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posted ago by TheLeftIsAntiRight ago by TheLeftIsAntiRight +2846 / -1

I asked him if I could use his band's music for my upcoming gaming podcast, and the conversation basically became "your political opinion and things you've said online are not things I want anywhere near my music". Once he asked if I was a fan of Kyle Rittenhouse, I knew where it was going.

I'm almost all out of friends. Still voting Trump.

Edit: Convo -

Me: "So hypothetically, if i was interested in use of a (Band Name) song for a podcast, who do i talk to? My brother and I are starting up a gaming podcast and are trying to find music to use. We can go royalty-free, but if it's possible to get another avenue of exposure for you I'd like to"

Him: "Ha, Play some Nugent instead !"

Me: "Why would i do that lol. Dude has one too many songs about little girls. Nooo thanks haha"

Him: "Still better than Gary Puckett"

Me: "Quite a bar to set."

(Here's where I let him know I realize what he's doing)

Me: "If the message is kinda "I'd like to keep my music a fair distance from you", it's understandably received. I don't want to jeopardize or compromise your chances at more success. Being that I'm blocked on my personal Instagram page, it isn't that hard to decipher lol"

(Note: His band is already signed and has toured multiple countries and been played on Sirius XM, so they already have a level of success)

Him: "I dont think it would impact it either way as far as success. Yeah if you're trying to pry it out of me the things i've seen you say on the internet are nuts. You insulted many of my friends you don't even know. One person even asked me who you are saying they sent your picture to their cousins."

Me: "Who sent what to who?" (I was confused here because of his last sentence)

Him: "Hard to keep track of how many you got internet tough with. At a certain point it was a liability on me. Telling a girl with one lung "womp womp" Cause she was scared to go back to work at her bar back in April. Who does that? We've known each other a long time. You didnt burn the bridge down but it will be closed for repairs for a while. (This goes back to some friend of his ripping into people not wearing masks because SHE is immunocompromised, so she said she can't go back to work and I said "womp womp". She never revealed what her medical issue was. I was only learning it in this convo.)

Me: "That's your decision. Sorry to hear that. I don't care about people being offended on Facebook because they're too sensitive to understand nobody has to cater to them. Nobody has to change their behavior because a girl is immunocompromised. It's up to her to not put herself in the situation. Why am i wrong in acting as though something that isn't my problem ISN'T my problem?"

Him: "Apply that last sentence to me regarding the gigantic chip on your shoulder"

Me: "There's no chip here. I don't support criminals, rioters, or terrorists. It saddens me to learn you do"

Him: "I'm sorry it's there but you cannot troll my page and my friends. One of these days one of them might catch up with you and that wouldnt be my problem either. I tried to make sure that wouldnt happen. I gotta know Kyle Rittenhouse fan or not?"

Me: "Yep. Defended himself against armed terrorists. You can disagree, but you'd be objectively wrong. Not that it stops people from pushing dumb shit anyway."

Him: (3 emojis - Fire, Bridge, Fire)

Me: "Again, that's on you. Sorry to hear that. Just know that you're voluntarily burning this bridge because you're choosing to put politics over a 33- year- long friendship. I'd hang out with you tomorrow if you asked and wouldn't even think of talking politically... but hey, if the wrong people found out, you'd be canceled for associating with a nazi or a fascist or something, right? Have to cater to the mob to keep your livelihood. I get it."

Him: "You need help i can't give you. I am sorry too but that's it."

Me: "I just hope, honestly, that you and your family remain safe in the increasingly violent and dangerous NYC that you and your friends seem to be perfectly OK with. So it's official, that's it? We stop at 33? Let me know. I don't need a lecture or a patronizing reason behind it. If you're choosing to end our friendship 100%, at least have the respect after 30+ years and tell me it's done."

Him: "Why are you dragging this out? You are an asshole to all my other friends and unhinged behind the surface. Get well maybe we'll talk in 10 years or maybe not."

Me: "Ok."

End convo. If you're interested, DM me for podcast info. I don't want some leftist to find it and cancel it before it starts.

Thanks, guys.

Edit: My son has this guy's name as his middle name, not his first.

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skumario 431 points ago +433 / -2

Your best friend is a retard. This is a great opportunity to flush bad people around you.

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Dingus 217 points ago +217 / -0

This right here, OP. As tough as it is to hear. Everyone in here is going thru similar.

