I’ll keep it short. I met up with this girl that seemed to be pretty eager to meet me. Conversation is going fine, then somehow one of those golden rules of dates gets broken. I don’t even remember which one of us brought it up, but I do end up saying that I am a libertarian. I had a pretty good idea that she is *very* leftist. I truly believe I was being civil and even was talking about which candidate has the best chance to take down Trump, whom I know she despises.

None of this matters, her tone changes and now it seems like I have a red dot on my head. She says she doesn’t understand why libertarians can’t just be democrats. I tell her I have a degree in economics and that some of these issues aren’t as clear and simple as she might make them out to be.

I still thought perhaps the night could still be salvaged, but no sir. Icing on the cake is we both understand the night is over, and I go to at least give her a hug goodbye and she puts her hands up making pushing away gestures lol

I pretty much just laugh it off and realize that civil discourse in this country has gone to shit.