-quote="Mutineer" data-source="post: 5598941" data-attributes="member: 69587">Impressive resume. We have a fair amount in common.I&#039;m interpreting that the bulk of your complaints are with the far Right religious types. I once saw a bumper sticker that read something like: &quot;Dear Jesus. Please protect me from your followers.&quot; I&#039;ve been laughing about that ever since. It is a delightful gem when truth and irony come together in such few words. It&#039;s one of my favorites.A years-long series of multiple significant negative experiences with neighboring land-owners during my early teen years are responsible for influencing the political leanings and worldview I have today. These people were a 30-something yo childless man/wife couple, and newcomers to our area. They harassed me, my parents, and every other neighbor adult and child who bordered their property in every way possible. They were absolutely toxic and malicious. I can&#039;t count how many times the sheriff visited our property and others in order to follow up on complaints from those people.Suffice to say, these people made no friends. Everybody hated them. It was a much smaller town then, and the residents and business owners simply closed ranks, refused to do business with them, and made their lives miserable in every passive-aggressive way imaginable. Secretly listening in on the conversations adults had talking about them, I am surprised they weren&#039;t murdered. But then, I&#039;m not absolutely positive about that either. LOL! One day about two years in, moving trucks arrived to their very large newly-built home and I never saw them or their matching fancy brand-new Mercedes Diesel station wagons ever again.As a dumb kid, I had no idea what I was looking at. As the critters I observed were at that time unknown to my area. As years went by and as I was becoming aware of politics I realized that was my first-ever experiences with what is a prototype of what are known today as: Rich White Liberals.Am I wrong to guess that you had significant negative childhood experiences with Far Right Religious Lunatics?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mutineer, post: 5598941, member: 69587"] Impressive resume. We have a fair amount in common. I'm interpreting that the bulk of your complaints are with the far Right religious types. I once saw a bumper sticker that read something like: "Dear Jesus. Please protect me from your followers." I've been laughing about that ever since. It is a delightful gem when truth and irony come together in such few words. It's one of my favorites. A years-long series of multiple significant negative experiences with neighboring land-owners during my early teen years are responsible for influencing the political leanings and worldview I have today. These people were a 30-something yo childless man/wife couple, and newcomers to our area. They harassed me, my parents, and every other neighbor adult and child who bordered their property in every way possible. They were absolutely toxic and malicious. I can't count how many times the sheriff visited our property and others in order to follow up on complaints from those people. Suffice to say, these people made no friends. Everybody hated them. It was a much smaller town then, and the residents and business owners simply closed ranks, refused to do business with them, and made their lives miserable in every passive-aggressive way imaginable. Secretly listening in on the conversations adults had talking about them, I am surprised they weren't murdered. But then, I'm not absolutely positive about that either. LOL! One day about two years in, moving trucks arrived to their very large newly-built home and I never saw them or their matching fancy brand-new Mercedes Diesel station wagons ever again. As a dumb kid, I had no idea what I was looking at. As the critters I observed were at that time unknown to my area. As years went by and as I was becoming aware of politics I realized that was my first-ever experiences with what is a prototype of what are known today as: Rich White Liberals. Am I wrong to guess that you had significant negative childhood experiences with Far Right Religious Lunatics? [/QUOTE]

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