lizaj
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Lizaj, I may not agree with you in all things but I admire and respect your principles and your right to express them. You don't fit in the box and you "put your money where your mouth is." When we eventually meet I'm quite sure I may even like you! :shok:
But that leaves me with the genuine (rhetorical) question, how do you feel about dancing with people of a different political persuasion to you? I guess the question I'm posing is how far does one takes one's political principles when it comes down to dance?
Mostly it is governments and their actions I dislike.Individuals are different and I'll not judge someone on face value ever. I would not expect to discuss politics with a big P at a dance event but should it arise and a fascist, racist etc started spouting race hatred and was not told to shut up, I'd be off out of their company! Obviously when Politics rears its' head in conversation, I'll give my view. Some of my closest friends have been a lot more right-wing than I (one described me as the "nicest socialist" he had ever met!:lol and we have managed to co-exist.
Years ago friends of my South African aunt visited us in the UK. This was in the days of Apartheid. This couple started to discuss with my mother the "Bliks/Kafirs" in the most racist and unpleasant terms and my sister and I walked out of the room. When they had gone, we expected to be reprimanded by my mother for being "rude" to guests but no, she told us she had to try very hard not walk out herself and she had managed to turn the conversation and so avoided throwing them out!She was pleased we had made the point.