To start off, let me just add that I really haven’t picked a side in the U.S. prez race (nor do I need to, as I’m not american).
I had a very entertaining conversation with a student from Iowa on Saturday in the Kitchen nightclub. She and her friend sat down at table joining me and my friends. we got talking to the 2 of them about this and that, and so on, and so forth.
about halfway into the evening, she brought up the topic of the presidential race in the U.S. Most of my friends lost interest at this point. we talked alot about current situations. we agreed on a lot of points, but until I mentioned the “Religious Right”'s leaning towards the Republican party. She then got offensive.
“Why does Everybody who isn’t in the US love the Democrats?” she asked me. I pointed out that I couldn’t really care anout wether a person is a republican or democrat. Not good enough for her. I tried to explain my belief in Individual politics. She then told me that it wouldn’t work, that you have to have a party line to follow.
I patiently explained that I don’t like to take orders like a sheep, without thinking for myself about an issue. She then said “well, So do I, but I will take the party line anyway.”
me: 1 republican in a devil costume: 0
I asked her about prayer in the schools. She said “Whats wrong with prayer in the schools?” I said “nothing at all, its just that if public schools put Christian prayer in place, it could upset people of other religions” she replied that prayer was for all religions. I then said, “what about Atheists?” her reply “I don’t care about that Atheist crap”
me:2 republican in a devil costume: 0
She then talked about how religion would never be removed from government, and how there will always be a Christian in Office. I asked her about Liebermann, but she danced around that, saying that Gore wouldn’t win anyway. She then said that She would rather have a president that had good Christian values. again, I said “what about Liebermann?” she said, OK, I dont mind what religion the person is, as long as s/he has good religious morals.
I told her that I was in no way a religious person, would that make me have worse morals than a religious person?
she conceeded the point, and I decided to drop politics altogether.
me: 3 republican in a devil costume: 0
we talked for another 45 minutes about different things, about how she wanted to be an Actress, and writing, and several small things. Just thought I’d share my first debate with a Republican with you all.
Disclaimer: I in no way assume that all Republicans were like her. I think that maybe she was the only one I was able to articulate against.
question: Am I now going to hell?
She wants to be an actress? And she’s conservative? Huh. That IS new and different.