Politics in meetings

[get the red out]

It's started yet again, politics reared its ugly head in my homegroup last night. Sigh, this is not appropriate. Someone was sharing, a newer lady, and she was talking about how she was trained to people please from an early age and at work as an adult ended up crawling into a bottle over it, nothing out of place there but she just happened to use the word "redistribution" in reference to her taking care of people at work in her share and here come the obviously politically motivated mumbles, groans and moans from the extreme "Jesus-y" Republican crowd, especially an old-timer lady I know (who is dependant on social security and medicare, but you know, JEUSUS=REPUBLICAN!).

I guess my HP was taking care of me since I happened to be sitting by the nice, calm, Buddhist lady. (Note to HP, THANKS!)

I just needed to vent a little, I didn't carry this episode as long and angrily as I carred the ones that popped up four years ago when by election day I looked around and the Democrats were literally on one side of the room and the Republicans on the other. But I really am not comfortable with people assuming that because this is Kentucky you can just vent your politics in an AA meeting whenever someone trips over a Fox News dogwhistle and expect EVERYONE to fall in line with you like slobbering dogs coming up for a treat. It just shows how far the brain washing of right wing outlets go.

Note to self: Next Thursday night, change seats, LOL.