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thebassdude 48 points ago +48 / -0

I just lost my best friend over similar circumstances. He sent a well known George Carlin skit about how politicians and government screw us over (which I agree with, been a Carlin fan all the way back to the Johnny Carson days) but the visual was supposedly a slide show of crooked politicians, but mostly showed Trump. This was sent to a group chat, btw. When I replied that I loved the Carlin message but could do without the liberal propaganda. he went off on a rant about how he was sick of us conservatives friends tormenting him. He has since put up a Biden sign and stopped communicating, with me anyway. Still voting for Trump.

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ripley88 8 points ago +8 / -0

I've said it before, but it's insane how much people underestimate the power of mass media to control your mind; people are losing friends, family and more because derranged leftists will sooner believe their timeline propaganda than their own reasoning, even when it comes to people they've known their whole lives.

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Strike_Eagle784 6 points ago +6 / -0

u/PeoplePerson, and u/thebassdude. Their losses, not yours. You're better off without someone whose quick to drop you over political differences.

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DebbieinDallas 2 points ago +2 / -0

“The only good communist is a dead communist”. I have said this about Democrats for YEARS!

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SAW2TH 1 point ago +1 / -0

User name checks out.

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MAGAdadUSA 51 points ago +52 / -1

Agreed. Have only kept friends who are trumps supporters or people thick skinned and mature enough not to reeee about everything. It’s not so bad.

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Bullet_Tooth_Tony 28 points ago +29 / -1

It really isn't that bad. It has done nothing but favors cleaning up my social sphere. I even have made it so my annoying lefty family members, like my sister, have agreed to just stfu about politics when we are around each other.

We are a Christian background so my subtle red pills are talking about traits of Christianity that tie to conservative thought without making it apparent. They always agree and I grin eagerly. Their time will come.

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Trumpette2020 8 points ago +8 / -0

I dont understand how any Christian could be a liberal, especially with their stance on abortion. It makes no logical sense to me!

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Bullet_Tooth_Tony 3 points ago +3 / -0

I ask myself that all of the time. My sister would put together pro life protests in high school. Then she moved to DC... Crazy what a social environment can do to a person.

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ZacPetkanas 28 points ago +28 / -0

Some of us are losing family members. Once our common relative passes away (in a long time, God willing) there are some that I have no desire to remain in contact with. For now and for family harmony I tolerate them

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WIMAGA 32 points ago +32 / -0

I lost a cousin after he called me so upset that I am getting married on Halloween and continuing with my original wedding plans. He went on to tell me how I’m going to kill his diabetic father (who I already spoke with and told I understand if he’s unable to attend - and he is happily attending), condescendingly educated me on previous pandemics, and then told me that I used to be his inspiration after i went through some horrific trauma as a child and healed - but now I’m basically a piece of shit and deserve every bad thing that has and will happen to me for having a wedding during a pandemic. I knew he was a disgusting piece of liberal garbage and I allowed myself to tolerate him for too long.

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NotoriousCIC 17 points ago +17 / -0

Lol. Oh because you don’t buy into this manufactured bullshit created by globalist. Oh no! Just stay in the house if you’re so scared of life, lefties.

Total nut jobs.

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WIMAGA 19 points ago +19 / -0

After I let him rant for about 15-20 mins, I said “you could have just sent the RSVP back with no” and then hung up on him. Lol

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BarackObongo 8 points ago +8 / -0

Savage , lol

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xkgb 6 points ago +6 / -0

👏

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thebassdude 16 points ago +16 / -0

I will celebrate your wedding Pede at my retirement party on the same day. I am finishing a 40 year career on that date, and will not be social distancing or wearing a damn face diaper. Besides you can't drink while wearing one, and I plan on it being a two fisted night.

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WIMAGA 9 points ago +9 / -0

Cheers to your retirement! My plans are the same, no mask and two drinks at all times. May we both have commie-free, joyful celebrations!

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thenameisdonald 5 points ago +5 / -0

Loving all these stories from you guys. This is cathartic for me. I thought I was the only one going thru these experiences.

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incogneato 5 points ago +5 / -0

not at all. I am also suffering bigly from this because I am isolated anyway and most of my friends and family turned out to be raving leftists. Feels bad but I'm hanging in there.

In the end, I have nothing but pity for these people. They hate Trump because if Trump is right, then all those politicians and celebrities and MSM reporters they believed for all those years are wrong.

And, therefore, they themselves are wrong, too, and have been for a very long time.

They cannot face up to that. They could never admit it. So, they remain caught between "I know he's right/but he can't be right because if he is, everything about my life is wrong."

That leads to the extreme cognitive dissonance we call TDS. And they'd rather shitcan their lifelong family and friends than face up to that.

