The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Eric the Green]

(07-06-2020, 10:53 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(07-06-2020, 03:39 AM)taramarie Wrote:

(07-06-2020, 03:07 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(07-06-2020, 02:44 AM)taramarie Wrote: Unsure what you mean regarding pushing hobbies or weird interests.

Think on our regulars.  Which people are likely to insist in telling you about things like dogs, astrology, violence or xenophobia?  Their obsessions with their various areas of interest are often a bit odd, and not at all what are in your experience?  I know everyone tends to have an odd area of interest, but at times they color your conversation, makes it impossible to communicate with them if that requires you to shift their opinion in their odd area of interest.

Astrology is Eric's profession as far as i know so of course he will discuss it and inject it into his "findings" regarding the political topics that you guys discuss. I do not see that much discussion about dogs, but pbrower mentioned his reason for bringing up dogs so he can answer that better than i can as i only mentioned dogs in south africa as that was brought up and i have experience in south africa. As for violence and xenophobia....this is the 4T and there is violence partly because of xenophobia as well as other various outrages going on in your country which are splitting the population into pieces. Also i believe it could be a feeling of needs not being met/heard or understood and the only way to get those needs met is a feeling of having to take action even if it means violence at times. I feel this going on within both sides politically in your country going by what people say and how it is said. It is a 4T so obviously that will happen. I just hope it does not end up as another civil war. More than likely not. I hope so anyway. "Odd areas of interest" may be a call out for the need to bring attention to a need as well as a simple interest. Perhaps listen to the message behind those interests?

Astrology is Eric's hobby. Political activism is Eric's profession.

I doubt I can have a "profession" for which I don't get paid.