Journal GMontag's Journal: Leftist Chicks and Guns 7
This item is something that has only cropped up within the past three or so years of my post-marriage dating life: Irrational gun ownership rights views by chicks I have met.
I will begin with the most blatant. A woman in Ashburn, VA (let's call her 'Red') about two or three years ago who did not think that I should own guns, but if someone bothered her in a bar she wished that I was there to shoot them.
We met at the bar in Paolo's, Reston. Her wing-girl was a Libertarian and the conversation between the three of us was somewhat political. When Red was away her friend cautioned me that Red is not into gun rights at all. Typical Leftist really as she was not about rights in the slightest, unless it involves giving the government more power. Red kept commenting that I was trying to make myself sound like an "idiot" with my "accent"; her friend (and I) kept asking Red how I could sound like an 'idiot' if my words were not idiotic. She had no answer to this but she kept repeating the same nonsense. The night concluded with some face sucking between me and Red, exchange of phone numbers and a date for the next day (she was nice looking, 5' 8" 100 LBS or so, wore hot clothes, about 10 yrs my Sr., etc.).
Turns out that her occupation was with a property development firm that specialized in property taken by governments under Eminent Domain/Takings Clause grounds and, to her, that was just fine because it was "for the greater good." Upon mentioning the Takings Clause, she was ignorant of its existence and said "the greater good" concept was more important.
On my choices of residence, she had some irrational problem with my moving when a better deal or better accommodations came up at the end of my leases over the several years preceding our meeting. Somehow, I was supposed to have made the exact same choices as her even though my credit rating was much lower than hers at the time.
Before we even had our third date (there was not a fourth) she informed me that if I moved from Reston, VA to Arlington, VA that she would no longer come over to see me and there were no "overnights" at her place due to the four high school aged children of hers who still lived with her. Also, she did not like my attitude on marriage (I call it a scam and have written about it before), but when asked about exclusivity she freaked out and broke a date for her birthday (and I did not mind at all).
This was the day after her asking me if my whole family "spoke slowly" because she overheard my mom on the phone telling me that her sister had just died.
Red also had an annoying habit if complimenting me on proper language usage, as if I had been studying just for her.
So, we get to the gun issue. She was either deaf or an idiot, because she repeatedly asked me the same question, ran the same script and got the same answer for the three long weeks we were in contact with each other: "Why do you need a gun?" Me: "It is not a matter of need, it is a matter of want and I do have the right to fulfill that want."
Edit: Red also wanted me to teach her how to shoot.
While I was in TN for my son's birthday she had a little fit about my applying for a concealed pistol permit. Same stupid question, same enlightened answer.
Finally, without fanfare, I blocked her from my AOL account and never answered another call from her. Not my usual style, but she had earned the same contempt that she displayed for me.
A few other dopes similar to her came and went. Then, last month, I met a Georgetown University Accounting instructor, who calls herself a Professor (has not finished PhD, thought that counted or something) and who knew in advance that I shoot trap and skeet. She also knew in advance that I smoke too. Let's call her 'Teacher K'.
We met for coffee and, to my feigned amazement, she had pretty much ignored all of the information that she knew about me. Also, she was about as tolerant of others views as the students at Columbia University recently were of The Minute Men.
Through the course of one each Venti drinks she talked a lot and seemed to have an attitude similar to Red, amazingly with even less sense. When we were talking about her former profession, as a Defense Contracts Officer and my current one as a Defense Financial Analyst, she had no idea that Defense monies were ever sent back to the Treasury. Me: "Um, what did you think happened when unused funds expired?" Her: "I always thought someone spent them."
On to an environmentalist I was writing about then (see recent Al Gore posts), without mentioning his name, I did mention that he had flunked out of Georgetown Law. Her: "That is not very bright, it takes some doing." Then I mentioned his 'carbon tax' scheme and she runs off on a tangent about flat-tax and "rich people pay more then." Um, if it is a flat-tax then they pay the same rate. "Yes, more." Hum, okay. Then I get a script about how Al Gore is a genius and GWB is an 'idiot.'
Teacher K went into guns, how she is afraid of them and can't believe anybody wants them, she did not know what trap and skeet were when she read my ad and admitted that she had to look them up to see what they were.
Plus, she hates smoking but her friend got her to do it again on a recent vacation.
After the coffee date we exchanged e-mails on the topic of talk-radio for a while. Teacher K was fast showing herself to be a total loon. She could not tolerate someone listening to anything that she objected to, apparently. Even went to the lengths of saying that G. Gordon Liddy was the most awful man she ever met. Apparently she never met him because I asked where they met, the times I met him he was fine (refrained from pointing out to her that it is "Liddy" and not 'Libby'). She never responded with any meeting details.
Finally, long after I noticed we had not much in common but I was broad minded enough to still try to get some and see where the talk-radio nonsense was going, she noted that we did not have enough common ground either, i.e., she is about as open minded as a pre-drilled bowling ball.
Of course, not all women I know have these wacky views. My ex-girlfriend Nancy is a true Liberal, certainly not a Leftist, and she never had these issues. We still talk about all sorts of things that we have differing views on and have great conversations. A German woman I saw recently has almost identical views to me on almost everything, but we only dated for a weekend.
Anyway, I just do not understand this busybody attitude that the Leftists have, nor why they even try to call themselves open-minded or accepting of anything. I know people who are labeled Conservatives do exactly the same things and I don't consider them Conservative at all. They even jump on the bandwagon to tax oil companies out of business.
Perhaps the issue is not politics, perhaps it is just stupidity?
The gun thing again? (Score:1)
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Point out that 'progressive' and 'liberal' are distinct, and while they may advocate similar positions, are intellectually at odds with each other.
Rant that higher education has been taken over by progressives.
Why can't people just go out shooting? (Score:2)
I've always found the best metaphor is golf, specifically going to the driving range: you have your own equipment, you pa
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jason
Posts like this make me glad I'm not dating. (Score:2)
Most folks have a "no reasoning zone" or two. (Score:2)
I do; at least one I am conscious of. I bet you have as well. If there is a contemplative practice that can reliably eliminate these, I want to know more. Many people who are brilliant in general become dogmatic knuckleheads when you enter the zone, which often has some connection to religion, sex or politics.
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