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Jan. 30th, 2008 04:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coraaNota Bene, as Election Year kicks into high gear:
If I am having or near a political discussion, and I need to excuse myself, don't take it personally. It's not that I'm bored by politics -- quite the contrary; I care too much, and even seemingly-innocent discussion can, sometimes, make me shake with rage or want to weep. (It usually is issues and even specific arguments that I get upset by, not candidates.) I reserve the right to say, "I'm sorry, I don't feel like discussing this anymore," and then leaving the rest of the people to their conversation.
Don't take it personally.
If I am having or near a political discussion, and I need to excuse myself, don't take it personally. It's not that I'm bored by politics -- quite the contrary; I care too much, and even seemingly-innocent discussion can, sometimes, make me shake with rage or want to weep. (It usually is issues and even specific arguments that I get upset by, not candidates.) I reserve the right to say, "I'm sorry, I don't feel like discussing this anymore," and then leaving the rest of the people to their conversation.
Don't take it personally.
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Date: 2008-01-31 03:08 am (UTC)Once, I totally freaked out because the topic was super sensitive to me and I was trapped into the conversation (guest in another's home, had ridden there with others, wasn't an obvious place to be alone). It wasn't fun for anyone involved.