# Uniting not dividing: Adopt an "opposition" Doper **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2004, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639 "2004-11-19T11:58:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/41 "2004-11-20T07:44:41Z")
Ooh, nobody’s picked **Scylla** yet. Dibs! (or is he even still around?) ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/42 "2004-11-20T07:53:54Z")
> [@smartini](#): > > Well, I’ll take **dropzone** because at least he apologized when he yelled at me ☹ > > and he seems like a pretty smart fella. Unless of course he is a she and then she seems like a pretty smart gal. > > 😃 > > yes **danceswithcats** writes really good haiku so if he ever needs a second _adopter_ you can count on me. Nice doper ladies kindly reaching out to me let us all be healed 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/43 "2004-11-20T11:05:10Z")
> [@TheLoadedDog](#): > > Well, I’m an evil conservative. I’d say **jjimm** be orrite. Ah cheers, mate. You’re not bad for a Howard-supporter yourself. Anyway, non-US conservatism is a lot closer to us moderates anyway, so there’s not quite such a leap to be able to see each others’ viewpoints. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/44 "2004-11-20T15:38:17Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > ::::::::::::::::::::::::TWEEEEEET!::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > > Unofficial Time Out! > > How in the hell have you gotten 60+ approved submissions at Fark!!! > > I’ve gotten one stinking one. And it was a school shooting in Sacremento…Ahhhh yes…the good old days when kids shot each other and it still made the news…I’ve decided that Drew hates me. Maybe because I haven’t ponied up the money for TotalFark. > Resume Thread > > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::Tweet!::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Just lucky I guess. 🙂 What can I say? I’m good with a headline… ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/45 "2004-11-20T16:48:10Z")
Despite being on the opposite end of the political and legal spectrum as **Bricker** , I really like his piercing analysis on issues and the way he can clearly explain clouded legal points. It really makes me sit back and think about my own stance. Hey, **Bricker** , do you like science fiction (movies, books, etc)? Ever read up on anthropology? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/46 "2004-11-20T23:54:25Z")
Ok, so **Ringo** dragged (drug?) me over here, kicking and screaming. I guess it was that Texas charm what done it. But if this is the kind of togetherness being (sold) by President Bush, I’ll remain dubious. Very dubious. :dubious: Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/47 "2004-11-22T11:05:05Z")
I can feel the love in this thread! Are you feelin’ it? I’m feelin’ it! Yeah, baby! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/48 "2004-11-22T11:08:34Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Well, you’re going to have to fight me for him. Every time I get nice and cheesed at him, he goes and _understands my point_, and then has the audacity – the AUDACITY – to _respectfully disagree_. Farging bastige. > > Still, I’ll adopt him anyway. But I wanted **duffer**. I never get the republican I want. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/49 "2004-11-22T13:21:30Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > Just lucky I guess. 🙂 What can I say? I’m good with a headline… You, Sir, are an Og in my eyes. I bow to your supreme genius. ::::::kowtowing backwards out of the thread:::::::::::::::: ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/50 "2004-11-22T13:29:25Z")
My first pick is **Bumbazine** , and my second is **Kallessa**. Both are Oregon liberals, to my Virginia conservative. Left coast vs. right… **’zine** , however, is a fellow model railroader, which will almost negate his political leanings. **Kalley** … well, I can out-pun her with half my brain tied behind my back. ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/51 "2004-11-22T14:03:19Z")
I’d like to submit my papers to adopt **Dewey Cheatem Undhow**. He has left me infuriated at times, but I don’t think I’ve read a post of his where I didn’t learn something. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/52 "2004-11-22T21:03:31Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > My first pick is **Bumbazine** , and my second is **Kallessa**. Both are Oregon liberals, to my Virginia conservative. Left coast vs. right… > > **’zine** , however, is a fellow model railroader, which will almost negate his political leanings. Right back atcha **Bob**. However, I feel a bit of clarification is in order here. I’m more of a Tom McCall Conservative. i.e. I’m pretty moderate and could almost be an old style Re-Pubby-Con except that I think the party has been hijacked by a bunch of raving loons lately. My basic political philosophy is that I want the gummint to protect me from murderers and thieves and otherwise leave me the Hell alone. The problem is in how I define ‘murderers and thieves’. BTW **Bob** , the mountain is still pink, but it’s about to grow rocks. Now that I’m here, I suppose I should think about adopting a Christian. And maybe a smart person. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/53 "2004-11-22T21:05:27Z")
Oops. :smack: I didn’t mean to imply that I thought **VunderBob** wasn’t smart, it’s just that my foot fits into my mouth so well, you see. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/54 "2004-11-22T21:44:00Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > Right back atcha **Bob**. > > However, I feel a bit of clarification is in order here. I’m more of a Tom McCall Conservative. i.e. I’m pretty moderate and could almost be an old style Re-Pubby-Con except that I think the party has been hijacked by a bunch of raving loons lately. > > My basic political philosophy is that I want the gummint to protect me from murderers and thieves and otherwise leave me the Hell alone. The problem is in how I define ‘murderers and thieves’. > > BTW **Bob** , the mountain is still pink, but it’s about to grow rocks. > > Now that I’m here, I suppose I should think about adopting a Christian. Well, I guess it wouldn’t work, because while I claim conservative, I also claim libertarian with a small case ‘l’. You might be able to get me on the Christian part, because I go on a semi-regular basis, but I don’t fit the definitions used by Phred Phelps or Jack Chick. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/55 "2004-11-22T22:03:16Z")
I will also adopt **Bricker**. I look forward to reading his posts in any of the legal questions threads. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/56 "2004-11-22T22:56:53Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Well, I guess it wouldn’t work, because while I claim conservative, I also claim libertarian with a small case ‘l’. You might be able to get me on the Christian part, because I go on a semi-regular basis, but I don’t fit the definitions used by Phred Phelps or Jack Chick. Libertarian = a liberal who can’t stand being called names. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/57 "2004-11-22T23:17:55Z")
**Xjetgirlx** and I most certainly hold _very_ different political views. But I still consider her a smart person and a friend. I’m pleased to have had my pansy-assed liberal circle of friends widened by alternative views 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/58 "2004-11-22T23:42:53Z")
I’m adopting **manhattan** , because, well, he’s my friend, and he happens to be a Republican (I’m an independent liberal). He’s kind of an uptight New Yorker and I’m a laid back Californian, but he’s really fun and extremely generous. He knows all about finance stuff, which is good because I’m taking an economics class right now and sometimes he explains things to me when I am confused. So maybe we could use that as a basis for our discussion, because I know it’s not their social agenda that prompts him to vote Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/59 "2004-11-22T23:56:51Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Well, I guess it wouldn’t work, because while I claim conservative, I also claim libertarian with a small case ‘l’. You might be able to get me on the Christian part, because I go on a semi-regular basis, but I don’t fit the definitions used by Phred Phelps or Jack Chick. Does that mean I hafta go back to being an orphan? ☹ _sniff_ I’ll try to be more contrary if you will. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/60 "2004-11-22T23:58:04Z")
> [@Francesca](#): > > **Xjetgirlx** and I most certainly hold _very_ different political views. But I still consider her a smart person and a friend. I’m pleased to have had my pansy-assed liberal circle of friends widened by alternative views 🙂 See! They call us names. _WE_ even call us names. I’d adopt **Ringo** , but some might see that as somehow incestuous. Seeing as how he (she?) already adopted me. 🙂 For clarity of meaning, from [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com); > [@](#): > > Improperly intimate or interconnected: “Press-politics relations are notoriously incestuous” (Boston Globe). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639.md?page=4)