Reply #81: Martin Sheen: "Constructive anger is a good thing" [View All]

[Seabiscuit]

I shed a few "friendships" way back in February, 2003 as a result of the buildup to the Iraq war. The process made me angry, but I have absolutely no regrets, except that I wasn't quite as informed then as I am now.

My wife has a handful of relatives I'd love to send a version of your e-mail too. But because we're forced to see them several times a year during family get-togethers, I just bite the bullet and walk away as soon as they begin spewing their ignorant hate speech, which they pick up verbatim from Rush Limbaugh. At least they know where I stand (although they thoroughly misconceive it) and they also know that if they opened their pie-holes like that in my house they'd be escorted off the property, so they only spew their venom on their own turf, resulting in our visting them less and less.