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Choomguy 11 points ago +11 / -0

Not me, i got rid of the libtards in my life after Bill Clinton.

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SomeDiggity 67 points ago +70 / -3

Make your son start going by a different name. That will show him.

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meme_cannon_operator 154 points ago +154 / -0

Why he named his son faggot we'll never know..

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Trippleg 30 points ago +30 / -0

Kablamoooo! 😂😂

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PamelaCincinnatus 9 points ago +10 / -1

But... wouldn't that imply that the son is OP?

X-Files music

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bloodyminded 6 points ago +6 / -0

Could be a time traveler, raising his past self.

Not the way I'd choose to emulate Trump, but different strokes, I guess.

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MAGASquatch 55 points ago +55 / -0

Might I suggest: "Kyle."

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I_Love_45-70_Gov 21 points ago +21 / -0

Your name is now Cindy, because Carl is an asshole and a faggot.

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Nolivesmatter 14 points ago +26 / -12

Spend some time with your family ffs!

Who cares what they think of covid, they're still family.

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Raindrops1984 13 points ago +14 / -1

I get it that we don’t know circumstances, but I cut pregnant women slack for being crazy right now. There have been a few reports of babies being taken from Covid-positive mothers for “protection”. If I was about to give birth, I’d be scared shitless that they might take my baby.

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Kweebecker 7 points ago +8 / -1

There is a difference between being scared of a common cold, and being scared of the response of governments justified by some nebulous few who are scared of a common cold. One whines about face shields. The other will eventually call for riot shields.

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Nolivesmatter 13 points ago +13 / -0

Fair enough

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Lankyevilme 10 points ago +14 / -4

She's pregnant and scared, it's a shame what they have done to so many people. Don't go if you don't want, but cut her some slack of shes being crazy to protect her baby.

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dumdumexpress 16 points ago +16 / -0

Then don't host a damn party. Fuck me people make excuses for an obvious virtue play.

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DebbieinDallas 1 point ago +1 / -0

Kids have zero chance of getting sick with Wuhan Flu.

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peltast 6 points ago +6 / -0

It's not a "what they think of covid' thing. It limits movement of the non believers. I had to go to my niece's graduation a few months ago. Wear a POS mask. Quite uncomfortable, and afterwards, we couldn't celebrate because everybody there was paranoid about contact.

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DebbieinDallas 2 points ago +2 / -0

Fuck family

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Choomguy 10 points ago +10 / -0

Yep, anyone under 75 who is worried about covid is a retard.

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Tyrone_biggums 1 point ago +1 / -0

I’ll just say, that when people make “rules” like this, in my experience, no one really adheres to them in the end

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taavofficial 30 points ago +30 / -0

Gotta drain the swamp in our own ways.

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Restore_Sanity 21 points ago +21 / -0

Luke 12 51-53 . I’m sorry to hear about your loss. Your frens are here with you.

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one3five 12 points ago +12 / -0

51 Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

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Harambe 195 points ago +195 / -0

Imagine being such a cuck that you think Kyle Rittenhouse did something wrong.

People change, you evolve into either a Cuck or a Chad.

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Vino 14 points ago +14 / -0

"You're either a willow, or an oak" Lyod

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Kweebecker 8 points ago +9 / -1

Either way you're a bundle of sticks.

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Vino 1 point ago +1 / -0

What a fucking stupid reply. "Live like a bitch, it doesn't matter"

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Kweebecker 1 point ago +1 / -0

Bend with the wind like the willow, or stand against the wind like the oak, either way, it blows right by you towards its goal. Being the tree, either tree, shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the situation: The wind isn't blowing against you, it's blowing past you. You're an obstacle, not the goal.

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sometimescanbefunny 7 points ago +7 / -0

puts dick out

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Original_Dankster 3 points ago +3 / -0

Was Kyle channeling the protective spirit of Harambe?

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Harambe 5 points ago +5 / -0

Hard to get us to go to their concentration camps when we shoot back.

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JohnMcCainsTumors 162 points ago +162 / -0

Going to have to rename your kid Kyle.

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MN_Centipede 20 points ago +20 / -0

Do it!!! Call one of the liberal bailout legal fund lines to see if they can help with the paperwork. :-)

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Proud_American 116 points ago +116 / -0

People are pathetic these days.

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orig_shmeep 46 points ago +46 / -0

They purposefully look for ways to alienate their support group. Sad.

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Data 39 points ago +39 / -0

They have something fucked in their brains that makes them less tolerant of opposing ideas. Many studies about this phenomenon on the left. The personality trait is far less prevalent among conservatives.

