Vortexia's Secret

politics just might tear us apart after all.  the boy will argue off no kind of basis or the hearsay and opinion of some of the neocon extremists without finding the facts.  he will listen to a reasonable argument that i offer, say that he finds it reasonable, and then refuse to agree or argue against it because he refuses to believe that a liberal can be fucking sane and logical. 

then just to tear at me even more, he asks what i would do if he decided to run for a political office in a few years, and that he would do so on a conservative ticket (not sure if he'd go republican or an even more conservative 3rd party).  i told him i didn't think i could support my husband trying to get a position of power in order to possibly take away my job and the others that i would be eligible for, since they "helped" people who didn't have some serious money.  he seemed to relish the idea like it would be a great way to torture me and screw me over from higher up than the ever could do otherwise.  what the fuck?!  why would you consider doing something that could tear apart your marriage?!!

and how the hell do you rationally explain your point of view to an irrational person who tries to agrees with the opposition simply because they are the opposition?  because he's been influenced ever since he was little to believe that democrat and liberal are dirty words.  fox news, rush, and the other conservative ranters never leave a TV screen somewhere in his house.  his grandfather and mentor would have hated every fiber of my being for my denomination, a tiny little bloodline in my heritage, my political stance, the work i plan to do for others, my distaste for racism, and everything else i stand for.  thankfully the racist and prejudist attitudes were not passed on, but much of the other was.  i don't know how to argue against somebody who disagrees for no rational reason.  he doesn't have facts, he doesn't know what is true and false, fact and opinion, he isn't even positive what "his" side would want him to think, but he knows it isn't what i believe.  so he disagrees.  and fights and argues.

i know that couples can handle a relationship with diametrically opposed political views, but how do you do it?  and how do you handle something like this when you can't even discuss something rationally.  somebody out there please help!

P.S. Keep them in your prayers.