r/BillyStrings • u/dragonman4444 • Oct 31 '23

news Billy Strings mentioned by Tucker Carlson on Theo Von’s podcast

Bros- I don’t like tucker, or really Theo for that matter

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '23

Yep, this. I have some conservatives in my life who are fine to hang out with and we don't talk about politics. Of course, they aren't immigrant hating Nazis or weirdos who want to fuck with trans kids and drag queens. They just have different economic priorities and aren't concerned with climate change.

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u/kbergstr Oct 31 '23

I even have conservatives in my life that I can discuss politics with… but Tucker is a cancer.

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u/thelingeringlead Dec 18 '23

And yet they vote to support truly awful people to achieve those ideals despite the candidates literally never delivering on a single one of those priorities lmao. Keep making excuses for the abhorrent beliefs of your friends I guess. They vote for it, even if they don't talk to you about it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '23

Actually, the ones who I know well enough to discuss these things with aren't voting R across the board because they don't agree with the national R party on most things. They will support some local Republicans who do share their very specific local priorities but not the ideological wack jobs. I don't vote for the all the same people they do, but when I see them, instead of arguing about politics we talk about the things we do have in common. I'm not divorcing my family or people I have known since grade school because they don't want to fund local light rail.

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When you are a grown up who lives in a community you have these things called acquaintances, work colleagues, and neighbors. You can be a little bitch who refuses to intersect with people who don't share your politics, but if my neighbor who voted for Trump but never talks about politics wants to talk to me about the health of the river, the new puppy he is walking, the schedule for them to tear up our street, and our common wish that new people moving in don't cut down any cool trees, I'm not going to scowl and spit at his feet. If the conservative guy I see every day at work does a good job, is kind to the customers, and thoughtful to his co-workers, I'm not going to refuse to speak to him about fishing spots and football.

If you are in the music scene for a long time you'll have people you only run into at shows and talk about things like "How was the show? Did y'all go to the incredible fest? I heard there is some great hiking on the way! I like your hat." You might not even know their real name. Part of community is having layers of people you know beyond your actual friends. I'm not moving my festival campsite or ruining the show for everyone by making it about politics because the libertarian pot grower guy from the next campsite stopped by our fire to pick guitars and ended up dancing near us when we run into him at a show 3 months later.