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thekindlyman555 64 points ago +64 / -0

It's literal cult indoctrination 101.

There's an article about signs of cult behaviour and they list 14 behaviours common in religious cults:

  1. Submission: Complete, unquestioned trust in the leadership. CHECK
  2. Exclusivity: Their group is the only true group. CHECK
  3. Persecution complex: Us against them,when someone attempts to argue against the cult doctrine its seen as a direct attack on them. CHECK CHECK CHECK
  4. Control: Control of member's actions andd thinking through repeated indoctrination and/or threats of loss of salvation. CHECK
  5. Isolation: Minimizing contact of cult members with those outside the group. CHECK
  6. Love Bombing: Showing great attention and love to a person in the group by others in the group to help transfer emotional dependence to the group. CHECK
  7. Special Knowledge: Instructions and/or knowledge are sometimes said to be received by a leader from God. This leader then informs the members. NOPE
  8. Indoctrination: The teachings of the group are repeatedly drilled into the members. CHECK
  9. Salvation: Salvation from the judgment of God is maintained through association and/or submission to the group. White guilt. CHECK
  10. Group Think: The group's coherence is maintained by the observance to policies handed down from those in authority. There is internal enforcement of policies by members who reward "proper" behaviour. Cancel culture. CHECK
  11. Cognitive Dissonance: Avoidance of critical thinking and/or maintaining logically impossible beliefs and/or beliefs that are inconsistent with other beliefs held by the group. CHECK
  12. Shunning: Those who do not keep in step with group policies are shunned or expelled. Cancel Culture. CHECK
  13. Gender Roles: Control of gender roles and definitions. Severe control sometimes lead to sexual exploitation. CHECK
  14. Appearance Standards: Often a common appearance is required and maintained. Not really, but they all tend to display aposematism... lol...

Current leftist ideology is LITERALLY a secular cult.

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Fiscal22 28 points ago +28 / -0

Yes, the left calls Magas a cult all the time but when you actually look at the signs it's not even comparable. You can take any single leftist and describe their entire belief system because it's all one giant group think that must be exactly the same or you're expelled. People on the right have a big mix of thoughts some hate gays some are totally fine with them, some don't care as much about guns and many do, most are religious but not all. But those differences are allowed, and they also don't cut off and isolate from people with differant ideas.

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HonkThatBitch 23 points ago +23 / -0

I’m not religious at all, none of you fine folks have attempted to shun me for it, thank you. On the other hand, I don’t shun the religious. Funny how that works.

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sometimescanbefunny 5 points ago +6 / -1

REEEEEEE SHUN THE NON-BELIEVER!!!!

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thekindlyman555 20 points ago +20 / -0

Hell, I'm a Canadian atheist who is (reluctantly) pro-choice and until 2020 I was in favour of more gun control (mostly due to ignorance of what was already in place.) Until the Canadian 2019 election I've voted for liberal parties ever since I could vote, including regretfully for Captain Blackface (AKA Justin Trudeau) in 2015...

In pretty much every metric I am a 2008 era liberal that just never fell into the progressive communist indoctrination and I haven't been shunned, exiled, or even really fought against when I put my occasionally dissenting opinions out here. And more importantly, I haven't had to feel afraid of saying what I actually think here. Because even if people disagree the most I will get is a downvote or two and maybe an insult.

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ZacPetkanas 10 points ago +10 / -0

In pretty much every metric I am a 2008 era liberal....

Can you see the slippery slope now?

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sometimescanbefunny 4 points ago +4 / -0

The slippery slope is an inevitability, not a fallacy.

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Kweebecker 4 points ago +4 / -0

Even if everyone agrees, you'll still get downvotes from the saltybois who hate-browse. Hi saltybois!

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Hempbeard 3 points ago +3 / -0

DAMN STRAIGHT YOU MAPLE SYRUP BUTT CHUGGER!

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sometimescanbefunny 2 points ago +2 / -0

Darn tootin' you beard-havin' hemp wearer!

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Madmonk 2 points ago +2 / -0

I have a Canadian-born friend who I've known for 20+ years. He is a bit liberal, but not in all things. We actually agree on most things political. I enjoy discussing topics with him and we've had some pretty heated discussions over the years, let me tell you. He's modified my opinions on a few things and I've modified his as well. It's great. I love him like a brother and our families regularly get together for beers and cookouts. This is as it should be, IMO.

Oh, and he's voting for Trump this year (he abstained last time).

