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In reply to the discussion: My arch-conservative uncle strikes again [View all]LisaM
(29,475 posts)6. I think those are actually the public and hidden persona of the same guy.
It's always the ones who gripe the most about modesty who are the biggest gawkers and voyeurs. The problem is that the two personalities hate each other.
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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
22 hrs ago
#10
" They have to run things, because only they know what things are right and wrong."
MLWR
22 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
21 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
20 hrs ago
#31