April 3, 2007
Is Politics Interfering
with your sex life?
Vol. 2 Issue
7
It is
amazing, but I can’t tell you how many
couples have probably had their sexual
encounters with each other interrupted
because their political views are different.
I don’t know how Madeline and Carvel do it?
I don’t mean that in the physical sense, but
emotionally.
Picture a couple, it could be your
spouse, significant other, or whatever
relationship you are in—one person is on the
Right side of the aisle and the other is on
the Left or vice-versa. Recently, my wife
and I were having dinner with another
couple, during which inevitably, a verbal
confrontation broke out over politics. It
doesn’t matter what side you are on, even if
your spouse agrees with you, blood starts to
boil because you just broke the cardinal
rule. "When out with friends, never discuss
politics or religion."
I couldn’t tell you how many times my
wife has said to me as we were driving to
meet friends, "If you discuss politics at
dinner I am getting in a taxi and going
home."
You already know that no matter how many
times she says, "don’t," it falls on deaf
ears. Because, even if you didn’t start the
conversation, one of your friends will. If
they don’t someone at the next table will be
discussing the news of the day in a very
loud voice and eventually turn to you and
say "right buddy?" And, you will answer.
"Whatever you say fella." The next thing you
know, you are now in the middle of a debate
with a total stranger. The rest is history
as your wife shouts, "Waiter, call me a
cab." Literally translated, "call me a cab"
means three-weeks on the couch.
The vitriolic rhetoric that is expressed
between friends because of politics has
gotten so out of hand that long-term
relationships are deteriorating. People have
stopped talking to each other. There have
been physical assaults against people’s
property. Tires have been slashed, dogs have
been intentionally walked on each others
lawns and in one case I know, windows have
been shot out with a pellet gun. It is
absolutely insane.
The problem is that it is not getting any
better. The cultural divide in America is so
out of control that if you lined up the Left
and Right on two sides of the street they
would be throwing stones at each other.
Heaven forbid it if they were armed. That
may sound like a bold statement but,
unfortunately I mean it. I don’t have to
spell it out for you. As you are reading
this, I am willing to bet that you know of
at least one incident that fits this
category.
I was playing golf one day when suddenly
one member of our foursome stormed off
carrying his clubs and shouting, "You’re an
idiot. You have no idea what you are talking
about and don’t ever ask me to play with you
again," all over politics.
How many times has your wife said one of
her friends called and wanted to go to
dinner? You know her friends husband's
political views are diverse from yours and
that you just don’t want to be around him.
Statements like, "She’s O.K., it’s him I
can’t stand. Have a good time" can be heard
in many homes across America.
The rancorous feelings have spread to a
larger scale. I recently addressed a group
about Radical Islam. I was screening the
movie "Obsession, Radical Islam’s War with
the West." When the movie was finished,
before I even had time to ask for questions
from the audience the shouting started. "I
want to see the Moslems side to this film."
"That movie is nothing but Bush propaganda,"
another shouted. It started to get ugly so
we called it quits when the president of the
charitable organization grabbed the
microphone and shouted that they are not a
political organization and did not condone
my political speech." I never got a chance
to say a word. There wasn’t any speech
political or otherwise. It got very ugly.
There were over 225 people in the audience
and me. I kept looking for a flying chair to
come my way. Luckily it didn’t happen.
Thinking quickly I said, "Refreshments are
now being served in the next room." How do
you calm down an unruly crowd? ‘Free food,’
it works every time.
The vitriolic feelings are so intense,
that this has left me pondering a very
incisive question. One of your political
enemies, who used to be your friend,
suddenly collapsed in front of you and went
into cardiac arrest. The question is, if you
knew CPR would you use it? If the tables
were turned would they?
And, that is my scary opinion.
Michael Solomon
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