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nothingberg 6 points ago +8 / -2

Thank you for the high effort comment. Bookmarking

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Phil_Selway 4 points ago +4 / -0

Number 6 has more than one meaning for marxists.

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Ophelia 3 points ago +3 / -0

THIS should be a separate sticky.

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CuomoisaMassMurderer 9 points ago +9 / -0

But they are the party of tolerance. And inclusion! And being against fascism is right in their name.

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joker 7 points ago +7 / -0

Because they never learned to adult. They act like little children

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Fiscal22 89 points ago +89 / -0

That's a shit friend. My best friend and I do not agree politically so we just don't talk about it and focus on the things that we do both enjoy. It really isn't that hard to get along if both people are willing. Shame he wasn't and it's a sign he was a crappy friend.

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Dingus 19 points ago +19 / -0

Same here. We have tons of other stuff to talk about, so we both just do that.

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Fitblue -4 points ago +6 / -10

Yup I’m a dating a liberal lol

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TrumpSavedWesternCiv 18 points ago +18 / -0

Get out while you still can. A romantic relationship with a leftist will not end well

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Vino 10 points ago +10 / -0

Dude, gtfo of that situation!!

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ScreamingEagles 9 points ago +9 / -0

Eject! Eject! Eject!

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Ophelia 7 points ago +7 / -0

Heh my college son is dating Someone and she’s nice and all but I really need to know if her family are libtards before i can fully embrace her if you know what I mean.

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Original_Dankster 3 points ago +3 / -0

Fine to date. But if she's a leftist, especially if she's a feminist, don't cohabit, marry, or procreate with her. It's hanging a financial Sword of Damocles over your head.

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KALOWG 11 points ago +11 / -0

I don't know how you manage to still do this.

The left has infected EVERYTHING. I struggle to find things to talk about.

Sports... nope.

Entertainment... nope.

I go months now between talking because I just don't want to talk about politics anymore.

I walk away from conversations angry... close to livid when we do talk.

It sucks.

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Fiscal22 6 points ago +6 / -0

He's not a leftist he's just generally left leaning and votes Blue, he doesn't even pay much attention to politics. If he was a Twitter blue hair screecher there is no way could I do it. Another friend and I did break apart after he went tranny and became a typical Reddit SJW

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Lookthething 1 point ago +1 / -0

If he's politically inactive it sounds like someone your could slowly and subetly red pill over time. Good luck with your relationship!

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DebbieinDallas 1 point ago +1 / -0

It is in your mind constantly. Just looking at them brings up all the negative things they believe and that are against your beliefs. Looking at them and knowing that they voted for Obama or Hillary or Biden or Bernie you know that they dont have the same values as you...that their vote gives power to the people who want to raise your taxes and tell you how to live and whether or not you can even breathe the free fucking air FFS.

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fingis_dartan 45 points ago +50 / -5

Fuck him. Anyone who supports the left and their agenda are not people I would want around my family. I cut off my own brother because of his wife.

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Brave1884 15 points ago +15 / -0

A lot of people that agree either with Democrats or Republicans aren’t really political at all even if they vote one way. It’s why Facebook, CNN at the airport, FOX at the dentists, etc are so powerful in what they say, as it’s the small snippets of political news they get. The reality is more people will dislike you for being overly political regardless of your viewpoint.

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Grief 6 points ago +6 / -0

No, I'm pretty sure people that vote for keeping people in welfare for power and murder babies are total pieces of shit. There is good vs evil now and it couldn't be more clear. These people are voting to turn our country into a socialist hell hole. Every single one of them. There is no claiming ignorance at this point.

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DebbieinDallas 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yes. Exactly. This is not about tolerance of political viewpoints. This is about them voting for people who want power over your personal life. People who want to force you to buy a certain type of lightbulb FFS in 2006. And now they even want to regulate the amount of oxygen you can breathe. As Santa Anna said “No Quarter”

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Gayguy420 1 point ago +1 / -0

Very sad.

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RenaissanceOfHope 1 point ago +2 / -1

Why could you not just spend time with your brother without the wife instead?

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DebbieinDallas 2 points ago +2 / -0

Think The-Man-Formerly-Known-As-Prince-Harry and Prince William. DOESNT WORK!

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Deplora 39 points ago +40 / -1

But you have so many excellent frens!

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BadRonald13 17 points ago +17 / -0

Well said fren

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SludgeWarehouse 19 points ago +19 / -0

This is the best way to turn the name of your friend into something great through your son becoming a model individual and American.

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womp-womp-twice 4 points ago +4 / -0

or he could just start calling him Kyle...

