@plainoldme,
plainoldme wrote:I speak for myself. I am totally turned off by right wing men. When I have used an online dating service (which I no longer do), I have always stated liberal woman seeks left-leaning man.
A very tall retired naval officer and college prof from Vermont, sent me a message via the last site I used. I ignored men who did not interest me . . . it seemed then, and still seems, the most polite way to eliminate them. He had a rather long narrative in his profile about debating his (he used an adjective which I can not remember) conservative views against her "mildly liberal views." The implication was that he would defeat the woman but that it would be a wonderful evening. What a waste of time, I thought. What an annoyance.
Initially, he sent a long note that did not include the political debate. I then read the profile and knew I should not respond. A week later, he sent me an urgent message. Did I receive his bid for my attention? Surely, I must be interested in him, he wrote. I answered that I feel it is more polite to not respond to his -- or any man's message -- if I had no interest. I specified a liberal or left-leaning man.
He wrote back that he was surprised. Why was he surprised? Did he think I was bluffing?
You haven't caught on yet that I use language rather precisely. I say exactly what I mean. Occasionally, I do imply things. After all, there are times when an implication works better because one's partner in a conversation might need to be led to a conclusion s/he is missing. But you insult me to suggest that I would imply such stupidity.
Your exact words were:
"Finally, david, you make much of the what you feel are your
imperfect looks vis a vis
success with women.
Have you ever considered that your politics are an enormous turn off? " [emphasis added by David]
That sounds like u r remarking about "women" generally,
as a group,
denying that
any of them vote the same way that I do or share my sentiments. I was taken aback to hear
THAT from u.
Were u advising me to
CHANGE my
opinions, in hope of better "success with women" as u put it ????????
plainoldme wrote:I will say that my women friends . . . they are my friends after all. . .are turned off by conservative men.
Hey, I bet michelle bachmann is turned off by liberal men!
That is plausible, in that presumably it is not a large group,
and not the
entire female gender.
In my right wing political groups, we have
female participants
who r very committed to the
Originalist American point of vu,
in common with the Founding Fathers (as amended, per Article 5).
Indeed, I remember in 2000, there were some of them who became
DESPONDENT in
their
fear --
near terror and
depression-- that Gore woud become President.
I had to calm them down, to assure them that there was extremely little chance of
THAT happening. Of course, I was right.
My point is that we on the
right, have very committed female supporters.
David
