I still love you, msbelle, just so you know.

love you too.

love all y'all.

No extrapolation to all conservatives

I'ma get nitpicky over someone else's words, but the implication of judging conservatives in the same sentence as mistreating animals is drawing an line between political leaning and the state of mind described. I mean, that's what I infer from their proximity in the sentence. I don't know how else to read it.

And brenda has admitted she was tarring with too wide a brush, so that's from the speaker's own keyboard.

You know how much I hate sweeping generalizations, but I really do think pushing an "except for Nazis!" exception here is missing the point.

Historically, there are lots of political parties besides Nazis that I would be very judgey about a person's affiliation. I have zero problem judging somebody in France who aligned themselves with with the explicitly xenophobic/racist National Front under Le Pen.

I don't read it that way, msbelle. A statement like "I may be misjudging conservatives but I have observed X behavior among them" is an invitation to extrapolate. Otherwise there's no reason to say it, no reason to add the non-caveat caveat. No reason to be "judging" a group for anything, since it's apparently not a data point.

And (eta: with regard to the assertion that people here do it all the time) I'm perfectly happy to call out someone who makes a broad, false generalization by a group unlikely to defend themselves here. We don't need lurkers or closeted conservatives to feel like this stuff goes unchallenged.

I could be wrong about rednecks, but I know a lot of rednecks who are more interested in their trucks and beer supply than their children and spouses.

I have zero problem judging somebody in France who aligned themselves with with the explicitly xenophobic/racist National Front under Le Pen.

Judging their treatment of pets??

sara, your neighbor's book looks fantastic. And yay for local bookstore shopping! Another local author here is having her launch at the big bookstore I love tomorrow night, and that's where I'm getting my copy. (Also because she can sign it!)

Judging their treatment of pets??

No, judging their choice in political party. Though I'm sure there are some pro-vivisectionist political parties that I'd disapprove of.

And to be clear, I have no problem calling out overgeneralization. Pretty sure I did that too. Pretty sure I want people to do that. I think it can be done in different ways.