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thistlemitten 22 points ago +22 / -0

Stay strong, Pede. It's time to make some new friends! Sorry for the shitshow you have to endure. It really does blow.

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NuclearRocks1 20 points ago +20 / -0

God Speed 😇🐸

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Hoakster1 20 points ago +20 / -0

You're not even close to being out of friends. You're just learning how to identify FALSE friends. We all have to go through this difficult process.

You'll come out better on the other side, with new friends and a WHOLE LOT LESS drama.

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SheikFromMozambake 19 points ago +19 / -0

Sorry but it's going around. Hang in there.

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Mintap 14 points ago +16 / -2

You have a LOT of frens.

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the_sky_is_falling 12 points ago +13 / -1

I'm only half joking but maybe ask your kid if he is keen to change his name to Kyle

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TheLeftIsAntiRight [S] 11 points ago +11 / -0

We're 38. He's been my best friend since Kindergarten.

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Thiswillbeintheexam 5 points ago +5 / -0

I lost friends over this too. I actually wonder how they justify it to themselves. They claim people who've gone over to Trump are mad, delusional, etc. Yet they themselves also claim to be incredibly virtuous and helping, ready to identify depression and help etc. Yet, their response is never a helping hand, or a supportive shoulder, or even a promise to be there when you come back to earth. It's always the opposite; expulsion and isolation. But then, I could fill a page with the many, many contradictions of the modern Left.

I've seen enough to know that these people have been indoctrinated from their earliest steps into a particular worldview (deeper than the false Left vs Right dichotomy), and their psyche takes conscious and subconscious steps to protect them from any challenge to it. Older people in particular seem most resistant to it. Most people are simply not ready to be unplugged.

They are the fragile ones, riven by fear and externally controlled and directed though they know it not.

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glow-operator-2-0 2 points ago +2 / -0

If the left is trying their subtle best to isolate us from the people around us, then they are succeeding in their "Social distancing".

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DebbieinDallas 1 point ago +1 / -0

What do you mean “subtle”? Where you been all these months?

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nothingberg 0 points ago +2 / -2

Great point

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Winter_Is_Coming2020 12 points ago +12 / -0

I used to work for a Seattle based company and recently quit due to the CO allowing Communist BS displayed in company comms.

I realized not everybody is reasonable, but when I quit I lost some “work friends” (after 24 years) - good riddance, KAG...

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Kweebecker 3 points ago +3 / -0

For all that people like the bible around here, a heck of a lot of them seem to forget the quote is "The Blood Of The Covenant Is Thicker Than The Water Of The Womb", and is actually the exact opposite of what most people intend to say.

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DebbieinDallas 2 points ago +2 / -0

God. Country. Trump. Fuck family.

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OneMoreTime 11 points ago +12 / -1

Musician (and gamer) here. If you need music, DM me. I'm sorry about your friend. I feel like people undervalue friendship in the face of social media/political signaling these days. It's tragic. Hang in there.

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pede-o-saurus 11 points ago +11 / -0

"Dad, why are you calling me Kyle now?"

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technoraptor 11 points ago +12 / -1

i mean, idk what you said online, but my friend is a producer and owns his own DJing company that does weddings and corporate events and such. I know if you are in the creative field, you are practically forced to abide by BLM. If they do not put "This corporation supports BLM" on their social media, it becomes like the passover in egypt where if you don't put blood sacrifice on your door they will steal your first born son.

I can sort of understand your friend's perspective if he is a creative, where he HAS to act liberal to succeed.

He should be nice to you and explain why he cannot let a right wing dude rep his music that is made for a left wing audience. Business is business, but if he is a dick about it then he is a dick.

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Grief 3 points ago +3 / -0

That's so funny. I had a friend looking at DJs for a party recently and they passed on the most popular one because they had that racist crap all over their Facebook.

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Crockett 1 point ago +1 / -0

Liberals when boycotting someone for their views: "They need to suffer consequences for their bad views."

Liberals when being boycotted for their own views: "We don't want the business of bigots anyways."

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Pres_Trump 10 points ago +10 / -0

A wise man once said, "You are who you surround yourself with". Surround yourself with great positive thinking people and you will be good.

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powershellder 1 point ago +1 / -0

“Make friends with people who want the best for you.”

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NoMoreMao 10 points ago +10 / -0

In your life if you have 5 friends you can trust and count on for anything you are a rich man.

I only have 1. I have lots of acquaintances and none of them are commies either.

