Rarely does a week go by, when I am not challenged by a Co-worker, because of my political beliefs. You see, it is generally well-known that I am the workplace's resident "progressive blogger." (It started off by me quietly"telling two friends" ... little did I know that they would "tell two friends," as so on ...)
Of course, our informal weekly "debating society" centered around the water-cooler (or more recently the "coffee pot"), has done little to help keep my political views anonymous. I am the "resident progressive" -- that our local band of office conservatives, just love to hate. Let's just say I serve as their angst-directed punching bag, for all things liberal -- those memes that they anxiously disagree with -- and can't get out of their heads. Until at least they vocally "assign blame," to accuse some bleeding heart liberal of "socialism wrong-doing." I guess I fill their weekly bill.
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Rarely does a week go by, when I am not challenged by a Co-worker to: defend something that Obama said, explain something that Democrats want, or endure the latest socialism-gone-wild story that Fox News has been spinning. I do not seek them out. They find me. They need somewhere to vent -- and I'm usually the most convenient target. They always raise the topic of politics -- while I always check my watch.
Not that our office, doesn't have its other democrats and liberals, who will quietly support me, when no one's around. It's just that, they rather not take sides, when it comes to politics and work. "All sides are right," in their public domains, it seems. Not me, I know how to pick a side. And I am not afraid to express my views.
The gang that goes at me, sometimes like a swarm of mosquitoes, includes the following cast of characters, among others:
-- O'Reily fan, Fox-defender, Corporate-boosting Conservative; I'll call him Mr CC for short.
-- Retired Marine Sgt, and Vietnam Vet, who still has to work; let's call him Sarge.
-- Rand Paul advocate, who calls himself a working-man's Independent; Indie for short.
Since we all work for the Government, it is always amazing to me, how much time they like to waste, "bitching about slackers" and that ever-present problem of "out of control Government Spending" ... I suspect their sense of irony is broken. On occasion, I try to repair it ...