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Tellman125 10 points ago +10 / -0

Though late 2015 and 2016, I HAD a friends who was regularly TAUNTING and laughing at me for supporting Trump. In July 2016, we made a bet for 80 bucks about the election (I had said I'd bet AS MUCH as he possibly could!), and of course I said Trump would win. Trump won, and my friend MAILED me a CHECK, but then he disappeared, ignored all my texts and calls until a couple days after Trump was inaugurated, and he called me and we talked on the phone and he was just like "You don't believe [so and so thing], do you?" about one things after another, including pizzagate, and then he was finally like "I'm ending this conversation now," and then he texted me the next day, saying "We're not friends until Trump is out of office and you admit your mistake."

I then asked for advice and perspectives on /r/The_Donald the next day, and the best response was "I'm sorry, but your friend is now a member of a cult." And thaaaaaaaaaaat's it!!!!!!!!! I have tried texting and calling him through few times in the YEARS since then, to see if he has cooled off, but no. He used to always say that certain line that tons of Democrats weirdly like to say, which is "I don't even CAAAARE about politics" and "None of it really matters to me," but that was always right in the midst of him getting very intensely emotional and combative AS he was talking about it and as he was referencing things FROM CNN and the BBC. We even once had a whole argument about John Kerry and the Iran deal!

Anyway, I've got a couple relatives who are the exact same way. The people who really DON'T care about politics really DON'T have any emotional reaction to political sentiments, any more than if it was any OTHER subject they honestly don't care about--and I have a relative who's like that, too, and he has said that politics "Is like a really boring TV series I'm not interested in." And all I know is that I can't WAIT till November, when I can cast my vote for Trump AGAIN!!!!

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Grief 4 points ago +5 / -1

When Trump wins reelection you should ask him if he's ready to apologize yet.

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knightpatriot 9 points ago +9 / -0

I’ve lost a fair share of “friends” as well. They won’t be missed.

It’s not even just about politics — I’ll never be able to trust them or have a real conversation with them anyways because they are perpetually influenced and brainwashed by leftist news and social media hive-minds.

Sports, politics, games, music, world news, fashion, hobbies, movies, life, family, science, nature, it doesn’t matter the topic because they have no original thoughts about any of it. If I felt like being subjected to their idiocy, I can go on Fakebook or Shitter and read the same things that they would say anyways.

Bye, felicias. Better people are out there anyways.

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Blackmode 9 points ago +10 / -1

You are better off, when the shit hits the fan would he have had your back?

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Joe_Hiden_69 8 points ago +8 / -0

You cant trust these Liberals, not ever. It doesn't matter how long you've known them or how much you like them. They will drop you in an instant, deceive you, steal from you, leave you to die if need be, after they find out you're 'one of them'.

You just gotta be smart about it. Fuck friends, just know who and where your people are when you have to walk onto the yard.

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Pelayo 8 points ago +8 / -0

As an older Pede I can assure you that when you live an authentic life you will attract likewise and never regret the ones who are left behind.

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Conservatarian23 7 points ago +7 / -0

@TheLeftIsAntiRight I lost two of my best friends back in May. Both groomsmen in my wedding, one of the two was my best man and best friend for the last 30 years. They cut me out of their life via Facebook messenger and then one follow up email. One of them said "some cops are going to need to die before this is all over" and "I can't have people who support Trump around my children because I don't want them growing up with those morals". I did absolutely nothing other than disagree and present facts and data. I was never hostile or personal. It's one of the hardest things emotionally I've had to process in my adult life. You are not alone. I still miss them.

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Sunnywindows 7 points ago +7 / -0

I have a different take on this. Don’t give up on old friends. He is clearly uninformed. He may learn a few things over time. And he has a right to his opinion, as do you. Let some time go by, and try to mend fences at some point. If you really are good friends, and you have gotten a lot from this friendship, be patient. This political season will pass. There’s more to friendship than your differing opinions on the news, and if he’s worth it, you can both make an effort to get past this time.
On the other hand, many musicians are sensitive souls and easily swayed by liberal programming and feelings. He may be a narcissistic selfish closed minded guy, . If not, and you enjoy his company other than politics, keep an open mind, put him in a different box in your mind, and compartmentalize him to be someone you can relate to in music or other avenues.

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Grief 3 points ago +4 / -1

Sorry, but you're wrong. Democrats don't have a right to their own opinion and actions when it violates everyone else's Constitutional rights. Don't treat them like it's normal or we'll accept their behavior one day. Cut the cord and don't look back.

In this case his friend is saying he doesn't have the right to defend himself using the 2nd amendment. He'd rather his friend die for his liberal causes than be safe.

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SemperFree 7 points ago +8 / -1

I have no friends either

Probably cause I'm an asshole. Once you see the matrix you cannot unsee it.

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DebbieinDallas 2 points ago +2 / -0

I think I like you. Honesty is so rare these days and needs to be cherished.😁

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wwg1warrior 7 points ago +7 / -0

Your new friends will be more amazing than your old.

Think of how thin the line was that your friendship stood on. So sad.

Welcome pede!

*oh - when the shoe drops on the deep state, your old friends will probably come running back to you. Go easy on them when they do

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DebbieinDallas 2 points ago +2 / -0

They wont come running back because they cant ever admit they were wrong.

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MichaelStewart 7 points ago +7 / -0

I don't see losing friends over supporting Kyle as a bad thing.

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texascpa 6 points ago +6 / -0

It sucks that your best friend does not believe in defending himself and that if put in the same position would just allow himself to be beat to a pulp.

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Commybasher9000 6 points ago +6 / -0

I have left leaning friends and they all agree that kyle acted in self defense. Their only argument is that he should not have been there, and I say none of those idiots should have. Then they agree and we go on with our lives. Sorry bout your loss but it seems like it was not worth it.

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TwoCurvedHollowFangs 6 points ago +6 / -0

Sounds like your best friend is low-T and low-info. It starts with whining about other people having a different opinion and not falling in line. I have a buddy who is terrified of COVID and he gets pissed at me for going to kickboxing. I told him I’ll stop going as soon as Joe Biden can string a coherent sentence together. My Saturday class starts at 10am, lol. My friends have no control over me. I’m glad to see yours don’t have control of you.

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Formerlurker92 6 points ago +6 / -0

Tds sucks. Hopefully he can get over it and come back to the right side of history

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Whyyesyesiam 6 points ago +6 / -0

Sorry for your loss, I know its difficult. I've lost pretty much my entire family over Trump but I am still voting for him.

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RobertSparks777 6 points ago +6 / -0

HA! I got that beat. I lost two friends from the 70s including the one time love of my life (that wouldn't marry me but we remained friends) and my second oldest friend and the one I spent more time with than all my friends combined because we played music together and toured the world, all because I supported Kyle. The mental illness that has overtaken the left is unbreakable. It's Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

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powershellder 2 points ago +2 / -0

Isn’t Invasion of the Body Snatchers supposed to be about communist infiltration?

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RobertSparks777 1 point ago +1 / -0

I'm pretty sure.

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incogneato 1 point ago +1 / -0

So is John Carpenter's version of The Thing (the one with Kurt Russell) and a number of other sci-fi movies from the '50's & 60's

The Thing was based on a much earlier magazine story called "Who Goes There?"

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chahn1138 6 points ago +6 / -0

People are aligning themselves politically to avoid the coming disaster, but once we have won the day they will want to be part of the picture.

Try not to VOMIT on them as them begin to emerge into the Light.

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MAGAHEALER 6 points ago +6 / -0

So what does your “friend” think Kyle should have done? Let the mob beat him to death?

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LadyOfLorien 8 points ago +8 / -0

My BIL legit told me that "shooting someone who is attacking you makes you just as bad as them.".

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DebbieinDallas 2 points ago +2 / -0

Which totally shows you why there is no reasoning with these people.

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IncredibleMrE1 6 points ago +6 / -0

I'm almost all out of friends.

That is not true, you have millions of frens here, and every single one of us is a better friend than that retard.

Sorry OP. That sucks big-league. Remember in the long run you're better off without that toxicity in your life.

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Teasingpenguin 6 points ago +6 / -0

Well done for not falling for sunk cost fallacy and keeping shit friends and actually having a backbone

I know how you feel

I’m in the UK 🇬🇧 So imagine here that more people have no clue because al they get is the news and Facebook, no rallies or less red pills through the way of tax cuts etc

I’ve lost many friends but I prefer it that way

A close a tight circle

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dougkeenan 5 points ago +5 / -0

FREE KYLE

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DoomedDotNews 5 points ago +5 / -0

I lost my best friend to 9/11 conspiracies.

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nothingberg 0 points ago +2 / -2

Same. i lost 3

edit: Btw we aren't wrong

http://ine.uaf.edu/wtc7

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NotADocileLady 5 points ago +5 / -0

We're in a period of Reckoning.

All of the demons are showing themselves, even if you thought he was solid. Be strong. Good things are coming.

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MidwestNorsk 5 points ago +5 / -0

Step over the bodies. Keep moving. I've been disowned by two sisters and IDGAF.